Essential The Official Coli Travel Thread
*In the Frankfurt Airport waiting for my connecting flight while sipping Brandy*
America is really a multi-cultural society.
You can see a black person on the street and be like:
"He/she is American"
You can't say the same in a Germany or Switzerland. Even in Nigeria. Most societies, at least the old world, are homogenous in structure.
Met a lady from Cameroon who, despite living in Germany for 20 years and speaking German would neve be considered German. In the US she would be at least Cameroonian-American
Ish is as hard as getting a nigerian visa I literally think its one of the hardest visas to get. I'm used to just landing and getting a visa on arrival or being visa free with my cdn passport. But for nigeria nah, had to get a job letter, yellow fever certificate, show bank statements, write a letter why I wanted to visit, show airline and hotel itinerary
Bruh, this is standard process I go through to get almost Western visa outside the US and Canda (Permanent Resident of the US).
At this point it's nothing to me. The only hassle is getting all the documents in order. Lol, I'm so used to it. For. Schengen visa you even have to do an in person interview.
A Nigerian visa is a piece of cake, especially as you're a Canadian citizen coming for tourism.
Some 52% of Nigerians that apply for Schengen visas are denied (just to put it into perspective).
That's how we've been doing it from the jump.
Bruh, this is standard process I go through to get almost Western visa outside the US and Canda (Permanent Resident of the US).
At this point it's nothing to me. The only hassle is getting all the documents in order. Lol, I'm so used to it. For. Schengen visa you even have to do an in person interview.
A Nigerian visa is a piece of cake, especially as you're a Canadian citizen coming for tourism.
Some 52% of Nigerians that apply for Schengen visas are denied (just to put it into perspective).
That's how we've been doing it from the jump.
cray
guess i'm just spoiled
I'll b in lagos in 2 weeks, first time in nigeria can't wait!!
If I have time may fly to Abuja for a few days
I would say definitely go to Abuja just for perspective. Abuja doesn't have the same energy (and craziness) as Lagos so it's easier for foreigners/first time visitors. Abuja is getting more activity but culturally it's barren. Very "plastic", but that's most planned cities/communites e.g. Brasilia, Suburbs etc.
Honestly that's the biggest reason I'm getting naturalized. Visa free travel to pretty much any country.
A Nigerian and American passport and I'm pretty much set for almost every country.
Those are all on the same trip, correct?
Yep. 10 days between London, Amsterdam and Paris. End of August through Labour Day weekend and beyond.
A little over two weeks between Nigeria (Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt) and Ghana (Accra). Abuja and Port Harcourt more so for family. Lagos for fun.
It'll probably be about 10 days between Lagos and Accra.
That Lagos/Accra axis has become an absolute scene in the past few years especially during Christmas.
You get all the Nigerians and Ghanians in the diaspora (US, UK, Canda etc) all coming back for like 2-3 weeks of non-stop fun.
The women be looking
These are good ideas. I'd add Granville Island, VanDusen Botanical Garden (if you or whoever you're with likes that kind of thing) and I think the University of British Columbia campus is worth checking out. It's an unbelievably beautiful area and I feel jealous of anybody who gets/got to attend school there.
I'm not sure what the ferry schedule is like, but a day trip to Victoria on Vancouver Island would be a good idea too. If you're bringing your woman, she would probably love the water taxis and feeding the seals.
The Bellaggio Cafe across from the Vancouver Art Gallery has the best wood stone oven pizza I've ever tasted.
yeah victoria isn't bad hassle getting to tsawwassen ferry if you don't have a car though
I think SFU has the best campus its literally on a mountain
Pepperdine is unreal too.yeah victoria isn't bad hassle getting to tsawwassen ferry if you don't have a car though
I think SFU has the best campus its literally on a mountain
Overlooking Malibu and the Pacific.
Pepperdine is unreal too.
Overlooking Malibu and the Pacific.
low key that would make a dope thread best university scenaries
1,462 for my ticket
1,500 for my hotel
260 for yellow fever vaccine
all my other vaccines were covered
now I see why many folks don't go to africa if you don't have family, ish is expensive. Already spent over 3k and my ass hasn't even landed yet
1,500 for my hotel
260 for yellow fever vaccine
all my other vaccines were covered
now I see why many folks don't go to africa if you don't have family, ish is expensive. Already spent over 3k and my ass hasn't even landed yet
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Where are you going?
I'm curious, how many trips to Barcelona, Paris or London could you get for the amount you just paid? It sucks that it costs so much to go to Africa.
Those vaccines are a big reason why I haven't gone to Africa. I don't even get a flu shot, haven't had one since I was 15. I don't like needles.
I read there were 10 recommended vaccines in addition to the yellow fever. I many did you take?