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 Biu, bystanders by sachara
In the beginning these bystanders were a bit shy and took some distance. Also sometimes the driver of a motorbike stopped. Leave a Comment
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 Biu, enthusiastic kids by sachara
At the end they not only started to greet, talk and ask questions, but also started to yell and sing very enthusiastically.
From both sides we enjoyed this meeting. Leave a Comment
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 Peace Mass Transit by Toyin
Its better to arrange for private means if you will love to move round, or better travel by air. Leave a Comment
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Biu in the north east of Nigeria has one long main-road. The side-roads are mostly unpaved. Everywhere in Biu you can see the huge minarets of the mosque as land mark.
There was not much to see or do in Biu. Some small shops, streetstalls and one internetcafe (with almost all the time the server down).
Most people were sitting in the shade, friendly greeting, but also curious about me, walking along their street. Motortaxi drivers were gathering around their motorbikes and people were fetching water in plastic containers. These were the activities I saw around midday. Leave a Comment
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 the entrnce gate to the place
of the governor by sachara, 4 more photos
A few KMs out of the town of Biu we found a place to stay by help of the local governor, Ali Biu. So we could camp on his fenced and guarded ground or the ground of his political party just nearby his own compound, all for free.
He arranged that the toilets were fixed for us, his men brought a generator for electricity and he sent even his private driver to bring a doctor and medicines from town, but also to bring softdrinks and beer from the local barracks of the army.
A real great hospitability and generosity! Leave a Comment
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 Biu, towncentre by sachara
Biu is a town about 600 KM east of Abuja and not far from the border with Cameroon, only 160 KM.
We had a nice parking place in the shade of some trees opposite an official building with the minarets of a huge mosque at the background. Leave a Comment
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During our shopstop in Mokwa, on the Ilorin- Kaduna Road, a lot of streetvendors were around, like almost in every town or village, where we made a stop.
The rather young girls were selling small bags of water and all kind of snacks, bearing their trade on plates or in buckets on their heads. Leave a Comment
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 the Ilorin-Kaduna road
crossing the Niger by sachara, 1 more photos
I realized that it was allready 15 years ago that I saw this river for the last time.... in Mali. Leave a Comment
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 Biu, watersupply by sachara
There were a lot of carts around, filled with plastic containers for water to spread them in the town. In these dry areas of the country the watersupply is very important. Leave a Comment
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At the moment we said goodbye in the border village Sahudi, all the schoolkids were allready at the schoolgrounds, just before the classes should start. They were wearing schooluniforms, like all the schoolkids in Nigeria.
So it was nice for them and us.... we could wave to each other and say goodbye, before we crossed the border to Cameroon. Leave a Comment
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