Thursday 13th December 2018.
Weather, Clear as Day.
D-day for what will remain the longest photo-walk for sometime.
By 7:00 am @Silooobaba and @MusingsOfEnigma were already waiting at the Rendezvous.
Within minutes the number doubled then tripled till we were at capacity.
A little stocking up at a nearby retail outlet.
A little Introduction before take-off
soon we got to know ourselves.
Marching on…
With two vehicles we set off for a long drive of over 150 Km north.
Further and further we went, to parts of the country I’ve never been before, just on the outskirts of Abuja.
after about 60 Km we got to a pottery center
It was called the Ladi Kwali Pottery Center .
Ladi Kwali is the name of a woman whose portrait appears on our currency (the 20 Naira note) the pottery center is named after her, in recognition of her contributions to the industry.
A guide at the pottery center gave us a brief history and tour of the place.
After mapping and taking pictures for about an hour, we had to go, as the journey ahead was still daunting
360 Photos and virtual tours of the center
Off we went another 80 Km further north, till we got to Paiko our main destination.
The paiko pottery village and textile village. It was a most amazing sight to behold.
you can read about my thoughts/ reviews on the place here.
we began to map and take pictures immediately, going all over the entire village and discovering marvelous works of pottery and textile
Each household had something to show us
So many good works to see and take pictures of
One cool thing was how nice the people were towards us. They were so friendly
From door to door to explored and everywhere and every household was busy with either pottery or textile works, it felt like a village within an industry.
The finished pots all looked excitingly beautiful.
Lots of 360 photos were captured here
here is a link to view the 360’s
we spent hours touring the village, and only gave up when we got exhausted
The tropical sun was at its peak, heating up everything very quickly. That was the condition when we decided to leave the village and start yet another journey back to Abuja city.
A water fall had been on our way coming to the village so we decided to take a little detour to explore and map the water fall.
It was the Gurara waterfalls , it was so much cooler and refreshing, we spent very little time here
We left in good time and hurried back to Abuja city.
The photo-walk had been more of an endurance journey than Mapping.
many thanks to all the Abuja Local Guides who showed up and made the meet-up successfully despite being on a weekday. Cheers.
Superb Photography and Nice Description!!
