Saturday, April 5, 2008

Construction Nigeria Style





It seems that all buildings here are made out of concrete blocks. Out in Lagos Bay there seem to be two fleets of boats. The smaller boats are fishing boats, and the larger flat-bottom boats haul up sand from the bottom of the bay. This sand then becomes one of the ingredients in making concrete. We see lots of buildings under construction and they all look similar. They are gray, multi-storied, no windows and rickety-looking scaffolding, often made of bamboo. How would you like to haul your materials and yourself up that bamboo ramp? I wonder how much these workers get paid to climb up on that stuff?

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