Nothing’s changed in Nigeria. No progress that’s visible. I got into an under-equipped airport, with sub par service. I am thankful of the diplomatic status that IITA affords to the scientists and families, and all the perks that are attained in the process. We always have a couple of people around to help us through ticket counters, customs, and baggage. It’s so great that my bags are never checked due to the understanding that the security have with the IITA airport guys. We are trusted not to act dangerous, and they are right to. However, I hope the system is not abused because the Lagos International Airport doesn’t have x-ray for checking bags, and that means things can be snuck on, which is very distressing..

Moving on, my time at home has been very relaxing. My bags arrived a couple of days after me, but it didn’t matter a great deal as I had extra clothes minding this possibility. Nothing exciting has occured yet, but I’ve only been here a few days. One good thing that has happened since the last time I was home, is the wireless internet at the International House becoming fully open without firewall restrictions. Every online service I use works and so do all the programs. One shortcoming from this is that I won’t do anything secure on this network, but I never intended to anyway..