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We already cycled 25‘000 km on our way to Cape Town. Only around 10‘000 km left 😜

In Nigeria 🇳🇬 we met several first class kings and were surprised 😮 how hospital and interested they were towards us. We learned a lot about the traditional rulers and how they manage to lead their territory.
In one town, we even witnessed a coronation of a new king 🤴, which was extremely interesting. There was traditional music, dances and many famous leaders from Taraba state.

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After a long day on small, sandy tracks, we slept in one of those beautiful huts for the first time. The king 🤴 of the village even had a solar panel and we could charge our things while resting.

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Fruits 🍌 and snacks are sold everywhere along the roads and good sources of energy, once we are tired.

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Nigerians are fun people and really curious to meet foreigners! Most of the people we meet have never talked to white strangers before and are therefore really excited to meet us. On all our trip until Nigeria 🇳🇬 we have not been asked for as many selfies as in the last three weeks here.

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At this particular camp spot, we had the most unpleasant experience so far on this trip!
It was dark and some drunk vigilantes aggressively approached us with machetes and guns. They dragged us out of the tent ⛺️ and fired some shots in the air. In the beginning, we did not know what was going on!
They searched all our stuff and repeatedly asked us why we camp in the bush. They gathered all our valuables and asked us for more money 💰. We offered to go to the bank to withdraw cash 💵 , but they didn’t like this idea. At the end they called the police 👮‍♀️ and they brought us safely to the station. Nothing was taken and we were only a little injured.
We found out afterwards that those men were afraid that we were kidnappers and wanted to attack the village. So, they only defended their community and that explained why they handed us over to the police without stealing anything from us. Lots of people in Nigeria are scared die to the many kidnappings happening all over the place. After this incident, we only stayed with the police or the chief of the village.

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This main road leading to Enugu, definitely saw better times. Many trucks passed us on the way down and we had to inhale their black exhaust.

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Nigerian 🇳🇬 Highways: Definitely not good for your lungs 😂

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We were soaked due to the heavy rains ☔️ the whole day and found this church ⛪️ for the night. Luckily, nobody came to visit us the whole night and even in the morning we had our peace.

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The Express Highways cutting through Nigeria 🇳🇬 are normally quite busy with vehicles. Those roads are mostly tarred and have 2-3 lanes. In the beginning of our journey through this immense country, we wanted to make fast progress and therefore the highways were a good option.

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