tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365893282010-08-13T12:47:56.922Z......travels around the globe.......bkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12171658406845915583noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36589328.post-11571322009861077482010-07-22T23:00:00.006Z2010-08-13T12:47:56.969Z2010-08-13T12:47:56.969Z

A day trip to Abuja for the National award ceremony turned out to be a nightmare. The ceremony went well even though it was extremely long; it was presided over by the President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR. We had lunch and headed to the airport to catch our flight back to Lagos. The 17:25 Virgin Nigeria (renamed Air Nigeria) flight at the international

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Back to London for just a visit (before you start getting any wise ideas.....) What I love the most about London is that everything pretty much stays the same, constant! I did the usual catching with friends, shopping, dining and partying! yeah! NOT!I finally had Afternoon Tea at The Dorchester Hotel which was pretty cool, so now I've done Afternoon tea at the Ritz, Claridges and Dorchester, so

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Back to Chicago (my home away from home) for a week to visit my dearest friend after three long years! Everything is still the same except for the amazing new structure by Donald Trump! pretty impressive.Day 1Arrival....Day 2Lots of shopping on N Michigan Avenue and Water Tower place in particular (Oprah has a store on the 2nd level - how bizarre!)Day 3Tagged along to a Kellogg MBA talk on

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A long birthday weekend in Paris via the Eurostar from London. I seem to always forget how beautiful Paris is! Pourquoi??Apart from my birthday, I really wanted to go to Roland Garros for the first time (still trying todo all the grand slams). It was the 6th day of play but the 2nd/3rd round.It was pretty amazing been there and on the Phillipe Chartrier court on a sunny summer's day!Saw Venus

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An adventurous trip over the Easter holiday. Flew from Lagos to Abuja and then did a road trip from Abuja through Nassarawa, Jos Plateau to Bauchi! It took roughly 7 hours on the way there and 6 hours on the way back. I really didn't think it would take that long :-( The point of the whole trip was really to go to Yankari but more importantly to get to know Nigeria a bit better......The

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Another visit to London, and No I didn't see the Queen but I did catch up with friends. What else did I do? shopping, more shopping and more shopping, hmmm..... very SAD!Londontown my 1st home! I do miss London sometimes.....

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So, I was in Rome for the Champions League final between Manchester United (the best team in the world! & my team!) and Barcelona at the Stadio Olimpico; it also happened to be the same day as my birthday! yippee! (soo expensive though -still paying it off!) Unfortunately Man U lost! It was an awful match actually - one that I never want to remember again - ever! :-(Roma...Roma.... such a

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So maybe not quite a european tour, only visited a couple of cities in europe:LondonIt's really odd visitng London now having lived there for so long! I have to say I prefer being a tourist especially during this recession and economic downturn! so depressing! Anyhow, it was nice to do all the things one used to do: shopping, running in the park, eating out, riding and more shopping!I did do

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I got to the top of Kilimanjaro! Up to Gilman's point at 5685m (18, 651 feet)!My experience of Kili.....hmmm...it was extremely tough! It was the best and worst experience ever! I think it was truly the hardest thing I have done in my life thus far!The trek was organised through the Voluntary Services Organisation (VSO) with Accenture to raise money for VSO projects in Tanzania. We flew from

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Quick business trip around Nigeria!Enugu/OnitshaMy first time in this part of the country, I really didn't know what to expect. I arrived at Enugu airport - a very run down and badly maintained airport with some unrealistc vision and mission statements in the airport - long way off. Anyway, I had to catch a random taxi from the airport (very dangerous I've since been told) to travel to Onitsha

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This was my second ski trip! my first was to the wonderful resort of Val d'Isere - highly recommmended!Chamonix en France is a vibrant alpine town with beautiful architectural heritage, and magnificent high mountain scenery!We flew to Geneva and travelled by road to Chamonix. It offers a multitude of slopes and extends to 3 main areas: Brevent/Flegere, Grand Montets, Le Domaine de Balme and the

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Leaving London and moving to Lagos - quite emotional :-(Had a leaving do with friends and family at the Long Bar/Purple Bar at Sanderson Hotel, 50 Berners Street, London. Some photos:

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Day trip to Edinburgh reminded me how truly beautiful it is after so many visits! And also how very cold it gets! It is a cultural and historic city. I think I definitely prefer historic to modern :-) The main city centre is divided by Princes Street and Princes Street Gardens (with Gothic Scott monument) where one would find all the normal high street shops and Jenners department store, into '

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The home country of Jose Murinho and Cristiano Ronaldo was my weekend destination, I'm not sure what small town they are both from exactly but I felt closer to them whilst being there - v. SAD!!Serra de SintraThe old romantic town of Sintra (which is about 30 minutes from Lisbon with no traffic) is made up of castles/palaces, hills, beaches and exquisite countryside; it is simply an idyllic and

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I went on a day trip to see some family friends on the beautiful Isle of Man. The Isle of Man lies on the Irish sea between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland - west of Lancashire coastline. It's very scenic, green and windy! It's got great beaches and architecture ( alot like many English sea side towns). It is truly a great location for a weekend get/hideaway with an enviable relaxed pace of

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There's only One United!!So why didn't I go to Dublin when I was in Belfast??? That's because I got last minute tickets to watch Man United in Old Trafford!!! I couldn't pass off the offer! I had to go! I had to be there! So I got to the airport at 5am so I could be on stand-by for the first flight out of Belfast to LHR. Thankfully everything worked out.It was a road trip from London to

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(That's what you see when you arrive in Belfast city for the 1st time! George one of our own - Man U!)Belfast city is a beautiful up and coming city! I love Belfast and would definitely recommend it! It's full of soo much potential, and it's still developing. I was here for work for 4 weeks staying at the Hilton Riverside on Lanyon place - pretty central next to the river and the city centre (

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O’Hare Airport Chicago must be one of the worst airports in the world. Its international Terminal 5 is disgraceful! Welcome to Chicago, NOT! And how many people are simply getting frustrated with the current security checks in all the airports in the world? Everyone! Security Checks AND O’Hare = Nightmare! Security Checks AND Heathrow = Torture!Anyway, this was another work trip (I’m sure you are

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Bank holiday weekend was spent in Pari! romantic city of Pari! avec mes seours et les efants. We stayed at the Hotel du Sers on Av Pierre 1er de Serbie, next to the hotel George V (Four Seasons) on rue George V. It was a fun relaxing weekend meeting up with friends, shopping on the Champs Elysees, Lunching and Dinning (Fouquet and Pizza Pino on the Champs Elysees, 'Asian' on George V - brilliant!

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(an irish cornish swiss wedding actually..)Literally popped to Geneva in Switzerland over a weekend in August for my friend's wedding (former nickname Heidi :-) ), my 1st time in Switzerland ever! I fell in love with Geneva straight away, especially the old town situated on a hill, a very attractive part of the city, with narrow, cobbled lanes and streets, cafes, shops and galleries, and the

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Next destination was the beautiful country of Greece. This is my 3rd visit to Greece, and everytime I come I forget how beautiful it is! I stayed in Athens for a few days with a dear friend and then boarded the lovely (NOT) cheesy (more like it) easyCruise to do some island hopping :)Whilst in Athens, I visited the new mall called 'The Mall' (what an original name) in Marousi, it's a beautiful

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Konichiwa!!!!!!!!!!Didn’t you just want to visit Tokyo after seeing that movie, ‘Lost In Translation’ with Scarlett Johanssen and Bill Murray? Well even though I’d been to Tokyo before (when I was 5 and visited DisneyLand) I couldn’t remember anything, I was glad I had the opportunity to visit again with work. (at least I got to see a bit of Tokyo).Tokyo is exciting - Narita to downtown! And

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Selamat Datang to Penang2nd work trip to Penang (also stayed at the hotel Equatorial), didn’t do much except for work, work and more work! Visited the Queensbay mall again and did loads of shopping, this is a great mall with all the well known stores and local boutiques; this mall is apparently geared or was created just for tourists like me! There are other malls in the area that are much

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My 4th stopover/visit to the beautiful and very clean island city of Singapore (don’t remember my 1st visit when I was 6 but my 2nd was last year and my 3rd was a month ago at the airport). It claims to be the gateway to Asia, where you can experience a delightful blend of races, cultures and cuisine. I did all the touristy things last time so I had to do something different this time! I stayed

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(Malaysia Truly Asia - Courtesy of the Malaysian Tourism Board)Another work trip, this time to Penang in Malaysia, my 1st time there! Malaysia in South Asia is a country which is culturally diverse (a mixture of cultures and races all supposedly living happily together - ask me about this offline). It is made up of mainly Malays, Chinese, Indians and some Japanese I believe. The good thing is one

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