

Hi everyone, I bring to you Part two of the travel Influencers to Consume their content blog post, I wrote part 1 in 2020, click here to read part one which featured 35 travel Influencers…
I will be starting with two Influencers that I intended to feature in part one but I was not able to include due to publishing the post before getting their consent.
It is my pleasure, for the third year in a row, to write my Year In Review blog post. To read 2020 edition, click here and to read 2021 edition click here .
The blog posts that were written, edited and published this year are:
An Instagram Live Session: 10+ Interesting Questions Vera Answered+extra jist
Interesting news:stand a chance to win an expense paid trip to Morocco with these 5 easy steps
A quest to finding bubble tea in lagos
Reflections from almost 2 years of travel blogging
Flight Review: Flying with Green Africa from Lagos to Abuja and back to Lagos
Accommodation Review: Interesting facts about Command Guest House
16 Interesting Places to visit in Abuja
Review of Staying at Ilaji Resorts: 10 Interesting facts
Review of staying at International Institute of tropical Agriculture:9 Interesting facts
Visiting Ibadan:7 Interesting places I explored
The blog posts contain details of places I explored in 2022.
2022: Year In Review
I updated some posts like: Landmark, Restaurant, Rufus and Bee under Interesting places to visit in Lagos blog post etc.
Some food brands/restaurants I enjoyed include: Toasties, black bell, Gourmet twist, Teastoria, White and Brie, Barcelos, Pancake hub, Spur, Rhapsody, Marriott Buffet, Radisson etc.
I Shared post,pages, tour packages of some other amazing travel brands, content creators etc.
I had a hangout with some of my MBA coursemates.
I had a couple of different outings with my family,friends, saw some friends I had not seen in years etc. Great, great times of bonding, unwinding, reconnecting, jisting, relaxing, lesiure etc.
Worship Him now and always shared some Christ centered posts and had a worship meeting called: Chayil in conjunction with Damisi @ 25, it was an awesome, splendid, spectacular, glorious, amazing, superb!, blessed and much moreee time in Gods presence and Gods name was glorified.
I attended some travel sessions at Africa nxt in Landmark event center.
I attended Women In Tourism Business Luncheon 2.0 hosted by Ajalanene of Nene Uwa. It was an amazing time connecting with other women in the tourism space, wining and dining, face painting, discussions on 2022 International Women’s day theme which is Break the Bias etc.
I was a part of the planning committee and I attended the Easter in Idere hills trip hosted by NTL (Nigerian Tourism Lovers).
I read: I am not alone by Pastor Damilola Oluwatoyinbo.
I had a purple themed birthday photo shoot and did a thanksgiving series on my Instagram page. I also invited some of my friends for a get together in my home on my birthday, which was Saturday 9th of April.
I joined a step tracker challenge group and we had different number of step targets for different months. The heighest I did was over 16,000 steps.
I attended GT bank food and drink fair.
I started growing my hair back and I love the progress so far.
Thanks to Laju Iren, Gird store and Laju Iren films for gifting a beautiful T shirt of : Loving Amanda the movie.
I landed a brand deal with Green Africa.
I co-planned and attended the proposal, bridal shower and wedding ceremonies of my friend.
I featured on my cousins podcast, Mothers Haven.
I had an Instagram Live with Pamilerin Adeyemi titled: Adulthood a scam or not.
I had attended: New Dimensions a worship experience with Onos at Landmark event center.
I got a new role to serve as a Financial Administration Assistant at Temlio Communications and Solutions limited. My LinkedIn profile has the roles, duties, responsibilities etc. In a couple of months, I learned new things, contributed my quota, earned etc.
I attended Ajala Nene’s Coffelicious birthday+ Coffee Ambassador Launch party.
I made an entry for the Tourism Business Challenge 1.0 by Nene Uwa.
I hosted an Instagram live session with @heynikeh and I did a giveaway for her most loyal follower.
I attended: The Gathering a worship program hosted by Olamide Kuforiji.
I attended Eagles Summit with Dr. David Oyedepo(chancellor) and other Eagles. It was truly a time of Impartation and a refreshing time. The picture below is from a tour we had before the program started of the arch project for Winners ministry.
I attended: When Eagles Worship hosted by the Covenant University Alumni Association at RCCG, Powerlink chapel.
I shared about voting for Wayfare on my social media platforms. Wayfare was nominated for the Densa Awards (Best Travel Agency Category) and Wayfare won, yayyyy yipeee.
I pursued the second session of my MBA(Masters in Business Administration), my specialisation was Management. Lots of reading,studying,research, assignments etc .I choose Management specialisation out of the six specialisation options(Management, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Production and Marketing) because I intend to pursue a career in Management consulting and I am looking forward to harnessing the opportunities in 2023 and beyond by Gods grace, from my lips to Gods ears.
p.s: I will be updating this blog post with a couple of Interesting places I get to visit before the year ends, kindly look out for them.
Update: Had a good time: watching a stage play at Muson center, visiting Utazi, Bubbletti,Teastoria, Thai Thai, The good beach etc.
How was 2022 for you? What are some exciting things that happened?
Visiting Ibadan:7 Interesting places I explored
I had Ice cream and cake at tea box breakfast club in Ventura mall.
For videos and more pictures of our experience, click here
To read Ibadan 2019 edition, click here
To read other blog posts in the 2022 edition, click here and here
Have you been to any of these places before? If yes, what was your experience? If no, will you love to visit? Time to hear from you.
Review of staying at International Institute of tropical Agriculture:9 Interesting facts
IITA (International Institute of tropical Agriculture) is located at: Old Oyo Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
The room rates as at August 2022 are below:
We stayed at the residential blocks.
Check-in is 3 pm (early check-in is subject to availability of the room before this time), check out – 12noon.
To book, send an email to: IITAInternationalhouse@cgiar.org .
They might not respond immediately so, you will need to follow up with a call (08039784167, 07008004482) to get a fast response.
Amenities at IITA include:
Review of Staying at Ilaji Resorts: 10 Interesting facts
We arrived Ibadan on a beautiful Saturday morning, we took the Lagos- Ibadan train.
It was my second time using the train in Nigeria, the first time was to Abeokuta in July 2021. I had a good experience with the train. I really enjoyed the ride. We purchased the business class ticket going to Ibadan for N4,000 and the economy ticket coming from Ibadan back to Lagos for N2,600 to experience both. The differences are the same differences stated in the Abeokuta blog post.
Ilaji Hotels and Resorts Center is located at, Oloyo Village, Off Ona-Ara Local Government Secretariat, Akanran, Local, Government Area, 112106, Ibadan.
It was an almost 2 hours drive from the train station to Ilaji resorts. We learnt that its usually not supposed to be more than 40 minutes to an hour but due to some constructions ongoing on the normal route, an alternative route has to be passed to get to Ilaji resorts plus some small traffic here and there.
Below are the rates at Ilaji resorts as at August 2022:
We stayed in the silver room. You can check out videos of the silver room here and pictures and reservation contacts, other information here .
The rooms are furnished with: bed(s), air conditioner, television, working area, chairs, water heater, shower, toilet, zinc etc.
Ilaji resort houses lodging facilities, a mini zoo, restaurant and bars, swimming pools, local monuments, children arena, a stadium, worship centers, event hall, an outdoor art gallery,sitting area, worship centers etc.
Ilaji resorts is very beautiful, serene, peaceful, calm and more.
A major recommendation I have that needs improvement is when it comes to food they have different restaurants, outdoor grilling spot, a mini mart etc. however, in most of these restaurants, the menu options were very limited and they also did not look nice. In one of the cafeteria’s, we had to eat cold white amala. It costs N1,500 for the amala,ewedu, 1 meat, 1 fish and a bottle of water.In the restaurant, inside the hotel; a plate of jollof rice and goat meat for N3,800 was not worth it, the meat given was mostly bone and when I complained nothing was done to change it.
I have written about Ibadan before, click here to read.
I will be writing two more blog posts in this series:
A review of staying at IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture)
Interesting Places I visited in Ibadan in 2022.
Some places I wanted to visit but did not get to visit due to time constraints include: Cocoa house, Mapo hall, Mini Mapo hall,Eleyele lake,national museum of unity, Jericho mall, Paris Bakery,Palms mall, Amala sky and Tunde Odunlade Art gallery.
I will talk about the tourist attractions we were able to visit, restaurants etc. In another blog post.
Have you been to Ilaji resorts before? If yes, what was your experience like? If no, will you love to visit? Time to hear from you.
16+ Places to visit in Abuja: 2022 Edition
Retro Africa: A beautiful art gallery in the heart of Asokoro, Abuja; free to visit, ambience is great, very cosy, nice, on point lightning, super clean, air conditioners very effective etc.
National childrens park and zoo: Located in Asokoro as well houses a zoo with signposts on the animals giving more information about them, play area with swings and some other rides,lake area, great spots for pinic etc. Entry fee 500 naira
Art Tech District: Located in Wuse 2 Abuja, has various restaurants such as: (Lagos-Bistro Abuja, Sketch Abuja, Amazonia),discovery museum: which is the first digital museum in Nigeria, escape room, private movie viewing etc.
I visited Lagos-Bistro Abuja: (love the free puff puff that comes while waiting for you order, I had spicy chicken wings; yum yum yum)
and Discovery museum: where there where various rooms both on the ground floor and first floor and includes: currency room which showcases the different Nigerian currencies,watched a video of an IDP camp through virtuality(it was so touching), music room which we could played music from various Nigerian musicians, Information on past leaders on different screens, ATD studio, culture and tourism room, 360 room, watched some other documentaries about Nigeria, saw some digital art and other kinds of art work etc
Junkyard grills:Located at Wuse 2 bought their spaghetti bolognaise and it was okay.
Papaprimz pizza: located at Wuse 2.I had their Philly steak pizza. It was nice
Dome: It was my first time trying bowling, I played it at the Dome, located at Central Business District Area
Ecunmecial centre was under renovation when I got there,so they were not allowing tours at that time.
Amazon Kayak: When we got to the venue google map directed to be the destination and saw some signposts, we were still unable to easily locate exactly where the amazon kayak and bubble ball was.
Nosta café: Located at Wuse 2, I had their bubble gum ice cream and loved it.
Jabi lake and mall: Located at Jabi. There are various shops, stores, brands etc in the Jabi mall. Bought ice cream from one of the ice cream spots in the mall but cant remember the name; forgot to take note.
Wakanda Paintball: Located at Wuse, joined existing teams that were paint-balling, it costs 3000 for renting the different gears and the paint-balls. I enjoyed it, except the times I was shot at, lol.
The Vue: Located in Novare mall at Wuse. I decided to experiment and did not end up liking the main meal I ordered, I enjoyed the starters; (chicken dumplings); the Nan bread was okay.
Dropped my sis at Central park ,Garki and proceeded to, (drum rolls, guess where I went to next?)
Dunes: Located at Maitama, your girl went to Dunes to sight see because with the prices there, I am currently not their target market. There are several shops here selling: clothes, shoes, fabrics etc. I only bought face wipes and a cinnamon pastry from their shopping mall (price altogether was 1000 something, cant remember exact).
Shehu Musa Yar’Adua museum: located in Shehu Musa Yar’Adua center at Central Business District; the museum has;register/book to record thoughts about our former president, things we hope for Nigeria, pictures,screen etc talking about Shehu Musa Yar’Adua , Nigerian colonialism, Nigerian flag etc. etc.
BMT garden: Located at Wuse, paid 1000 to visit the zoo and saw different animals including: lions, baboons, monkeys, crocodile,chicken etc.
I also walked around the lounge and pool area.
Charcoal grill Abuja: located in chocolate mall, Wuse 2. This was my favourite meal of the trip. It was really really good and the ambience was awesome as well. I had baked sweet potatoes, very fresh veggies, lamb and lamb sauce; was so yummy, sumptuous, delicious, yum!. As I am typing about it, I wish I could have it right it front of me again. I was given free popcorn to munch on while I was waiting for my meal.
Magicland: located at Kukwaba Hills, Constitution Ave, Wuye. They have various outdoor rides like pirate ship,roller coaster, water splash, horse ride, car ride and more. Indoor game arcades like table hockey, basketball, car race, catch a doll and more. I did a couple of outdoor and Indoor games/rides.
I have written about Abuja before, click here to read
I have written two other posts for this 2022 edition;
Accommodation Review (click here) to read.
Flight Review (click here) to read
For a virtual tour, including videos and more pictures of my trip view by Instagram highlights, posts and reels etc by clicking here
Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport
Which of these places have you visited and what was your experience like?
Retro Africa
Accommodation Review: Interesting facts about Command Guest House
Command Guest house; Bronx hotel is located at Asokoro, Abuja.
There are different accommodation types, per person sharing is allowed; however complimentary breakfast is 1 per room and extra breakfast can be bought for 3000 naira.
The bed is comfy; in the room I stayed there were: 2 chairs, a table, 1 mirror in the room another in the bathroom, wardrobes, a painting, pillows,bed sheets, pillow cases, center rug, fridge, complimentary water, glass cup, television, Intercom, water heater,toilet,shower,sink,bath gel,towel, tissue etc.
I enjoyed the daily breakfast at the restaurant and tried different things on different days but always had sandwiches because I loved it. Other things I ate include: yam, plantain sauce, egg sauce, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes,spaghetti, macaroni, salad etc.
On the first day, I had lunch at command guest house restaurant as well: I had: fried rice, salad and goat meat.
I initially asked for goat meat and was given chicken, when I complained, it was changed.
The lounge was also a good chilling spot and I had a bottle of chilled malt here.
Bush bar was yet another great chilling spot; I had chilled malt here as well and suya, I realized I should have asked for two sticks instead of 1 when I saw that the cabbage and onions was more than the meat.
I also strolled to the swimming pool area as well as the squash game area.
It was a great experience, I enjoyed my time there.
I have written one previous post in this 2022 Abuja series, click here to read, It is a flight review post.
I will be writing one more post in this series which will be a post with the details of places visited during my trip to Abuja in 2022. click here to read
To read about my previous visits to Abuja, click here
For a virtual tour, including more pictures and videos, view by Instagram page by clicking here
Have you stayed at Command Guest house before? If yes, how was your experience? If, no, will you love to?
Flight Review: Flying with Green Africa from Lagos to Abuja and back to Lagos
On my recent trip to Abuja, I flew with Green Africa to and fro. I took a morning flight from Lagos to Abuja and an evening flight from Abuja back to Lagos five days after.
It was a good good trip. I had looked forward to it and I really enjoyed my time in the Nations capital AKA FCT AKA The Buj.
I have written about Abuja before, click here to read
I will be writing two other posts for this 2022 edition;
Accommodation Review click here to read
Interesting Places to visit in Abuja; 2022 edition. click here to read.
I arrived the airport early enough to be able to catch my flight. I had checked in online and gotten my boarding pass and seat number so I only needed to check in luggage at the airport which I did and got a tag for it; boarding passes were confirmed at different points and other checks were done; hand luggage, shoes etc was also scanned through the detector.
Green Africa’s shuttle buses drove us after the checks to close to where the aircraft was both going to Abuja and coming back from Abuja.
There was enough leg room to stretch.
I boarded and listened to the safety instructions,read the safety instructions pamphlet and listened to soft music that was played in the aircraft.
Soon, it was time for taxiing, take off afterwards and it was a smooth flight to and fro. I really enjoyed the flight especially the views I got to see, what a wonder! This beautiful earth God has created, I sat by the window which enabled me enjoy great views better.
I made use of the lavatory while going from Lagos to Abuja and it was clean.
We were served a bottle of Lasena water both going to Abuja and coming back to Lagos.
The check in procedure for coming back to Lagos was similar to that of going to Abuja, the major difference was that we were given printed boarding passes and there are larger waiting areas in Abuja than in Lagos.
Green Africa Landed in Lagos
To book a flight with Green Africa, and search through their various routes, fares, timings, payment options etc. visit Green Africa’s website by clicking here
A very big thank you to the brand communications manager and the team for the free return G flex flight tickets for the trip.
Green Africa
I was given a free return G flex flight ticket while I and fam paid for the other expenses: accommodation, feeding, transportation, tourist attraction fees etc.
For a virtual tour, including videos and more pictures of my trip view by Instagram highlights, posts and reels etc by clicking here
17th May 2022 will make it 2 years since I became a travel blogger and I am super duper grateful for the journey.
I am thankful for being able to overcome Imposter syndrome and take the bold step. So many lessons I have learnt on this journey, some I have shared already, click here to read. It has been an awesome ride filled with diverse challenges and also gotten amazing opportunities that have gotten me excited, elated etc.
I am thankful to God for strength, resources, Inspiration and much more. I am thankful for all the awesome people that have supported my journey in one way or another, I am thankful for over 5000 views and counting and in advance for exponential growth, bigger opportunities, breakthroughs and much more.
It has been an amazing ride and I am looking forward to even better days ahead. I am thankful for the opportunities both organically and through pitching. As I think back and reflect, some of the things that have happened so far in the journey are coming back to my mind.
I am thankful for the collaborations.
I am thankful for all the articles(posts), pages, social media contents on: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, all those that subscribed and read my newsletters, giveaways I have done a couple of times, giveaways I have won from other brands, competitions I have won, even competitions I did not win and much more.
I am thankful for safety, security, divine protection and guidance, provision through all the times I have stepped out to visit one place or the other and much more.
I am thankful for good times because like ASA said they are GOLD.
I am thankful for all the travel bloggers that have given me: tips, hacks, tricks, advice, guidance and much more.
I am thankful for my family, friends, well wishers and all supporters in general for reading, sharing, liking, commenting and much more
I look to the future and I am thankful in advance for greater days all around in travel blogging and all round in every area of my life.
p.s: some of the pictures shared are pictures from my purple-themed birthday shoot(representing the brand colour,smiles), it was my birthday:9th April. click here to view more.
What are some of my blog posts that you have read and love and why you love them? How should we celebrate the second anniversary? Lets chat in the comments section.
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