It was quite the adventure getting to Abuja and then to the stadium. Dustin, a Texan who came with us, made facepaint and a bunch of us put it on. It was made out of corn starch and food colouring or something. With all the heat, it kinda smelled like you were baking a cake on your face... but we looked like fans, anyway.
We stuck out a tad at the stadium, and the Nigerians were all pretty excited to see a bunch of white people dressed up in Nigerian jerseys at the game. Lots of excitement.
Nigeria ended up winning 3-0 (first goal in the first 2 minutes!) I'm told it wasn't that exciting of a game compared to other games. Which I use as my excuse for dozing off a couple times. It was all good fun though.On the way to the stadium. Kinda excited. The stadium is right behind me.
The field as seen reflected in Dustin's sunglasses.
Some really cool clouds/sunbeams.
Us all decked out in green.
The prominently African crowd.
Both teams praying together after the game. Pretty neat.
The field as we were leaving.
Last week we went for a bit of a hike. Checked out some neat rock formations as well as a waterfall.
Top of a large rock = great silly-face photo op.
Running water isn't the same here. It's pretty brown and mucky. But the falls were impressive anyway. Can't recall the official name of the falls, but it's commonly referred to as Flip-Flop Falls, as you will understand from the photos... The waterfall is on volcanic rock, which is neat, as I'm pretty sure that marks the first time I've been were a volcano was. There is an old volcano not too far away, but it's not very impressive. Covered in shrubbery (Ni!) and not very big. Might check it out another day.The waterfall.
Get why it's called Flip-Flop Falls yet? (Might need to click on the photo to view it bigger.)
Not much else to report here... Julia got her visa the other day! :) Barely a month left until she's here!! (I'm pretty excited)
To fill up some space/make up for my lack of posting, here's a couple more photos. This is the choir leader leading the choir in church.
And here's a group of us after we played soccer in some pretty cold rain...
Also, I posted some photos of the trip I blogged about way back when the school collapsed. Check it out here, there's a bunch of photos in there I didn't put on here!
Thanks for reading!
