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Have you ever wanted to visit somewhere new but had cold feet because of the stress that comes with understanding descriptions? Or you’ve always wanted someone to visit yours but your neighborhood doesn’t have an address? You have to now start saying, “the second left turn after the red gate, you’ll see a woman selling akara , enter the small foot path before the woman’s akara stand, walk down until you see a left turn, don’t follow that turn oh, keep walking until you see a right turn, after the right turn, there is a black gate, then after….” Your friend hangs up the call and you get a text “sorry, I’ll visit some other day”. Or home delivery is always a case for you?   Hello guys, Let’s talk about descriptions today I can boldly beat my chest and say that everyone has at least once been in a situation where they have had to get somewhere and had difficulties locating the place because of faulty description. Thank God for goggle map now but I still believe it’s not a...

Welcome to another episode of Stories In Transit I usually tell stories from my interstate travels but this time I’ll be telling from inside town errands. Since I moved to this city, I have been privileged to take buses and cabs and tricycles to my different destinations as opposed to when I used to be either driven around or drive around by myself. It’s not been an all-jolly ride but I’m paying my dues humbly. Unto today’s gist; I boarded a bus from point A to B which has a fixed cost of ₦ X. As the journey proceeded, the driver had to pick people along the road going towards our direction. One thing he kept hammering on, whenever he picked a passenger was the price ( ₦ X). As much as I mind my business a lot, my ears are always picking up both useful and useless information from my environment. That is how I heard him tell a pair of girls that joined in our journey, the price. What I don’t know is, if they heard or not. So fast forward to when the girls were close to alig...

One of those days I had to travel, I got stuck in traffic and missed the event I was going for but guess what! I met someone and had an interesting conversation with him. The journey ended up not being a total waste. It was a weird and interesting experience for me. So I sat in between two guys on the journey. Mr X was seated by my right while Mr Y, my left. I named him “Y” because why should I have a conversation with him… I felt he didn’t deserve it. Let me start from the beginning, please. We were all seated quietly minding our businesses except for me who was using my side eye to check out the guys seated next to me; their mannerisms, cologne or body odour, dress sense, etc, out of boredom oh not “aproko”….until we got stuck in a holdup (as per Nigerian bad roads plus those trailers that choose strategic bad spots to get spoilt in)…..our driver on the other hand was not patient enough and made bad decisions based on passengers suggestions….that’s how we spent close to tw...

Firstofust, let’s talk about why you need that trip. The bible says meat is made for the body not vice versa. What does this mean? You are not here to serve life but here for life to serve you so stop working like a donkey and take that relaxation trip already. “drops mic” “Picks mic back up” For those that really truly want to vacation this year, here’s how First off, are you going alone or with your crew? Go alone if you don’t have crew. If you have crew, hope it’s the crew that you can be yourself with and not the one that y’all are struggling to impress the other. Secondly, what are your incomes like? Don’t go and cut your neck or do unscrupulous things because you must travel to Santorini Island this year. Advice for free; don’t save more than 20% of your monthly income for this proposed trip. Based on the above, choose a destination Let’s assume we are choosing Cape Verde, since that’s the trending vacation spot and it doesn’t require a visa to visit. Give...