I received an invite to experience Anambra through the eyes of a local from a friend that was going back home for his friend’s wedding last weekend. Let’s be real here, when he mentioned that it was going to be a road trip, I started asking every Igbo friend I could think of about the rate of kidnapping in that region. We decided to get camper trailers Perth, to save money on hotels and that way we could also all travel together. I could already imagine the insults and slap I would chop if my wakadube got me into big wahala because I was doing I.T.K. My friends assured me, with a bemused smirk, to calm down and not to worry about anything but the very long drive ahead of me.I had no mental image of what Anambra would be like, but I knew that the food culture would be amazing and also very affordable.
Experiencing the food culture was number 1 on my list of things to do in Anambra. I also wanted to visit the touristy bits like the caves, visit the local market, experience a proper Anambra wedding, and squeeze in whatever unique experiences that came my way. Sadly, I did not get to see some bits of Anambra as I would have liked but what I did get to experience blew my mind.
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I posted this last month on BellaNaija.com, and I could have sworn that I wrote a different version for this site…can’t seem to find it though. Ah well, here’s a chance to read it if you haven’t already.
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Wow! Your pictures are absolutely beautiful!!!
Gorgeous pictures! Looks like the ultimate road trip!!
Oh my gosh, I love your blog! So glad to have found it. I love that you are traveling Africa. Im from South Africa, and I often think the rest of the continent has so much beauty in it, and very few people explore it. I loved all your photos and watching the video. Twenty decades would be the same thing I would accidently say too :p
haha thank you Nikki! Yeah, I am trying to experience more of our continent going forward.
Great to see these views from Nigeria. I have rarely seen anythng from ths country although once I had a Nigerian roommate in Mumbai.
Aww thanks, we Nigerians are everywhere!
Your photos are really good and they show a different view of Africa than the ones we, westerners are used to. I love it, all the colors and the local culture.
many thanks Joanna 🙂 A few of us local travel bloggers are working to showcase the beautiful in Nigeria
Such a different and vibrant culture! Your photos are beautiful it looks like you had an incredible time, and you were lucky to be with someone who could take you along 🙂
This is such a different culture from what I’m use to. Did you find it hard to adjust or did you have culture shock? Your pictures are great by the way! 🙂
naaa, it’s a different tribe from my own, Yoruba, but we have some similarities in our love for music, dancing, and good food. And as a Nigerian, experiencing different aspects of our rich culture is not a shock because it is everywhere around me already, I just started paying better attention to it. I hope that makes some sense… many thanks for your compliments!
My stepdad used to go there, but only in Lagos, for work. It’s good to know that there are also places of interest in Anambra itself. I would still have to conquer Africa and Nigeria would definitely be on my bucket list. 🙂
Yay! come!! We have such a rich culture here 🙂 Where are you from?