LAGOS JANUARY TO MARCH 2010

Taken in Birdham Pool, I don't think Cormorants can read...

Mike feeding the the Black Headed Gulls. All the bird pictures from here on were taken beside Emsworth Pond.

A Coot with the most amazing feet.

Swans, you can see the cheeky one trying to get bread straight from my hand.

And here I am feeding the Swans and Ducks.

A very friendly Mr and Mrs Mallard. Needless to say there was much quacking going on, not by the ducks but by Mike.

Firing flares on the beach.

You can see what I mean about the smoke.

Another flare supervised by a fully armed (9 mm hand gun and baton) Maritime Police lady.

The old Lagos city wall is spectacular. This is the south west gate.

Church on the Lagos river front.

A pretty house attached to the church.

Portuguese modern art. A mutilated marble woman and a dead dog in a small park by the river. Actually the dog was asleep but was a lovely counterpoint to the statue.

Between the marina offices and the marina are flower beds that began to flower in February.

More flowers.

It's that tramp again.

More flowers, this time in front of the marina hotel.

One day I washed the courtesy flags of the sixteen countries we visited. On the rail is our yellow Q flag flown before clearing customs and immigration. Next to it is a 'diver underwater' flag that we flew when we were diving from the boat.

The lovely old Lagos railway station now unused and empty. It's a real shame because the new station is a concrete and glass monstrosity.

The southern end of the station. Unfortunately the back of the station is ruined by the tramps that sleep on the station platform.