Hello from Lagos!

Well hello hello from a tired and hot couple of travellers!

What a morning we had today! We were up for breakfast and ready to head out the door for 9:30am after getting to sleep around midnight because we spent nearly 2.5 hours chatting with a super cute couple of sisters from Australia. We had quite the conversation that ranged from what snow is like to our love of Harry Potter. It was reallyenjoyable.

Although Jeff and I had a heck of a time trying to find the Metro stop (subway) after leaving the hostel it did help me practice my Portugese! "Desculpe, bon dia... Metro? Izquierda? Brigada!" (Excuse me, good day... Metro? Left? Thank you!) Jeff was impressed... lol

Anyway, navigating the ticket machine was a little painful because we couldn't figure out why it was so expensive, needless to say we asked someone and she was really helpful....even though 2 minutes later we were getting laughed at by others because we didn't know how to get the gate to the subway to open with our ticket! We eventually figured it out. Two subway lines later and we were in a toally different area of town and arrived having no idea where the bus station was. We wandered for a bit, which was a little uncomfortable (because we had absolutely no idea where we were going) then asked some guy in a booth and found it. I have no problem with asking for directions!! And just as we arrived our bus was about to leave, it was perfect timing!!

Three and a half hours later and we made it to Lagos... Without a map and with shoddy directions at best. We wandered aimlessly with our heavy bags up and down hills, asked a number of people for directions or where to get a map and got nothing... We ended up bumping into a couple who were also losg and they gave us their map because they were using something else. The map was our saving grace or we probably never would have found he guesthouse.... Or worse, we would have had to pay for a cab!! lol. We found it.

It's very different from our last place, much more private and probably not good for meeting people but it's srill nice and the owner seems very kind; she does't speak English but does speak some Spanish and some French, so the three of us are managing!

Anyway, I'm freshly showered (after being disgustingly sweaty) and waiting for Jeff to finish his shower, then we'll probably go look for food as we have't really eaten since breakfast and it's near 4pm here.

We survived getting here, which wasn't an easy task but with a sense of humour, a little patience and most importantly an empty bladder, we can do anything!!