Endless roads

Hello,

Today was a very hectic day. We were trying to find a company called Apex and we got a taxi. It was absolutely crazy. The taxi driver didn't know the address of where we were going. So we kept asking people all over Lagos (it felt like), and they kept telling us to go one way and then the other.
    Then police pulled us over and asked us for a fine that was a perposterous amount: 50,000 Naira. To put things in perspective, I have 5,000 Naira to myself, which is about $31.00 USD. Now multiply that times 10. See what I'm saying? Fortunatley, I think they settled for 1,000 Naira.
    When we finally found Apex, the stairs were blocked by a whole bunch of people trying to haul a huge printer up the stairs to who-knows-where. We couldn't get to the level of the building the company was based. Besides, it wouldn't have mattered anyway, because we found out that the building was closed. But luckily, a person trying to figure out what the people were doing on the stairs gave us the phone num. for Apex.
    So we went back home, and got some roasted peanuts. They are extremely good here; they taste much more different than the ones in the U.S.A. We also bought some sugar. We bought some sugar so we could make some smoking gari. Smoking gari is a simple dish that consists of a grain (I think) called gari, water, sugar, lemon (optional), and anything else that you think tastes good. All you have to do is get a bowl, and a fork. Here are the steps:

Step 1: Pour the gari into a bowl.

Step 2: Pour the water into the bowl with the gari.

Step 3: If your using cube sugar, put one cube into the mixture and crush it and dissolve it. If you're using regular sugar, put a little bit of sugar in the gari and mix it.

Step 4: Squeeze some lemon into the smoking gari and mix.

Step 5: Put onto table with fork and eat. If you think it is not sweet enough or it isn't sour enough, add some more sugar and/or lemon.

How to eat: Take fork and tkae some gari. Let some of the water drain out, and eat.

How to eat with food: Take a piece of your food and put some in and keep it in your mouth. Take some gari and put some in too.

Enjoy!

    Anyway, we also got some okra soup and some ice cream and ate dinner. We didn't make any smoking gari tonight. Maybe we'll do it tomorrow.  And know, I'm writing on a blog called The Xplorer telling my readers what I'm doing. =D

Signing off,
The traveler