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My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 5:57pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Just felt like sharing my trip on one of the most horrible stretches of road in East Nigeria. I had gone to Enugu earlier on Thursday (15/11) to sort out some personal stuff and also to get my windscreen changed. The windscreen change was a disaster (Details in Peugeot thread). On driving with the car stereo off, you can hear the distinct whooshing sound of air around the edges of the windscreen from inside the car. Will try and have it sorted out at a specialist workshop here in Uyo. Anyways I left Enugu on Sunday (18/11) around 12 pm from the beginning of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Express way (after filling my tank at the NNPC Mega Station). The early stages of the journey were relatively smooth… I could at times get up to 120km/hr. and the journey was relatively ok up to the Lokpanta Nta Cattle Market… The rest is best described by the pix…. Still a lot of old school vehicles on the roads… Volvo 240, Peugeot 404 pickups, 504s, 505s, W124s etc. Apart from the very common scraping of my undercarriage on the horrible road surfaces, my 307 Pug drove like a dream… with my AL4 tranny shifting perfectly and seamlessly… Performance has improved drastically since I had my ABS sensors changed… And I was Chilling AC all through… Got home like 5.30 pm… so that was five and half hours for a 250km Journey… We really have a long way to go o… I love my lion to pieces…. But am beginning to think I need a second car… preferably an SUV otherwise my Peugeot would age prematurely if contionuosly used on that road… Any thoughts/opinions on the Jeep Liberty or the 2003 Nissan Pathfinder…? …tdie |
Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:00pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Journey Start... Full Tank... Bon Jovi on my stereo... Leggo... 1 Like
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:01pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Four Corner junction Agbani...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:03pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Good going... Behold my travel companions... Also got some New Nigerian Hip Hop Albums... I particularly like Flavours new Album...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:08pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
I never exceed 120km/hr.. no matter the provocation from other drivers... behold a Merc 190E dusting me... Make them wait until I get my V6 Peugeot 406 Phase 2 1 Like
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by Nobody: 6:08pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Interesting. I've always liked road trips in pictures and text, showing a very diverse mix of old and new automobile, you can certainly broaden your horizon that way. |
Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:10pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Taste of things ahead...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:14pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Cattle market ahead... The horrible roads start...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:16pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Natural Cobblestone like roads... Grrrrrr...!
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:17pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
One side of the express is not motorable at all... thus we all share my lane... Sharp reflexes needed or you might end up in a head-on collision
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:20pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Okigwe junction... Going straight ahead would have been the shortest option... unfortunately it is absolutely unmotorable... So i had to detour... which is like twice as far...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:21pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Detour off Okigwe junction... Note the w124 approaching...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:23pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
About one and half hours later...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:23pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Volvo 240 abi 244 still waxing strong...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:24pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
My Car's Grandfather... the 504 Pug... Such cars are sadly not made anymore... 1 Like
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:25pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
y'ello Abia... You go fear Gods own State... not with the current Governor
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:28pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Umuahia Towers... This is the place i should have ended up at least 1 hour earlier if i did not have to detour at Okigwe junction... Note the VW Passat/santana in front, and the VW Golf MK2 on my left... 1 Like
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:30pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
My Cars Great Uncle... 2 Likes
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:31pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Umuahia town... getting into Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:32pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
University of Agriculture... Along Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:33pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Shitty Ikot Ekpene-Umuahia Road... More horror ahead....
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:34pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
My Cars Ancestor.... Lol Pug 404 Pick up... wonder where the spare parts are sourced from... 6 Likes
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:36pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Meet the extended family... 4 Likes
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:37pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Common sight on Nigerian Roads... Untethered Containers on a Truck.... will tip over at the slightest provocation
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:38pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Horror... My poor car... and thats actually a highway...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:39pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Another one bites the dust...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:40pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Am seriously envying the dude in the pathfinder
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:41pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
lonely stretch... 1 Share
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:42pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
My Poor Ball Joints and struts...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:43pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Ikot Ekpene...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:43pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Finally... Good roads once more...
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Re: My Pugs Journey From Enugu To Uyo On Sunday 18th Nov 2012 (Update) by tdie: 6:44pm On Nov 19, 2012 |
Yello Uyo... Akwa Ibom Ayaya... Uncommon transformation...
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