I have thought that all my blogs, henceforth, shall be having grade stars of how i felt about each observation/experience/conversation. My criteria is (*)-YAWN (**)-COULD BE BETTER (***)-S'OKAY (****)-ME LIKEY! (*****)-LUVIN' IT!
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Blue Line Airlines. Our flight to Lagos was scheduled at 8AM via Virgin Nigeria. Instead of having a VN charter plane, we had a different one. I think Virgin Nigeria is in connection with this airline to serve more customers, another fold of seeing it is that probably BLA has fewer flight connections. Anyhow, I was expecting this flight to be in standards with Lufthansa, BA, or Emirates, but no! I’m giving two stars for total customer satisfaction. Why? Let me point out some negative airline conduct from the point of view of passengers. (1) The flight attendants are counting endlessly for passengers on board. I don’t know why do they have to count those in their seats, is it not faster to count seats without passengers and just do some subtraction? It took them 20 minutes to have the final head count. (2) While they were counting and they time prior take off, the air conditioning system was turned low. I asked “Ms. is your AC not working?” The attendant answered, “No Sir, it will be cooler when we take off.” How can any charter-planes have no air conditioning system functioning even if it has not taken off yet? (3) Lastly, meals were not that recommendable. Luckily, I took my breakfast early that morning. Review Grade:
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Murtalla Mohammed International Airport – 1. It looked a lot like Ninoy Aquino International Airport, but, I think they have to make it more apt to international passengers, with all the amenities one may look for. Besides, it’s the 21st century already, so what deters them from deploying state of the art technologies?
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Murtalla Mohammed Airport – 2. This is far better than the international airport. The architecture looks fascinating. There are a lot of fast food chains inside the airport you can be in while waiting for your flight. If you live in Lagos and on a one-day trip to Abuja using domestic flights, you can park and ride for this airport offers parking space for passengers.
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Tantalizers. For our lunch on the day I arrived in Lagos, we went to a fast-food chain – Tantalizers. That was also my first time to enter into that restaurant. Tantalizers is a local fast food chain offering local delicacies (in a canteen-manner of ordering) and fast food orders (like fried chicken, burgers, java rice, etc). Personally, I don’t like the service and how they present their food. The fast food section seems like offering cooked-yesterday chicken and the sanitation is very poor. The local delicacies section, food-wise, seems fine for all were cooked that day. I just hope, the management restructures their sanitation and food variety to stay abreast of competition.
Tantalizers. For our lunch on the day I arrived in Lagos, we went to a fast-food chain – Tantalizers. That was also my first time to enter into that restaurant. Tantalizers is a local fast food chain offering local delicacies (in a canteen-manner of ordering) and fast food orders (like fried chicken, burgers, java rice, etc). Personally, I don’t like the service and how they present their food. The fast food section seems like offering cooked-yesterday chicken and the sanitation is very poor. The local delicacies section, food-wise, seems fine for all were cooked that day. I just hope, the management restructures their sanitation and food variety to stay abreast of competition.Review Grade:
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That is just few of what I saw in Lagos. Right after we landed, I immediately felt nostalgic for Lagos has a lot of resemblances of Metro Manila, Philippines - rowdy, traffic jams, busy!
This port is part of the project ICNL has to develop into a bonded terminal competing with existing ports and warehouses in Lagos.
(Behind the man walking on the bridge) Rush hour! People wants to go home as fast as they can to avoid traffic, alas jams can never be avoided. I think what causes these traffic jams are poorly planned road networks and the high density of the population.
(This photo was taken around 5:45PM) Comparing the weather condition of Lagos and Abuja, I'd prefer Lagos' since it is lesser humid. Even if the sun is at its zenith, the breeze cools your skin and protects it from too much UV rays.
Since, I've only been there for two days, I still haven't had the chance to stroll around and see Filipinos on their community. Probably the next time our unit has business in Lagos, I would ask my supervisor to allow me stroll the roads of Lagos.
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