SteemWomen Club Engagement Contest (Week 2)| This Year Holiday Travel Plans ||Marina Resort Calabar Is My Choice

I’m glad to participate again in another Engagement Challenge, but actually, my first time participating here in this Community. It is an honor.
I’ve been busy these few days but I manage to make a few good publications. So here is my Contribution on this topic.

Two years ago before the pandemic, I visited my friend during his graduation, I spent my vacation at Calabar Cross River State, Nigeria with a Friend who had insisted that I spent one more week with him. , well I did.

Cross River state is said to be one of the best in Nigeria, it’s nice and beautiful, and that was my first time there. Its state capital is CALABAR.

While at Calabar, I got to know so many things, their culture, tradition, dress, and Foods which were similar to ours.
Cross River state is majorly dominated by the Efik tribe, known for their dishes such as"Ekpang-Nkukwo, Edikan-ikong soup, Afia efere, etc."

They also have ancient ancestral masquerades such as "Ekpe, Nnabo, Nkoriko".All magnificent and beautifully adorned.

The people of Calabar have a nice spirit of welcoming visitors and they are known for their famous "Ekombi" dance displayed at traditional events and Marriage ceremonies done by maidens and related to her ancient deity called Anansa".

However, I learned a lot at Calabar and went to so many amazing places such as the "Cultural center, Tinapa,11-11 park, drill range where I saw monkies, Spar and lots more.

I also got to know that Calabar was one of the cities where slave trade and exchange took place in Nigeria and the head office of colonialism. Mary Slessor, who stopped the killing of twins was living there Many years ago.

Of all this, I was privileged to Visit Marina Resort, a natural site, endowed by nature, surrounded by rocks and trees majorly for recreation, relaxation, and leisure time. Also, there is a very large river there where early traders parked their ships and now the fishing ground for its citizens.

The Ancient Marina Resort is a tourist attraction site consisting of a Cinema/Film House, the Boat Cruise, a Children's play park, and the slave trade museum.

Marina Resort is located in the heart of Calabar and it can be used to host events of all kinds too.
Also there, there are a lot of activities for everyone.

People troop in to see movies at the cinema in their leisure time.
Its authority offers boat cruises for fun lovers, those who love adventure so much, with just a token, you pay and you're given a coach to ride in case of accident or fear.

The children's park is another irresistible place for me since I love kids a lot, it consists of large toy horses on a Merry-go-round, I sat on it and had excessive fun with my friends.

The beautiful Environment would always be attractive.

The scariest though interesting of all was the visit to the slave trade museum at marina Resort. There were so many crafted and symbolic materials even war instruments, said to have been used in the ancient days. I also saw monuments of slaves positioned at different points though crafted they looked alive and terrifying. My experience at Marina resort, Calabar is one I'll never forget in a hurry.

Any Plans to Visit there this year?

My answer is yes, but this time it’s going to be in a group. I would be going with a group of 4 people. And we are going to spend just one week. Before we planned to visit there in December, but we consider some certain things like the cost of transportation during December time, which is always very expensive.

So we shifted it from November 14th to 20th, 2022. We are going to use public transport.

Unfortunately in Nigeria, you don’t pay or book for such transportation Services since we still have many months left and it’s going to be by land, so it’s not a big deal.

I can’t wait for this year's November. And maybe I would be going there with a Special person, Alright guys, I rather not say that, it wasn’t part of the deal. If you stay within Nigeria and you feel like Joining me then, please feel free to contact me.

How about the cost of this Arrangement?

Well, it’s just a few bucks(Money). Here is it: Transportation fair for one person To and Fro is Four thousand Naira(N4,000) which is approximately 23 Steems. And a night in a hotel room there is three thousand Naira (N3,000) per night which is approximately 17 seems.

That means, for the 7 days the hotel bill would be twenty thousand Naira(N21,000) for one person. And Feeding budget for the Four of us is thirty thousand Naira(N30,000) which is approximately 169 Steem.

And each of us will go with some extra cash of ten thousand Naira each (N10,000) and that is Approximately 56 Steems. In a nutshell, each person is expected to budget Fifty Nine thousand Naira (N59,000), that is 330 Steems.

To make this easier, we had earlier agreed to be paying our money installments to One of our Friend’s Accounts and that’s what we are doing.

But hey, I have a little secret, I only paid mine 3 times now, and I’ll still complete it.

Who Are We visiting Here?

Actually, we just want to take Some time out, we are not visiting anybody really, my friend that I visited two years ago relocated from Calabar to Ghana. So, it's just a tour.

Alright, guys, that’s my vacation plan. And I know a lot of friends who also like traveling, people like @adylinah, @ddwosky, @iddy and @janemorane who love pictures, definitely, I’ll like to know your plans concerning this year's Vacation.

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