And the best dressed award goes to....

One of the few pieces of advice I received before coming to Africa was to dress down so that you don't stand out and attract unwanted attention (and thieves). I think this piece of advice is a little useless here for a couple of reasons.

1) I haven't seen another white person in a month (except for the odd albino) so standing out is not a problem, no matter what I'm wearing.

2) Nigerians like to dress well. So well that they consider themselves the best dressers in the whole of west Africa (although some concede those from Cote de Voir may top the list). Incidentally if Nigerians want to compare themselves to anything its usually other west Africans.

So most of the clothes I've brought, though appropriate for the climate, don't quite match the standards of the average man around here. I think I generally packed well. I have only one jumper which I only used whilst waiting in Heathrow airport. I perhaps brought too many shorts as you can barely wear the things at night (mosquitoes are just waiting for a bare pair of legs).

Am getting used to the whole hand-washing clothes thing, the only problem is if I for some reason am too busy one weekend this is going to be a problem as I won't have enough extras to get me through the week.

But anyways I hope to supplement my wardrobe with some more native attire soon enough.