by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 5, 2026 | Bayo's Travel Diary
This article was originally written on May 18, 2015. I summoned courage as I approached the man who wore a hood. He had just poured himself a generous tot of local liquor, and the look on his face as he downed it showed he was in a world of his own. What manner of man...
by Bayo Adeyinka | May 29, 2026 | Bayo's Travel Diary, Opinion
Note: I wrote this travelogue on November 24, 2015 when I had a layover in Addis Ababa during a trip. He wanted to jump the queue at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, but I told him outright to stay in the queue. He turned to me and laughed, adding that “it...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jan 9, 2026 | Bayo's Travel Diary, Inspiration, Opinion
One of the statements I detest the most is, “Nigeria happened to him.” Why should Nigeria be associated with failure, pain, misfortune or anything negative? When disasters strike in other countries, their citizens do not say, “America happened to me” or “The UK...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Sep 27, 2024 | Bayo's Travel Diary, Inspiration, Opinion
On December 30, 2022, I took a walk with my wife. Along the way, we met an elderly man using a walking aid who should be in his 70s. “Excuse me, please I’m looking for the underground station,” he said as he turned to me. Instinctively, I put...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Mar 12, 2024 | Bayo's Travel Diary
More than 15 years ago, I met an Italian who had lodged at KS Motel at Total Gardens, Ibadan. He was in Ibadan for the first time and was very fascinated with the city when I informed him that Rome and Ibadan shared a unique similarity: both were built on seven hills....
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jan 26, 2021 | Bayo's Travel Diary
One of the monuments I visited in Rwanda was the Belgian Monument for the 10 Belgian United Nations peacekeepers. In April 1994, 10 commandos of Belgian origin were ambushed during the Rwandan War. It was a day after the Rwandan president’s plane was shot down on...
