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Day 26 - Lagos (Nigeria) to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 

After a slight issue with our Uber who drove past our hotel and then had to reverse 300 meters to pick us up, we made it to what is perhaps the worst airport we've ever been to! 

The international departures check in didn't feel like it had any air con, or lights, we thought there might have been a power cut but no-one would answer our queries. We had our passports checked by one person, then told to join another queue a few metres away for the same thing to happen, no explanation of why there were so many checks. Eventually we made it to the actual check in counter, we received our boarding passed and our luggage was tagged, but we weren't confident we'd ever see it again!

Immigration was also different steps at different booths, we were consistently asked if we were citizens or here on business, it seems they didn't see many tourists. At the baggage check before passport control they opened K's hand luggage and took out a ceramic mug and very fragile pot that she'd bought in Benin, they said ceramics weren't allowed and they would have to be checked in, as apparently they could be broken and used as a weapon! After some protesting we were allowed to continue providing M took the mug in his hand luggage. However before we could proceed M was then pulled aside and asked if he'd completed a customs declaration for travelling with cash, he explained he didn't work in Nigeria and only used credit card. 

The airport was old, grotty and dark and not much fun to wait in, so we were happy to board a modern Ethiopian Airlines plane and say goodbye to Nigeria, though of course we weren't allowed to board without one more baggage check, where they opened up our hand luggage and searched through it.

We landed at Addis Ababa quite late Ethiopian time, but luckily our hotel had free pickup so at least the final part of our day went smoothly.