It was a Sunday afternoon, I took my bag, my camera kit, and a phoned Uche (a travel blogger- lagosigboboy) to join me on an adventure to Makoko – a community that resides in the heart of Lagos, on top of water, just right in the middle of third mainland bridge (the longest bridge in Africa).

I journeyed to Makoko with little or no knowledge of the community. “It was going to be fun, I was going to make an awesome video for my Youtube fam” (that was my thought). I never knew I would learn so much from a community that seems so little and neglected.

Uche took me to see the Iwaya community before we got into Makoko, and it was there that I got to see the true definition of a community.

This bridge below might seem like nothing to you, but it represents love, sacrifice and patience. Prior to my visit to this community, I always wondered what their lifestyle was like whenever I looked over 3rd mainland bridge during a go-slow, and it was amusing to know that they had a normal lifestyle like every other Lagosian… or at least that is the way they see it.

Back to the bridge. Note that without this bridge, if you cannot swim, you cannot get from point A to point B. This to me seems like what connects the floating community to the land, it connects the buyers to the sellers, it connects the adventurer to the heart of the community. And this bridge was built with the donations of money, time, and labor from the people in the community and regular visitors or rather compassionate visitors.

Read the full article here and share your thoughts: https://thefisayo.com/the-future-of-lagos-tourism-is-makoko-find-out-why/