Friday, April 18, 2008

Delivery Okada Style


We got a chuckle out of this guy holding a full-sized car windshield while riding on the back of an Okada (Nigerian slang for bike) going 40 miles per hour. That's a major form of transportation here since most people can't afford to have their own car. That looks risky to me, though. I saw one loaded with big bags of oranges the other day. Often the driver has several passengers. Sister Evans said the funniest she saw was a driver hauling 2 passengers holding 3 goats. These drivers have their own set of rules. They frequently come at you "head on" and zig zag through traffic like maniacs. Kurt mentioned that it sounded like a moto-cross race because of the constant revving of engines and buzzing that they create.

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