(CNN) Vladimir Duthiers -- I moved to Lagos earlier this year as CNN's correspondent for West Africa and so far, it's been everything I expected and more.

I've lived abroad a good part of my life and I've visited some of the most dynamic cities in the world -- from Sao Paulo to Hong Kong to Dubai -- and I can honestly say that I've never experienced anything as vibrant, exciting and yes, as challenging, as Lagos.

Wait for what he will say once his journey comes to an end. I almost punched a white lady at a meeting after she said the lake in Tanzania was stinking like hell. The LovePeddler lived there for four years and the only thing she had to talk about was a stinking lake. Come on !