It was a very eventful new year for me, spent the first week in Lagos working and experiencing the Lagos life. My Lagos experience included a Bar Crawl, unfortunately I lost my phone with all the pictures I took 😦 (It was not via the bar crawl)
Not to worry, I can still share my tips on how to survive a bar crawl with you. I have created a handy image that you can save and use as a reference whenever you plan your Bar Crawl.
Bar Crawl Tips
I hope you found these tips handy. Remember to always stay safe. Share your experiences with me.
PS: I will be sharing more posts on my Lagos Experience, be sure to check back. We also have some fun activity planned for our Abuja Readers.
So EatDrinkLagos mentioned this cafe as a must visit cafe for 2016 and I figured it was the first place to start with. It’s above the Delis Supermarket on Akin Adesola just before Bungalows and Cafe Neo.
By the time I got there, my friends had ordered their cocktails.
I wish this was a pure picture post because I wouldn’t do enough justice to the awesomeness that is Kajuru Castle, Kaduna. It is located in Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna. The Kajuru Castle was built in 1978 by a German Explorer who had come to settle in Nigeria. He blew of the top of a rock and used the stones to build himself a Princess Styled Castle. This is one of Kaduna’s best secrets considering I only discovered it in 2015. I made it a priority to visit such awesomeness located less than 3 hours away from Abuja. So when I heard about a trip to the castle organized by Unravelling Nigeria and Naija Nomads, I was like
The castle has a strict policy that allows only 12 people to spend the night. So the chances of getting 12 adventure lovers together to have an awesome and well-rounded weekend was slim. However, it happened, the 35 hour weekend get away was very well planned by our hosts such that all we needed to do was show up at the pick-up point.
Swag Bags and Hats
We were welcomed with goody bags and hot chocolate (weird people had coffee…lol). I loved my hat a lot!!! The 3-hour road trip to Kajuru was very eventful with all forms of ice breakers, games and even random selfies.
On getting to the castle, located it the middle of nowhere, we were welcomed by The Witch, aka caretaker, who was very warm and charming. She gave us a full tour of the property and became invisible like the rest of the castle staff. We had privacy to truly get comfortable.
View from the Princess Tower
Rest Stop
The Trip Up
Mini Library???
Guess Again.
Dungeons
Our activities for the first day included nap time (doubt anyone napped), pool party (which involved a lot of pictures and music videos…lol) and finally an all white bbq to end the night, where I made a cocktail to fit for Royals.
Music Video Time
Was freezing but some brave men got in
Grill Time!
We even had this beautiful video made at sunset by Ibukun Williams
Our host woke us at 6:30am to prepare for our morning warm up and hiking session in the beautiful Kajuru. Our trail guide Mr Garba has lived in Kajuru before the castle was built and I can say, he is super fit and active for his age.
Mr Garba
Nomads
After the hike, we all got cleaned up, signed the guestbook and took this awesome picture (Shout out to the Avengers for this) and prepared to head back to Abuja.
PS: Do not visit Kajuru right before your office officially closes for the year, returning to reality was so hard. I miss the castle, the spectacular scenery and all the new friends I made. Can’t wait for the next location we are unlocking in Nigeria.
This is officially our first post of the year. We have lots of stuff planned for you our readers this year.
Mico’s House of Chicken and Waffles
I ABSOULTELY LOVE WAFFLES. I think they are amazing and I could eat it everyday if I didn’t have to worry about my weight. I found this cafe during the Food Expo in Abuja and I thought it was pretty decent given the price.
Menu
I was in Abuja over the festive season and I dragged my friends to the cafe to try it again as par it’s cheap.The restaurant wasn’t really hard to find as it was in neighbourhood. The cafe was empty when we got there and there was no light. It felt like we were their first customers that day. I ordered the Chocolate flavored Belgian Waffles with Pancake syrup and vanilla ice cream but they didn’t have Ice cream so I replaced it with a cup of Hot Chocolate. My friends ordered the jambalaya pasta, waffle drumsticks and pancakes with scrambled eggs.
Menu
Jambalaya Pasta
Pancakes with Scrambled Eggs
Waffles Drumstick
Waffles Drumstick
Waffles Drumstick
My own order arrived in about 10 minutes then it took about 15 minutes for the next order to come in. I expected them to bring out all of them at the same time as per we came in a group. The hot chocolate was horrible but then I paid N200 for it.
I expected them to look like this.
Chuka: The waffle was good until I hit the chicken. Not sure I enjoyed the sugar chicken. Might be just me, but Nigerians didn’t grow up associating sweet chicken with having sugar in it.
Gbemiga: I liked it. It was nice for the price but the chicken was dry. But for the price that seems like nitpicking. The waffles was nicely done. I liked the syrup , it wasn’t too much or too little.
They do deliveries within Abuja.
They are also located in Lekki, Lagos.
Would I come back again? Definitely
Rating
Chocolate Belgian Waffle (N1000) – 6
Pancakes (N1000) – 6
Jumbalaya Pasta (N1500) – 6
Waffle Drumsticks (N800) – 6
Hot Chocolate (N200) – 4
Location
Abuja Location: Queen Fem Plaza, Opposite Mr. Biggs, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja.