The beginning.........

My husband, Chris and I left the US on Thursday, May 1, 2008, and arrived in Lagos, Nigeria on May 2nd. For any of you who want to come for a visit, the Delta direct flight from Atlanta to Lagos is great! We stayed on the generous hotel grounds the entire weekend except for a Saturday night outing to the International Boat Festival with lots of food from different countries. Not sure I will ever acquire a taste for traditional Nigerian food. It's hard to get past the smell.

Yesterday was our first day at work (and yes, I did have to go with him). Spent most of the day with HR people and when in Immagration we learned that I was also supposed to get a different kind of Visa. So, I can only stay here 3 months at a time and my tourist visa expires the end of December. Looks like we will be making a trip back to the US sooner than we had planned, probably around the first of October.

It is summer here with highs mostly from mid 80's to low 90's with a high humidity. Being on an island, we have the advantage of a nice breeze most of the time, and it is the rainy season so that helps as well. We are told that April is the hottest month and we just missed it, (Oh darn!), and by July and August, it will be downright cool. We can hardly wait.

Our container doesn't ship from Houston until May 15 with an eta of appx June 15 and then it takes about 5 weeks to go through customs so maybe July 15 or later, so it was looking like a good three months in the Eko Hotel. However, when we met with housing, we learned that we may be able to get into temporary housing with borrowed furniture, etc right away. Another positive for us is that the place we found most desirable, Niger Towers, has several flats available, so keep your fingers crossed!

More will be revealed......................................