International Dining in Lagos?

Sorry that I have taken so long to update with another post. Compared to all the excitement that I had getting here - the last week or so seem so bland. But, in actual fact, there are lots of cool things going on here:

So, I am currently staying in a nice hotel here in Lagos - it is right on the ocean and an enjoyable evening is spent at the outdoor restaurant, by the pool with the breeze off the ocean. The problem with living in a hotel for weeks on end is that you quickly tire of the food at the hotel - so I have had the opportunity to eat Tex-Mex, Thai, Indian, Lebanese, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and even authentic British Fish and Chips! It is actually really neat that there are so many cultures here and all of them have opened up different restaurants to cater both to the expats and the adventurous locals.

On the weekends, the Mobil expats usually have a BBQ at one of the housing blocks and everyone gets together and drinks wine and eats too much food. It is a very close net community and they really look out for one another, which is really nice! The female employees and the wives of other expats are all excited to have Desiree over - I'm sure they will be a great help.

So, Mondays there is a "Hash" where people run around town chasing a "rabbit" and drink beer - they call themselves a drinking club with a running problem. Tuesdays is V-Ball at the British High Commission, Wednesday is "International" night again at the BHC and they serve great fish and chips. On Saturday, they run races in three person "Lightning" sail boats out of the Yacht Club and Sunday has a cruise up to the Mobil beach hut again in the sail boats. It seems like there is something going on almost everyday!

Well - I am starting to settle in (as best as you can when you live in a hotel) and am looking forward to coming home and seeing Desi and all our friends. I have my flight booked back to Calgary on the 8th of Sept! I'll give the update on my housing and vehicle in the next post!

RQ