Hot

It is now properly hot.

Hot hot hot.

And not only hot, but very humid and sticky too. We've been at the beach at different points but when the sea breeze isn't blowing, it gets icky. I reckon it averages 90 f degrees plus humidity.

Luckily we've spent a total of about 10 days at the beach (different beaches though). Almost everyone of them I've spent 3 or 4 hours in the water and waves. I love the ocean here!

Our latest beach resort was the Green Turtle Lodge, an eco-friendly place. And unlike most other beaches, there was no garbage in the water or on the beach. We stayed there while waiting for our Nigerian visas.

Before that, there was Abanze, a little village with a good resort and great waves. At Abanze we said goodbye to three of our fellow passengers, Jaquie, Geoff, and Eti.




Green Turtle Lodge bar




Beach!




Waves!






Coconut trees are everywhere and we got kids holding machetes often asking us if we want a coconut.


Coconut?



A woman walking from the village



Down the beach from the Green Turtle is a little village.



The village is a 10 minute walk down the beach

With the Green Turtle, the village offers a tour through the saltwater lagoons in a dugout wood canoe. We saw crabs climbing trees, birds, fish, and the biggest spider I have even seen. It was as big as my hand and black and bright yellow. AND our guide said that is one of the small spiders. I shudder to think of them...

But from a distance I admit it was very cool.

The experience in general was so peaceful, paddling and gliding through the water even though our canoe was rather rocky and felt like we would tip at any moment. But we didn't!


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