• Nightmare on Akure Road: My Worst Travel Experience

    What began as a normal, perfect journey ended up in the most devastating of occurrences.

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    The journey began normal. We left on time, I had my earphones on, my jamz on repeat, even the air conditioner was blasting cool breeze on my face; it was shaping up to be a perfect trip.

    Then, halfway through the journey everything changed and my perfect trip was ruined

    Hay God! What is this now?

    It started slowly, I barely even noticed it

    Wh…wha…what’s happening?

    Suddenly, one rumble…

    Oh my God, was that my stomach or the car entering a pothole?

    Then another rumble…

    Father Lord this cannot be happening…

    My face when the volcano erupted

    Everybody else’s face

    And then…

    But the mess did not stop there.

    I started thinking of how to find toilet on time before the full thing dropped

    Me when I couldn’t take it anymore

    I begged the driver to stop in the middle of the road

    Bent down and did my business behind a bush

    Contributing to nature

    For the rest of the journey everybody was looking at me like…

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