The drive downtown was an adventure. Electricity supply in Lagos is sporadic.
Traffic lights don' t really work.
Traffic cops go off duty in the early evening and it' s every man for himself. The enormous tailbacks of traffic provide an opportunity for street trading entrepreneurs. The most popular products are personal grooming things like combs and cologne and practical medicinals like throat lozenges. The cough drops are particularly useful since the heavy, humid atmosphere traps the exhaust and makes the air particularly hard to breathe. While the traffic moves at a crawl, the rest of the city seethes with human activity.