Tuesday, February 24, 2009

What Does 1 Kilogram Of Human Fat Look Like

February 23 - Sungbo Eredo, a Nigerian tourist attractions




Today we have a very ambitious plan - to find a little-known monument in the world Nigeria: Sungbo Eredo, which according to our guide: the biggest building in Africa, made with human hands, with a length of about 160 km and a height of up to 7 floors. Equipped with such information and location of the 'something', we go to town Ijebu-Ode, where we supposed to find Sungbo Eredo. We asked a few people at a time, unfortunately, no one had heard of something like that. I explain that it will be a high wall, the 160km long, so he should know about such things. After another failed attempt, we manage to find a group at one of the shops where they know what we mean and a grandparent is proposed that will go with us and show us the path. We're going so the three of them and actually get to the place that is marked with the words Sungbo Eredo under the brand name and the ministry of tourism. Local explain to us that it is implicitly tomb of Queen of Sheba, to which Muslim pilgrims every year and pulled thousands of Christian giving tribute to her. It turns out that women do not have access there, and only Phil can enter the holy places. I am waiting at the car, cheering granddaughter of one of the local grandparents. After 10 min. Philip goes back to the disgusted face. There is no trace of any wall - low or high, only a few bars surrounded by a wire. Some routes have to climb barefoot in the jungle, but apparently doing well. We ask those present men as it is with this wall. Nobody knows anything, nobody saw nothing. As You can lose the 160km wall? We go back to town and ask again. Guided us in a certain place 30km away, which we find without difficulty, but on the spot instead of 'wall' that is the wall we see a 'war monument', the war memorial. But fortunately there a worker of some sort associate the name of the hotel Sungbo Eredo and explains to us that this is not a wall (actually the guide was not used that name, only the 'tall building 7 floors'), a deep ditch, which was built 1000 years this is likely for defensive purposes then the kingdom. Explains to us exactly where to find it. We go further and actually find 30km rusty plate with the name Sungbo Eredo. We go after mouldered board in the jungle. There, the path ends, because overgrown with various zielskami. We have no machetes, so hands breaks through the bush. After a few meters, we see a ditch, but so completely overgrown, that actually we did not know that this is the work of thousands of people 1,000 years ago, in my life zwrócilibyśmy attention. Even the pictures do not do, because there is so .... And that's how they look Sights in such nieturystycznym country like Nigeria. In Mali also sanctified by stressing its impressive length of 160km and depth, they did next to a reconstruction of old buildings and clearing a lot of money for the opportunity to enjoy this, and here - is not enough that hardly anyone local knows that such a thing exists, and how after great hardships will find, it turns out that it was worth the 300km drive to watch it ...
When you arrive home, check your mileage: Our entire trip from departure from home was 20 482 km! Still gearing up extra 1200km to drive car buyer, but it is like outside the counter 'tourist'. Well, everything beautiful has an end ....

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