I love that the title of my last blog is "Tomorrow Is Another Adventure" because it was true! The day after I wrote that blog we left for Kano! And what an adventure that was!! Kano, also referred to as "The 
capital of the North" is a 4 hour drive north of Jos. The quality of the road varies as you travel though the plateau, through the forest and into the desert. Regardless of the road quality, yo
u can always look forward to road blocks and bored army men who are guarding the road blocks. To provide a bit of entertainment for themselves, the road block guards love to test the baturi's (white person) knowledge of Hausa, and they like to see if you have anything they might enjoy . . . but as we found out they don't like bananas . . .
capital of the North" is a 4 hour drive north of Jos. The quality of the road varies as you travel though the plateau, through the forest and into the desert. Regardless of the road quality, you can always look forward to road blocks and bored army men who are guarding the road blocks. To provide a bit of entertainment for themselves, the road block guards love to test the baturi's (white person) knowledge of Hausa, and they like to see if you have anything they might enjoy . . . but as we found out they don't like bananas . . .Our time in Kano was mostly spent at the market shopping for fabric for the widows ministry here in Jos. The prices are cheaper in Kano and the selection is greater and boy was the selection great! T
here were SO many fabric shops, all with different kinds of fabric! It was a blast! The market is a bit overwhelming at first, people, cars, motorbikes, and goats all fighting though the same walkway, but hey if you can all fit, why not! :)
here were SO many fabric shops, all with different kinds of fabric! It was a blast! The market is a bit overwhelming at first, people, cars, motorbikes, and goats all fighting though the same walkway, but hey if you can all fit, why not! :)
While in Kano, we were able to attend the Durbar Celebration. The Durbar Celebration marks the end of Ramadan as well as honors the state officials. Attending the Durbar is similar to attending a parade at home. Lots of horses and people all dressed up in colorful and fun outfits walking around the stadium. We even had some "fireworks" at the end of the celebration . . .
We took advantage of the fact that Kano is a bigger city than Jos and ate at all the food we can't get in Jos. We had the best pizza ever at "Pizza Hot", not to be confused with "Pizza Hut" although Pizza Hot was in a building that looked like a hut . . . so I'll leave that one for you to figure out! :) We had amazing Chinese food and my favorite ICE CREAM! (although we can get that in Jos, my tummy was still happy! :)
We spent a bit of time playing tourist and visited the dye pits, these deep holes in the ground that are filled with some type of dye. They dye all sorts of clothes, and fabric, they are very beautiful. I bought a table cloth, so you can ask to see 
it when I get home! We also got to see where they "iron" the fabric . . . they iron the fabric by pounding it with this huge heavy wooden mallets. It is very unique and we all got to try our hand at it . . . 
It was a great weekend! A good group of people and a good experience to get out and see a bit more of Nigeria! I will post some pictures for you.
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I'm loving your blog Jamie, you'rea good writer... thanks for the awesome wide-mouthed gaping pic of me :-P lol not what i was expecting!! :-) lis xx
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