Lagos

So Pruddy

Amanda and Ella

Anna being all clever and stuff

Lagos is fantastic! A small town with a big drinking problem and lots of fun. We meet up with Ella who had kindly offered to put us up for a couple of nights while we settled in. She took us under her wing and ferried us from bar to bar. We were very lucky to experience the town with someone who had taken time to get to know the geography and personalities of the area already.

Temperatures were warm when we arrived so windows were left open for sleeping, well for the first night anyway. After spending 20 minutes swatting away at a Japanese Kamikaze mosquito who was relentless in his pursuit of happiness we decided to turn the light on and exterminate the little blighter. As blackness become blurriness before finally becoming clarity it became apparent, to our horror, that it was not one buzzing mosquito but at least twenty. All lined up and the foot of the bed waiting for their turn at the Anna and John buffet. I have never seen such a concentration of mosquito’s in my life and what followed can only be described as a blood bath. We were jumping about like a couple of Olympic trampolinists striving to get the elusive ones taking cover on the ceiling. Little red spots appeared with each slash of our rolled up magazines, quite gross really but amusing at the time.

We dined out often as it was so cheap. The best meal was by far a local Portuguese restaurant we had been recommended. The produce was super fresh and prepared simply and elegantly, my fish arrived barbequed, seasoned and with tail and head still firmly attached with eyes gazing wonderingly at its maker.

We truly loved our time in Lagos, we swam, explored, sun bathed and drunk beer for 10 days and truly relaxed. It is a shame it did not quite feel like the right place to be for the whole summer. I'm sure our livers will thank us for getting out of there when we did. Just in the nick of time I reckon.