Safety first

Our drivers have not been around that much lately, so a couple of times we took a taxi from work back to the hotel. Taxis are blue cars with a white stripe painted at the side and they drive the main roads. You just stop the car, jump in and jump out for about 0,25 € per person. They take other passangers along the road. If you want a "special route" i.e. off the main roads, you'll need to pay 1€ per person and then the taxi is reserved exclusively for yourself.



Most of the taxis are old, wrecked cars, types you would not fnd in the Western countries anymore. There might not be side windows or the doors will not open from inside. What's funny though, is that if you st in the front seet the driver will tell you to fasten the seat belt. I mean, so far I haven't seen anyone using a seat belt in Nigeria! The first week we went for a dinner with our client, his wife and a seven-months-old baby. I was sitting at the back seat of the clients car holding the baby on my laps, feeling terrified. Yesterday we took a taxi again. Greg sat at the front seat and was told to fasten his seat belt. Taking a closer look at the picture below you'll see that the way it was fastened was probably not the safest one.