Nigeria…..Nigeria….Nigeria…What can I say? It took me 22 years to finally get there but I made it. And I enjoyed my trip so much I had to extend it. I didn’t get as many pictures as I could because honestly..roaming around with a big ass camera is not the business – and it’s not that safe to do in certain areas to be honest. But I did get a few pictures to share with my peoples and plenty of the family.

I spent most of my time in a place called Ilorin in Kwara State. The main reason for me going to Nigeria was for my Grandpas 70th birthday which falls on Christmas Eve….and then I figured I might as well stay for Christmas and the New Year of course. It was hell getting out there because of London being covered in snow…I ended up paying £400 pounds more than I originally planned. But it’s all good because it was worth every penny.

I was staying in the Adualere area of Ilorin. Which isn’t the richest area. We were living quite well because my Grandpa has quite a big house there which his mother built before she died. But people in the surrounding areas obviously weren’t living large…but they were living what I would call a raw, peaceful life, and most if not all of the people I encountered in this area were kind people.

Best part of my trip was probably meeting countless family members that I haven’t had the pleasure to meet. My Grandpa is an amazing and “busy” man so I have plenty of Aunts and Uncles that I’ve never met before. But now I can say I’ve met quite a few of them and they are as nice as I was told. For example, Moses and Lakeside (he calls himself). The above picture to me sums up both of them.

I do see myself returning to Nigeria in the next year definitely to catch up with family and to check out some other things that I took interest in while I was there. Nigeria is a place of many faces just like everywhere else in the world. You have some people living in extreme poverty, and others living quite a wealthy life. I spent some time in 3 cities, Lagos, Ibadan, and Ilorin, but I only got pictures in Ilorin when it was appropriate. Check this guy out he stopped by the house one day.

I don’t feel like writing anymore but I’ll leave you with a few more pictures. Oh yeah if you don’t know 365HUSTLE has a TUMBLR now where I’ll be posting random pictures that I take (mostly) everyday that I don’t feel are worthy or just don’t feel like posting on this site. So make sure to follow me and reblog it and what not

70 years young.

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