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Who knew palm wine at Terra Kulture could save the day… Let’s talk about the must-try drink
Milky, tasty, fresh, chilly, awesome, tantalizing, alluring, refreshing, invigorating, revitalizing, breath-taking, amazing…. is the calabash of Palm wine served at Terra Kulture in Victoria Island, Lagos. The noon sun burned mercilessly over the skies of the busy Island and the breeze from the nearby Kuramo Beach being quenched by the blazing solar heat could not…
Amazing! We found Bush Babies in Niger Delta
The tide was rising and a cloak of frigid air enfolded the Degema area. It was close to mid-night and the moon soared high into a nude sky. Standing on the veranda of the lower deck of our houseboat which had been carefully moored on the banks of Sambreiro River, somewhere between Nkpor and Ilelema…
Let’s not forget Areogun, the Master Wood Carver from Ekiti, South-west Nigeria
My name is Dàda Àreògún. I am a wood carver. A lot of you may not know me, but I am sure that by the time you’re reading this story, my name would have been etched on the sands of time. I was born in 1880 in a small quiet village called Osi-Ilorin, located at…
Naija Tourism, Culture and Games #Ayò-Olópón
You visit a village in south-western Nigeria and see a group of men standing or sitting beneath the shade of a tree canopy, around two men seated on a bench and facing each other with a wooden board between them- a wooden board incised with two rows of six holes each, containing heaps of green…
A Paradise Nature Park in Jamaica named after Naija’s Abeokuta town
(Story by Jamaican travel blogger Marcia Mayne of InsideJourneys) Abeokuta Paradise Nature Park (pronounced A-be-o-ku-ta*) is located a few yards off the Dean’s Valley Road in Westmoreland. The centrepiece of this rustic eco-tourism destination is an almost Olympic-sized pool which is fed by water that is channelled via an aqueduct from the nearby Sweet River….
Video:The Lagos You Don’t See Mobile Hangout by Janice Temple
Travel blogger Janice Temple of Skychi Travels who was also onboard the Social Media Week Lagos Bus Tour, made a video of her experience on the tour. So, sit back, relax and enjoy a tour of Lagos with an African-American who is passionate about connecting back to her root. Related Posts: – Bogobiri…
Naija Tourism, Culture and Games #Lagos Monopoly
This series shall feature games that someway and somehow have something to do with culture and tourism in Nigeria, and we’re starting with the new Lagos Monopoly game. The Lagos edition of the Monopoly game hit Nigeria’s socio-cultural milieu with a bang last year December; and despite the fast-paced and busy life of Lagosians, which…
Bogobiri Restaurant in Ikoyi, Lagos…You’ll either Love it or Hate it!!
I’ve been to many top-class restaurants in Lagos, but Bogobiri blew me off my coast…sailed me atop blissful waters of satiating ambiance and invigorating aroma of dainty delicacies… with interiors and exterior set in a stylish medley of artistic yet bohemian ingredients…it was as though I dined in a restaurant-museum. The soaring sun gently…
The Lagos You Don’t See: A Whitespace, Ikoyi, where we connected back with an ancient Nigeria
In a two-storey building posed on the sands of Ikoyi, Resides a white space, hidden yet open to you and me, A space, thought we, would be empty, Just one step in, and swallowed we were, deeper into its belly, Thrown back, drawn back in history, We saw a Nigeria we missed, Oh Yes! We…
The Lagos You Don’t See: The amazing Nike Art Gallery in Lekki
As Nike descended from the staircase unto the ground floor of her spell-binding art gallery, she beamed with smiles and began to dance and sing, “A tí nretí rè o, káàbò sé dáadáa lo dé…” She was garbed in a beautiful deep blue Àdìre Ìró and Bùbá (shirt and robe of batik textile) and walked…