On This Day Six Years Ago

Today is the sixth Anniversary of my first trip to Nigeria, and I have recently re-discovered my diaries that I kept for my family and friends back home. If you'll indulge me I'd like to share with you over the next few days edited copies of these.

The only editing I'll do is to remove some Names and places to protect the company I work for and the privacy of myself and the people I work with.

When I look back on those days, I can't help wondering that if I knew then, what I know now, how differently I would have approached my time in Nigeria. When I first came I was thinking I would be here for just two or three weeks, six years I would not ever have imagined.

These diaries come from a time when Bill Clinton was still US President and Al Gore and George Bush Jr. were still squabbling over Florida. How long ago does that seem? How the world has changed!

I've been trying to find some of the pictures I took on my first few trips but I'm having difficulty if anybody can help, drop me a line.