I have been to a lot of places and the variety in Nigeria is great.

I can't say where exactly is the best place I've been, but I think I like Kaduna and Owerri a lot.Eket beach is a nice place to picnic.

I did not enjoy my brief stay in Onitsha...

So where have you been and which places do you encourage people to visit in Nigeria?

I have been to Lagos and Eket that's all, Eket beach doesn't look safe to swim in though (looks like a few rips) :/

I love travelling around naija. I've been around the east, Owerri,Okigwe,Aba, Enugu,Onitsha and off course my home town Umuahia. The beauty is that u get to see the little towns as you pass through. This is especially the case when travelling in the northern regions. Like I've been to Abuja and I love passing through Lokoja ( I think thats how its spelled)l. I've memories from when I was little and we got stuck at Aja Ejule junction, just a couple of hours from Lokoja.I've been to Kaduna and I would love to visit Jos ( I've heard nice things about the place). However, Lagos doesn't do it for me, the place is just way to crowded. That's one place that I'd prefer to visit less!

Eket is not 100% safe to swim in when the tide comes up.When there is high tide(which seems to be often) one is advised not to swim against the tide, but swim with the tide.You may be sucked in

I have been to Jos, Very cold though but interesting. I visited Zoo and museum.

Currently residing in Port Harcourt.

The only places in Nigeria I can't go are Zanfara and Kano because of the zero tolerance they have for Christianity. I can't allow them to frame me with their Sharia of a thing.

Better cross Kano and Zanfara off my list

My what's very cold for nigeria?

Greatpeter:

The only places in Nigeria I can't go are Zanfara and Kano because of the zero tolerance they have for Christianity.  I can't allow them to frame me with their [I]Sharia[/I] of a thing.

You're sure you're not letting the hype get to you?

I can't think about how a Christian would fall foul of Sharia law, anyhow.


Back to the topic, having spent my NYSC year in Jos, I can heartily recommend it for the pure beauty of the scenery that surrounds the town.

hmmmmmm!I've never been to Zamfara, but i have some friends whose NYSC are there and they tell me the sharia thing is highly over rated(except for those of us who can't do without alchohol, then you have to go to the Army barracks).I have been to Kano and well where I stayed(Sabo) was as free as anywhere in ph.
I'm currently in Port-Harcourt, and well PH is ok, if you have alot off doughto burn...or Greatpeter don't you think so?

Allenpowered:

hmmmmmm!I've never been to Zamfara

Hope you didn't come back with short sleeve

i've not been there...thank u!

Allenpowered:

hmmmmmm!I've never been to Zamfara, but I have some friends whose NYSC are there and they tell me the [I]sharia [/I] thing is highly over rated(except for those of us who can't do without alchohol, then you have to go to the Army barracks

i'm glad to hear this. things in Naija always have the tendency to be overated. well for me the Nigeria i know consists of Abuja, Lagos, Enugu, Anambra and Kogi. not too bad abi?

Hmm, lets see, av been to Akwa-Ibom, Akura, Ibadan and may be Lagos. Anyway I live in Ogun State.

Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode, Ijebu-igbo, Sango Ota, Lagos, Kaduna, Benin, Ilorin, Ilesha, Ibadan, Ewekoro, ... and I currently live in Ogun State, too

How far Allenpowered, where have you really been to in Nigeria? Nigeria is a vast and wide country that you can't just sit down and make conclusions. Though Onitsha might be rough and look uninhabitable, it doesn't mean that it is the original citizens of Onitsha that made it the chaos city that it is. If you really want to see Nigeria inside out, travel with the railways.

Start from Iddo in lagos, to Ibadan, to Offa in Kwara, to Lokoja in Kogi (remember that was were Mungo Park discovered the confluence of river Niger), to Zungeru in Niger (the birth place of a notable political icon in African politics), to Zaria in Kaduna and then to Kano. Then you will know that Niger is wide.

Or, is it when you travel from Lag to Imo by road, waoh, so many communities. Therefore Allen, if you really want to know Nigeria first hand, take a one month vacation and travel from west to east, from east to north, from north to south and back to west, then, you will get to know that Nigeria was not originally created to be one. . Charl.

well i actually stay in lokoja chawkee!i have stayed in abuja(schooled also in a place called bwari-where the JAMB and law school is), i had a staying stint in kaduna of about a year(post sec schoool) and i used to shuttle between and kano...i school in ibadan...my internship is in PH, i travel to owerri most every weekend for the past 6 months...i go to enugu occasionally...been to minna ...unfortunately i have no tbeen to maiduguri or zungeru...but i have been to jos and bauchi .

travelling should be a hobby, u don't have to take a whole month vac , maybe during weekendsjust start off for a place you've never been and have some fun...its refreshing

Let's see, where these legs have taken me, Benue, Akure, Agbor, Warri, Benin, Abuja, Asaba, Jos, Ibadan, Kwale, Onitsha, Awka, Enugu, Abagana, these I remember now. I stay in Lagos and believe me even with the hustle and bustle, I cannot imagine myself staying in any other part of Nigeria .

I've stayed in a number of cities in nigeria, stayed in portharcourt, Lagos, Jos, benin, warri,asaba, abuja , bauchi..never really been to the east...but out of all the places ph does it for me in naija

man I'm in PH and well its ok...but I think I like the good old Lagos...Ibadan too..life is easier

I love traveling or being Abia and Abuja.

I've been to Osun State(where I used to live.), Oyo, Lagos, Ogun, Kwara, Kogi and Abuja. Abuja is the best place to be!!!

Abia, Owerri 'n Onitsha

Hidden_Hunter:

Better cross Kano and Zanfara off my list

My what's very cold for nigeria?

Obudu, the highlands, gets down to 5 degrees celcius so i'm assuming Jos is in that range

Hidden_Hunter:

I have been to Lagos and Eket that's all, Eket beach doesn't look safe to swim in though (looks like a few rips) :/

Would the Eket beach be suitable for surfing?

Nah! Eket is not good enough for surfing...waves not high enough.Too bad...

My legs been to Abeokuta, Sagamu, Ijebu Ode/Igbo, Ilaro, Abuja, Bauchi (was young though), Ibadan, Ado, Nassarawa and Niger State.
I wish i will be able to get to go to the east soonest
Am a full Lagos guy but only out to those place, I will prefer to settle down in Abeokuta - its a cool place (i had my Polytechnic Education there)

Allenpowered:

Nah! Eket is not good enough for surfing...waves not high enough.Too bad...

so is there anywhere innigeria good for surfing?

oops, i have been to some really nice places in Nigeria.


Abuja, Lagos, Jos, Gombe (I love the NUNU (or is it nono), some kind of cow milk.very sweet.)


Those are the places i have been in lagos. Places i stayed for like weeks or days. But for places i had to pass through and stay for some hours or just a night, i have been to :

Ibadan, owerri, port harcourth, kaduna, and kano.

me, i'm not too good in traveling, but anyhow sha, I've stayed in lagos, visited owerri imo state, being to ugwuta lake, buguma, umuahia and finally, PortHarcourt which is my residencia area.

uu nna well doneooo!!!

i've been to[b] Abeokuta[/b], Ogun State where I grew up, Lagos, where i live, Ibadan, Abuja and Kano. Sharia has presence mainly in Kano town. But people are free enough in other towns. would really love to find time to travel all over the country..

Lagos (base camp), Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, Kaduna, Ibadan, Maiduguri, Asaba/Onitsha, Benin City...

I liked most Abuja and Kaduna, nice and quiet but somehow, for some reason... despite the traffic, LASTMA, smoke, noise... just Lagos feels like home.

I regret that most of the time I traveled for work and I didn't have enough time to really visit more in these cities... hope I will change that. Hope to get to Jos soon, Heard is really nice... What is to be seen there? Where can you lodge in Jos?

anyways,
I have being to Abuja sheraton hotel.

hmmm, where have I been..welllll...hmmmmm..

Ok Ive been so many places in the east and west. I have never crossed the Niger or Benue to the North neither have I been to Abuja.

I can remember Lagos, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ijebu Ode, Oyo, Ogbomoso, Oshogbo, Ife, Ilesha, Akure, Ilorin, Benin, Ajaokuta, Warri, Onisha, Enugu, Awka, Owerri, Abakaliki, Ogoja, Calarba, Uyo, Ondo, Otukpo, ....and the little towns and villages in the East and West.....