Location Calabar, Nigeria

Summary

December 24th—Christmas Eve. With plans to leave Calabar on Christmas Day and head toward Ekok in Cameroon for the convoy on Saturday, I decided this was a good day to slow down and walk the city. I headed toward Marina Beach, which isn’t really a beach at all but sits along the water. The walk itself was pleasant, with well-maintained roads and stretches that felt almost like moving through a park.

Once there, I paid a small entrance fee and ended up visiting the slavery museum. It felt like the right thing to do. Inside, I crossed paths with four American kids of Nigerian parents who were visiting family, and we went through the exhibit together with a guide. Some of what I learned was heavy—especially how slavery continued locally even after abolition—but i ...