G@tto in a diplomatic world... Let's put it this way.

Faithful readers will appreciate...

Edition Le Monde diplomatique #5 > Afrika. Stolz und Vorurteile.
About : NZZ Online, Kultur > Reiches, armes Afrika.

June 19 2009, Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

Lagos house in Vic Island

As a strategic base for a first sojourn in Africa sure you can find worse !

Gatto discovers Yaba Market !

I wake up and I'm in Lagos, Nigeria, Africa.
is it a joke, a fantasy ?

Riding through Victoria Island... then Lagos Island...

enjoying the view of the Third Mainland Bridge (1990)...

the longest bridge in Africa,
connecting Lagos Island to the mainland.

Chaotic traffic and go slow let you buy anything you need

on your way... the offer never fails.

Eco Bridge and Western Ave, here is it Surulere,
on Lagos mainland.

First floor, the fabric dept. in Yaba market...

Downstairs, all goodies !

At Lizzy's - Shop 380 B...

and Lizzy's kitchen wares and smile !

and a few steps farer...

finally a place to have a drink... a Maltina of course !

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