Walking is one of my favourite hubbies .   I always love to take an evening walk to no where in particular, just follow the road and see where it leads. It helps me think and clears my head of clutters.

The first thing I fell in love with since  moving to Abuja is the abundant (unspoilt) natural environments (having loved little since then.)  Even from my sit in the plane my first view of Abuja  was a wowed moment for me. The grassland dotted with trees, the little (sometimes large) hills and rocks which surrounds the city.

This is completely different from what I am used to in Lagos, which unlike Abuja lies in the Rain forest region of Nigeria, characterized by Thick Rain forests, many of which are being lost to Urban expansion everyday. (A story for another day.)   Abuja lies in the Guinea Savannah belt (Where the desert meets the forest) (more…)