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Country |
Nigeria |
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Currency |
Naira. $1 = 85N - 135N, maybe one could get more, but
135 seemed to be the ceiling. We never discovered the official bank rate. |
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Fuel costs |
Officially price controlled at 26N / litre, but the
diesel shortage (huh?) meant that all the garages charged 45N. Asked more,
of course. |
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Places to stay/camp |
We took a room (and camped!) at a hotel in Benin City, and covered as many
kms as we could on each of the two days. We were forced to bush camp close
to the exit border, but in fact had quite a secure night with the armed
Immigration patrol. |
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Other information |
Visa $62 for UK, $42 for Ireland. Issued the same day (after some
convincing) at embassy in Benin, for 3-day transit only. Best to
get your visa in your country of residence. |
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Overall rating |
Parts of Nigeria are beautiful, but that was really the country's only
apparent redeeming feature. We'd skip this country if we had the choice. So
many people work so hard at trying to relieve you of your money by
extortion, overcharging, cheating, theft, robbery, confidence tricks,
intimidation, etc. that it is hard to remember that the majority of the
population are probably well-meaning, generous people. We didn't meet many
of the majority, it seems. |
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