Baturia.
I was told Jos is where the largest "white" population is located in Nigeria. I come expecting to see a "white" and "black" population, knowing nothing; it takes almost 3 weeks before I see another baturia. It becomes a rare oddity to see a baturie (M) or baturia (F) in Jos or anywhere, and I have begun to stare at them the same way the Nigerians stare at me. Who are they? Why are they here? What are they doing?

Pictures from Home.
I am glad I brought pictures from home. They are a great conversation piece. Any who I speak with about where I am from say "I love Canada, and Canadians", yet they know so little about it. They ask what is it like, the pictures help show them what it is like. I finally found a world map near the end of my stay, to show the distance, JUST between Toronto and Vancouver, 4 Nigeria(s) across! Yet, in this, what is to us Canadians, a small country, there are 124, 009, 000 people living in Nigeria alone, compared to 33, 009, 841 in Canada. You do the math!

I Thought Africa was Hot!
And here I thought I was getting away from BC rain! I was darker when I first came to Africa then when I went home. I bugged my friends at Global Relief how my friends back home will think it an oddity coming back home from "Africa" whiter than first starting. It's Africa after all, isn't it suppose to be hot? Jos in at the highest point of the Plateau, in the Plateau State of course. The weather here is like October in BC. Grey, wet and cold... yet sometimes blue and warm, these are cherished days. Had I known I would have brought more than the one sweater I worn day and night. I came during raining season. June-September. July and August being the wettest. But on a good note that means there is water and food! The other months of the year are dry, water runs out, and the vegetation drys up. The dry season is said to be even colder. I thought it was the other way around. But no, its suppose to be colder...





Sometimes when it comes down, it comes down so hard, you are drenched in a matter of seconds, make that 1 second!