Leg 72, Lagos, Nigeria via Bioko island to Bali, Cameroon
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11-02 Murtala Muhammed DNMM 4:13 AM
11-02 New Ibadan DNIB 4:43 AM
11-02 Akure DNAK 5:16 AM
11-02 Benin DNBE 5:41 AM
11-02 Osubi DNSU 6:00 AM
11-02 Enugu DNEN 6:58 AM
11-02 Owerri Imo DNIM 7:25 AM
CTD right after coming to a stop (switching view to nav panel)
11-02 Owerri Imo DNIM 7:33 AM
11-02 Port Harcourt DNPO 7:47 AM
11-02 Port Harcourt City DNPR 7:54 AM
11-02 Eket DNEK 8:21 AM
11-02 Calabar DNCA 8:40 AM
11-02 Malabo FGSL 9:12 AM Mount Cameroon on the left
11-02 Tiko FKKC 10:33 AM
11-02 Douala FKKD 10:46 AM Mount Manengouba otw
11-02 Mamfe FKKF 11:34 AM
11-02 Bali FKKG 11:58 AM Drone cam landing
Flight time 7:37 15 stops
Bing coverage is a bit of a modern art piece in these regions
Luckily the weather provided the views instead
First up, Ibadan, the largest city by geographical area in Nigeria, 6 million people
Bowers tower is one of the landmarks in Ibadan, good spot to view the city
A historic monument put up to honor Captain Robert Lister Bower
A first, a late first, after 1200 approaches, dead on without ever changing direction after taking off
Akure
Just North of Ogbunike where Ogbunike Cave is in the forest behind the yellow fields
Ogbunike cave and peculiar instructions
When you look it up online it incorrectly shows pictures of Hang Sơn Đoòng in Vietnam, which I will certainly visit, but this cave is about a hundredth of the size. The largest chamber in this cave is still pretty big, 10 by 30 meters by 5 meters high.
Enugu, derived from two Igbo words Énú Ụ́gwụ́ meaning “hill top”
Port Harcourt, connected by a large estuary to the Bight of Bonny aka Bight of Biafra
Crossing the Imo river
To Eket, yep lots of lightning and thunder
Rey estuary
Malabo on Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea. Island not far off the coast
Saint-Isabel of Malabo
Climbing up Pico Basilé
Volcanic mountain peak, 9,878 ft high
It feels like the weather doesn’t want me here, the clouds are chasing me
Reserva Científica de la Caldera de Luba formerly San Carlos
The Gran Caldera de Luba Scientific Reserve is a protected area of 51,000 hectares
A bit better view closer up
View from down below
Back to the mainland, Mt Cameroon, aka Mongo ma Ndemi (“Mountain of Greatness”)
13,250 ft high, part of the Cameroon volcanic line, same as Pico Basilé earlier
Diving down to Tiko, Mt Cameroon remains hidden
Got to escape the catcher!
Flying by Tiko, small town on the edge of another large estuary
Douala in the between the Wouri and Dibamba rivers
La Pagode aka Palace of the Kings Bell from the German colonial period on the left
La Nouvelle Liberté produced by Joseph-Francis Sumégné in 1996, now a symbol of the city
Mount Manengouba in the never ending lightning
Featured in the documentary The Mists of Mwanenguba
Flying onwards to Mamfe
The sun is getting low
Mamfe on the Manyu River
Checkpoint in Mamfe
Racing to my last stop, it’s getting dark fast
No runway lights, no G1000 data, prepare the drone, max exposure
Made it, barely, Bali formerly the center of a kingdom
