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The Night I spent in a real Village in Nigeria! [Photos]

April 1, 2014Adedolapo GeorgeCulture, Travel, Travelogue5 comments

There is only one road leading into the valley within which the town of Idanre sits. The ancient town is located in the beautiful state of Ondo known as the ‘Sunshine State’. Nestled in the middle of tall magnificent hills covered in mist from a distance, one can see how picturesque the little town is;…

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Idanre Hills- The City of Caves and Inselbergs

January 16, 2011Folarin KolawoleTravel, Travelogue27 comments

Ascending the hills of Akure and looking south, one is confronted by stupefying vistas of the surrounding inselberg landscape bedecked with an enigmatic skyline of jagged peaks held in place by gigantic mountains smeared in glossy sheens of grey and silver- a cluster of intriguing inselbergs, towering high into the skies at the distant horizon….

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