Put up

TIN CAN Island is the area where we are put up. Tin Can Island, Apapa, Lagos is a port area. It’s more of an industrial area; you cannot call it an attractive area but it is near to the place where I have to work. About Lagos in brief from what I heard... It’s the biggest city in Africa after Johannesburg; it has the largest number of expat Indians after Kenya, cost of living in very steep. Cost of upma as written in the menu lying in my room is 500 Naira (Nigerian Currency, 1 Indian Rupee is equal to 3 Naira’s). I am put up in an Indian managed hotel with an Indian restaurant, it’s called Karma.
At the end of the week we did eagerly venture out to see other parts of Lagos, the more supposedly happening place or area is called VI (Victoria Island). We went to VI. We were suggested few malls, Silver bird and Palms. Silver bird was kind of a small mall, Palms was a bigger one… but they are still evolving. We were suggested some beaches, so ventured to one of the beaches called ‘BAR Beach’ it was very rudimentary… on the Atlantic ocean.. .not well kept. The good beaches we were later told is little far off… a longer drive of around 2 hours towards the border of BENIN. Have to check them out and more places next time around.....