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Sheri
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 LAGOS Has anyone been there? Need to know which airline has direct fights to Lagos. Any info appreciated.
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tallpony
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Possibly the worst city on earth. I believe that THY now has a flight there. If you can help it, don't go.
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| Wed, Nov 28 2007, 4:35 AM |
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Sheri
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LAGOS Thanks TP
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simonb
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A friend of mine was transferred there a few years ago. The money was sooooooo good he couldn't refuse. He still left after a year. Apparently it's not just horrible but also truly dangerous.
One notable highlight of his time there is the dead body floating at the front of his waterside home (the guards assured him it wasn't worth doing anything because the tide would carry it away  ).
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charly
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You mean Lagos - Portugal right
Everyone has heard of the dangers of Lagos - kidnapping, bus-jackings, beatings, murders etc
Foreign, Nigerian - doesn't seem to matter.
But it's got a big music scene and is full of life (according to friends/locals)...
If it's you that's going Sheri - let us know how it went! And how many armed guards you had.
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Sheri
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LAGOS Oh my God. thanks for all the feedback. Having second thoughts now.
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The mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven - Milton
We are not here to sit and think, we are here to do – Woodrow Wilson
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simonb
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Good call Charly.
Don't forget the layered security - a steel door to protect you from the street, then an armed guard, then a steel door to protect you from the armed guard etc.
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charly
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EiT on Tour - we should hire a minivan and see how far we get, who gets the highest ransom and who gets shot first.
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seggiest
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charly, can we volunteer people to go?
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charly
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Yes of course - I'm volunteering you.
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simonb
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To use one of Ali's phrases 'in your face arsehole!'
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seggiest
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thanks Charly for putting the softball away nicely - I actually set it up for Spine but he appears to be sleeping.
Simon B: I see you've been promoted to Ali's catamite. Good luck! 
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