Markus L.. Date of travel: Dec 2005
After nearly ten years of abscence I found Nigeria to have changed a lot. I don't need to mention the friendliness of the people. Officials have changed a lot - to the positive (no need to be afraid of bribery any longer, at least not too much; simply explain anti corruption activities of President Obasanjo's admnistration emphatically, and this will do). Travelling with my family (wife and daughter of three years) throughout the country (5000 km in 2 weeks) was nearly uncomplicated (see that you are supplied with a working fire-extinguisher in your car). Crossing notorious Semi border was a smooth affair (after passing border you will encounter only 3 official checkpoints: customs, immigration, police, the fourth one is set up by hoodlooms - overrun the latter). To Lagos there will be another four or five checkpoints - none of these giving serious headaches, provided your documents, especially for the car, are ok. Road safety (except pot holes) was not imaginary. We enjoyed and will come back asap (my wife is Nigerian). Tour Operator: Individual

Humanity on the move - Richard P. Date of travel: Sep 2005
My return to Nigeria after 18 months was every bit as enjoyable as I hoped. Ignorant and sensationalist reports on Nigeria ( and Lagos in particular) continue to misrepresent both the people and the place with almost criminal inaccuracy. If you need order, organisation, peace, privacy and recognisable western food on your travels then don't get out of the aeroplane. You will be suicidally miserable and you will probably go insane within 12 hours. If eating hot pepper goat soup on the side of the road and talking football to the cook while an unimaginable combination of noise, smells, chaos and movement fires the senses from dawn, dusk, night, and dawn again, then book your ticket now. Lagos is like a highly concentrated, triple strength shot of humanity on the move. Tour Operator: -