Every year, I look forward to my vacation period. But the truth is that I have always been in love with tourism, sightseeing and travelling.
I have made countless trips to many parts of Nigeria, most of these business driven; but those trips have given me the opportunity to also see the sights and sounds of the cities that I visited. So on my recent vacation, I chose to travel with my family to Calabar. Why Calabar?
Well, for me tourism is not just about travelling and visiting new places, it is also about adventure β doing things I have always desired to do. With all the visuals and sounds I have seen of the city, I believed I would find such adventures in Calabar. Below, I share highlights of our four-day stay in the Cross River capital. We are getting ready for the trip. I booked for the tickets 14 days earlier and that really helped reduce the cost of the Aero Contractors flight. Earlier, I told my kids why we picked Calabar as our travel destination.
I told them that since the theme of our holiday is on water activities, Calabar, the land of rivers, will provide us the type of relaxation we sought. We got to the airport in good time to board the Aero Boeing Plane to Calabar. Flight was right on Schedule, and by 3. An hour later, we were in the arrival lounge of the Margaret Ekpo Airport in Calabar. Prior to our departure, my brother had given me the name and phone number of David, a poet and Calabar-based tour guide, who he said would be at our service throughout our visit.
I know the importance of tour guides, or tour operators, but I really was not keen on being taken around. I have always loved to find things out on my own β especially when I have checked the internet for possible tourist destinations in Calabar.
