Nigeria-Tevi tribe Tevi dance

Nigeria, Abuja
My flight from Lagos to Abuja was a nervous one. The ratio for planes going down for this route is very high. You cant just fly any carrier, it must be a reputable one. I had to fly roundtrip.
The Lagos airport! Well, only a few words come to mind, chaos, loud and more chaos.

However, when my flight from Amsterdam was late to Lagos, the security rushed me thru customs to meet my flight to Ghana, Accra. I didnt even have a ticket. I was able to buy it from the ground staff. It was $170.00usd. I only had $200.00 & of course none of them had any money for the difference. Definitely, I learned spreading a little more money around get you first class attention.

The capital city Abuja is a newly built beautiful city. All official business and political figures live here. So, you can imagine the security in the city and around the city. There are many road blocks and yes at times you may have to give up some money.


My escort and guide in Nigeria. He is Austrian. If I mention his job I'd have to kill you. Haha. Well, he works for the President.














There are several tribes in Nigeria. I had the chance to see this tribes traditional dance called the TEVI dance. They wear these grass skirts and shake their ass and hips to the music, typical Tevi tribe contemporary music of song and thumping drum beats. I was even in awe the way they shake. Its like Hawaiin shake but more hip and butt and like this pic she is squatting down and her butt is still shaking like one of those vibrating belt massagers.

At the end of the stage show, they go to the audience for tips and give them the most vibrating lap dance ever. I got mine from both the male and female. I can shake my booty but danng I couldn't believe the skills of this traditional hip shaking show. It was bootiful! This was truly where "the booty shake" was born.

The Mother Land-Ghana

Second trip to Africa was an enlightening experience. During the six weeks, I visited five wonderful countries Malaysia, The Netherlands, Ghana, Nigeria and France.
In Ghana, I stayed at a Catholic Parish in a small village. They took me in treated me like family. I felt I belonged. The countryside is rich indeed, just in the backyard pineapples, various yams, cassavas, cocoa, mangoes, potatoes, maize and others I did not know. These foods cooked for daily meals. As a bodybuilder these foods were the freshest, tastiest most nutritious I have ever tasted. In the village all, the vegetables and fruit grown in the village, villagers only need to go to the store for fish.
The slave castles/dungeons on the coast was definitely an eye opener. I learned the history that was not taught or written in our textbooks. This atrocity will and should never be repeated. These words are written throughout the castles.

More pics can be seen in my briefcase.

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/msflex2003