My2018: A tour around my town(The City of Abeokuta)

in #my20187 years ago (edited)


Click to watch the video above


From the video above, I am sure you already have an idea of what this great city of Abeokuta looks like but nevertheless, this is just the tip of the iceberg as I am set to take you round the city of Abeouka through this post.

It is my desire to make you conversant with various places around Abeokuta City in such a way that when you visit Abeokuta you wouldn’t be needing directions as you will be able to locate various places yourself.

having seen what Abeokuta looks like from the tallest building in the city of Abeokuta In the above video, I would still love to show you round through pictures so you have a better view from the top of the tallest building. Enjoy the picture splash below.

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OPIC TOWERS, the tallest building in the city of Abeokuta

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A massive construction site. It is the proposed Abeokuta Shopping Mall and it will be the biggest in the whole of west Afric when completed. Construction is currently ungoing

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Now that you are done with those lovely views, I will now show you other tourist sites I visited with a some of my friends. Enjoy the picture splash below.

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This is called ''ÓLUMO ROCK''. It is said that this is where the name Abeokuta came from, meaning ''UNDER THE ROCK''. It was a wonderful experience here.

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This is PARKIN, the most beautiful hotel in the city of Abeouta (Well in my own opinion though...LOLZZ)

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Had some snapshots with some friends and it was fun

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A picture by the pool side

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Also visited the stadium for an early morning exercise with some friends

Hope you enjoyed the view. Next up would be to show you some commercial buildings, banks and eateries in the city of Abeokuta.

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This is the ''Obasanjo Complex". If you are conversant with the story of Nigeria, you wil know that Olusegun Obasanjo is one of Nigeria's Ex presidents and this building is named after him

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This is ROJABS Stores, a shopping complex

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This is shalom mega stores, another shopping complex

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This is BIG TREAT, an eatery

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This is CHICKEN REPUBLIC, another eatery

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this is SUPER FOODS, an eater close to where I stay

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This is PIZZA and PASTERIES, you can always stop by for you lovely pizza here

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This is SWEET SENSATION, yet another eatery

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This is FIRST CITY MONUMENT BANK

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This is ZENITH BANK

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Here we have FIDELTY and EKO BANK

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This is SKYE BANK

Wow that was a hell of a picture splash…now let’s go to viewing different places around the city of Abeokuta.

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This is called the PANSEKE market, you can get virtually anything you want from here

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A fruit shop by the road side

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This is the PANSEKE fly over, the most beautiful fly over in the city of Abeokuta

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Pedestrian Bridge

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A very tall building under construction

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A mechanic workshop

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An abandoned building. Don't know why it was abandoned though

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This area is called ITA EKO

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This area is called OMIDA

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This area is called OKE-ILEWO

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This area is called LAFENWA

I am sure that by now you will be able to locate these places yourself when you visit the city of Abeokuta. It’s time to show what residential buildings look like in Abeokuta and basically every other places and things. Do enjoy the picture splash.

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Residential building

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Residential building

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Residential building

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Residential building

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Residential Building

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Residential building

Thanks a lot for going with me on this picture tour round Abeokuta…Till we meet again, I remain your humble tour guide @sistem

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Well done my boss, despite the political/economic hardship we face in this country, I'd still choose Nigeria over anywhere .. There's really no place like home

Yes boss, no place like home. We are planning a steem meetup Abeokuta and we already have a WhatsApp group , locate me on telegram so I can share you the link. If you know any other steemian I'm Abeokuta pls inform him.

Dude that was great! Thanks for showing us around. I have never heard of your city before but I have heard great things about Nigeria in General.

Woaahhh...its such an honour having you visit my blog . I am overly excited. Thank you very much and I hope you found my blog worthy of visit. Keep up the good work you are doing and the God that sees in secret will surly reward you.

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