the last of it...

so this is it. my last few hours in nigeria. i decided not to do brunch. i figured why should i go thru all the trouble of getting out there and back so i can eat the nigerian version of an american/english breakfast? i'll be home soon enough and can eat whatever breakfast i want whenever i want and it won;t have any PALM OIL in it! so i spent the morning lounging and drinking nescafe and reading magazines (so i wouldn't have to pack them) and then decided to brave the craft village yet again. and it went well! i can totally bargain now! it was great. i mean,a lot more work than going to target but the guys were really nice and i goofed around with a few of them for quite a bit, bantering back and forth. they had fun too, i think! apparently, some people get really offended if you don;t put up a good fight. so i got a lot of beads and some necklaces and bracelets and a few silly figurines (like a brass lizard). i also got a hand painted tablecloth which won't match anything and a wood and seed version of the game mancala. they call it something else here but i couldn't understand it but it's a fun-ish strategy game that i used to play alot a few years ago. and then i hit the pastry shop for a tasty "greek" sandwich with feta and cukes and tomats and whatnot. and i got an apple and a banana muffin for later. and that's about it. i'll get picked up at 5:45p and drop off the computer and phone at the office and then off to the airport. my flight leaves at 9p and stops briefly in kano before the 6hs or so to amsterdam. then a 2hr layover, fly to detroit (8hr?) and then to dc! yay! i should be home by 3pm! anyway. so it's all done. i may post once or twice more just to sum things up and mention a few more things once i've had time to mull them over. one final interesting thought was said by dooshima last night. i asked her who she trusts if she can't trust the police here and she said "i trust in God". and went on to say that that's why she believes there's so much religion here - there's nothing else to put your faith into, nothing else you can trust. pretty powerful. anyway, good luck to nigeria and the future of all it's people.