They say white man can't jump. But he sure can swim.

Two experiences here.

First one was a trip to a beach in Lagos (this was a while ago). It was actually quite nice. Although of course some "entrepreneurs" had put up a gate to the road and charged us entry. All along the beach there were huts. However, it was during the week so unlike a beach in Australia, there wasn't a person to be seen.

Not that they would have been in the water anyway. Nigerians are generally not good swimmers, and especially not so in the ocean. The exception being the people living in the Delta (river) states. So they only dip their feet in and paddle about up to waist height at most. There isn't any surf anyway so its not that dangerous but they are still a bit scared.

It was quite a nice beach and I'll try and scan a photo in one of these days. It was a pity I didn't come prepared otherwise I would have been in that water in a second. Hundreds of metres of beautiful blue water all to myself.

Two days later I went with some aiesecers to a pool at a hotel. I clearly excelled here. Most of my friends refused to leave the shallows. So this decidedly average Australian swimmer looked like an Olympic hero next to these Nigerian boys and girls. Pity my physique did not match. Its seems most people here (boys especially) are naturally well built as compared to my slightly overweight body that looks like it hasn't seen the sun for 10 years.