I have been pretty busy settling in. The journey was pretty hectic. My flight from Heathrow to Lagos was overbooked and they were trying to make people fly another day. I don't think they were successful so to balance the weight they left 150 out of 250 cases in London. We were not told until 20 minuets before arrival and they could not tell us which bags were left or whom they belonged to. Getting of the plane I was expecting the 'wall of heat' I had been warned of, instead it was more like entering the reptile house at the zoo; warm and damp so its harder to breath. I was still wearing my two jumpers so began feeling a bit funny but did not want to loose the rest of the passengers. I was sick at passport control, which was a bit embarrassing, but it meant I was taken to the medical room. There I got to sleep with a fan in a cool room and got a free cup of tea and had someone to fetch my bags, so really it was a blessing in disguise. I felt a bit weak so did not protest too much to being taken around the air port in a wheel chair, I was quite something to look at being the only white female and being wheeled around with my bags on my lap. The other white passengers were male and I think they must have come to work in the oil industry. On the flight to Owerri the man next to me was quite chatty. He gave me his number and insisted I called him to meet up...I tried to tell him it would be highly unlikely but told him I would as not to seem impolite. Martha says it is a way of begging. The runway was lined with palm trees and general forest, the earth was orange and people were cutting the bush. Friday the driver and Cecil the Assistant Welfare Officer picked me up from the airport. I was excited driving to Amaudo so took a lot of photos from the window.
Umuahia - the capital of Abia State and the nearest big town to Amaudo
The road to Amaudo !Arriving at Amaudo everyone was sorry I did not have my luggage and Martha sorted me out with clothing and cooked me dinner. My house is rather big and the ceilings are high, I have a bedroom with two beds in and a wardrobe for my dresses. I have a separate room for my living and cooking area. The toilet and shower rooms are outside. You have to shower by scooping water out of a bucket but it’s very cooling so I like it a lot. It is also more relaxing than showering at home because you have lots of space, no noise and fresh sun light coming in through the window.
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