later I went into the city centre after looking at the meal prices in Meridien, i know it isnt for me, went into the street and i got giant packs of chips and chicken, mennnn I didnt know my children were that hungry I woke them up and they rushed to brush their teeth and WOWWWW did they attack the chips and chicken you can say that again.

you made a naija call for 150ksh?

don't forget to take pictures when you settle in properly

@mosthigh, for your Biogas have you visited Shoghai farm in benin republic, they do well on biogas

oolumide: @mosthigh, for your Biogas have you visited Shoghai farm in benin republic, they do well on biogas

Hi There oolumide.

Thanks for asking, actually I have not heard of them, I will goggle them now.

Do you have any contacts there?

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@ mosthigh, shoghai is in porto novo, owned by a Nigerian reverend father. Just carry your passport with yellow card. get to seme border and cross to the other side. Join a cab that is going to porto novo, tell the driver that you are going to shoghai, they will drop you in front of the place. you can spend a day, that is sleep over. they will take you on tour of their facility for a token. When I was setting up my farm I went visiting, I spent two nites. Their biogas works well, produced from pig dung and chicken faeces.

If you google you will see their website and contact number call and they give all cost implications, but it is usually cheap.

oolumide: @ mosthigh, shoghai is in porto novo, owned by a Nigerian reverend father. Just carry your passport with yellow card. get to seme border and cross to the other side. Join a cab that is going to porto novo, tell the driver that you are going to shoghai, they will drop you in front of the place. you can spend a day, that is sleep over. they will take you on tour of their facility for a token. When I was setting up my farm I went visiting, I spent two nites. Their biogas works well, produced from pig dung and chicken faeces.

We give thanks.

Do you run biogas on your farm?

I wanted to when i had difficulty in disposing off my pigs waste which way too much to handle then. so i saw theirs and it was very simple. One thing about shoghai farm is they try to simplify everything, you will be shocked at the simplicity of their biogas system

@oolumide, you are into Agriculture, that is nice. I was involved in rice production and had to work in different rural communities in the east. That is where I built my confidence in treading new territories. They are some places that seems that no one have ever lived since the creation of the world . I had to experiment with rice husk waste, went to Rice mills where you've got mountains of burnt rice husk lying there as waste. I used the whitish ash which has cement content, mixed it with portland cement and laterite. I made wonderful bricks out of them.

@bluerange that is great.So are you still into such, i am into cattle and pig rearing. what other things are you into. I am looking at things that average nigerians are not into so as to have egde over copy copy naija people.

No moved on from rice. Currently studying radio production as I want to someday be engaged in dissemenating possibibilities with what we have, especially converting waste to wealth.

and with those pigs and cattle you have, you have no business buying cooking gas and because you will have so much gas you can easily share it with neighbours. Ideas move the world

Yeah you can say that again. what is radio production

simply how to operate in a radio studio, presenting etc.

Ok

I wished I av done many of these trips when I was younger. It would have influenced where I settled at.

hi oolumide credit vouchers range from 50-1000 shillings,hope you dnt get swindled btw you should try the galitoz chicken with your kids wayyy better than kfc.

Yeah aineki thanks. I was not swindled on airtime voucher. I have done galitos. They converted Nandos to galitos. I had a quarter meal. I was at the safari today it was great. I did giraffe centre and national park.

@aineki I was fortunate to get a lovely apartment off Ole dume road at 7000ksh for 2 bedroom service apartment.

@oolumide, the 7000ksh is for how long?

oolumide,7000kshs is quite reasonable at this time glad you had fun feeding giraffes ,ole dume is in kilimani area

Yes ole dume is in kilimani/laviton area. It is 7000 per night. Fully service

l can imagine how happy your kids are with this change of environment. l guess you are getting use to the shape and those paintings on their buses, it is too colourful!

@ bluerange. The kids are so excited you know when they feel they have stories to tell when back to school. I stayed in lavington which is upscale area. But I saw the buses at city centre. I dont want to join the buses cos I am scared for my family. But if it had been only me I would have done so.but the accommodation we got is so lovely. Even friends that we made in nairobi keep ogling at it. But at least it so much change from my PH and Lagos life

the buses are called ‘matatus‘ some even have wifi installed but pickpockets are all over had bad experiences a couple of times

@oolumide,have you noticed the exteriors of some of their buildings? the cut stones that require no plastering nor painting, it so beautiful! the monthly house rent system will be a huge relief for a Nigerian as no one is demanding 2 years from you.

Yep I noticed the brick system. One of my mentor in agric business ones told me about when we were trying to device means of building durable farm house for pigs. You know pigs required cold place to sleep. I think this bricks are made from laterite which allows the house to be cool all through the day. That also explains why d house are without ac all year around. I dont know why we cant copy all these things from these people. These people leave simple and organised life. Well we will get there some day I hope.

And my holiday is coming to an end. It has been sweet and fun. But 1week was damnn too small. Was at one of the villages today. Need to catch flight back to Nigeria. @aineki, bluerange, mosthigh and Disguy thanks all for your comments and support. Was at massai market at city centre today was able to get so much stuff to go home with. There was a motor fair but couldnt participate due to cash constraints for 4 of us.

Things we wish we had enough time and cash for are; my daughter wanted to go fishing but we couldnt, there was horse race that we missed and the next meet is I think is sept 22nd. Missed the great migration and the flamingos on lake nakuru. But there always some other times.

Lessons or what I ponder over. How come the east and southern africans are so different from we west africans in the way they live, build houses and roads and food. They copied europeans or british tootoo. Or may be I am wrong sfomebody should tell me more.

Glad you enjoyed your holiday....

We are waiting for pics!!!

oolumide: Lessons or what I ponder over. How come the east and southern africans are so different from we west africans in the way they live, build houses and roads and food. They copied europeans or british tootoo. Or may be I am wrong somebody should tell me more.

Very interesting Question.....with all our Giant of Africa slogan