Togo, Benin & Nigeria

We stayed in Lome the capital of Togo, before crossing the border into Benin. Here we visited one of the floating villages in the delta and then drove to Cotonou to see the point where millions of slaves were taken to the Caribean by the slave traders.




Once in Nigeria we drove to Lagos - the scariest place I have ever been and then headed North to Abuja the new capital city of Nigeria. Here we camped in the backyard of the Sheraton hotel, used their facilities and a splendid time relaxing. Wild camping in Nigeria is seriously difficult as it's so highly populated and we spent a lot of time avoiding scary soldiers demanding bribes at road blocks and searching for secluded places to camp. Once away from the cities Nigeria was superb, but we were glad to leave for Cameroon from Calabar down one of the worst border roads I have ever seen.