Caboose

On Sunday Alex took Marebec, Dave and I for a walk up Aso Rock. This is the inselberg that dominates the Abuja skyline (when it’s not too dusty to see it). The plan was to walk up in the afternoon, watch the sunset from the top and then return to Alex’s for dinner.

Most of the route is fairly easy, I took my GPS along so you can see the path we took on this satellite map. The last part up the rock itself is much harder, the slope must approach 50 degrees in parts, the stacked rocks in the picture look very precarious, as if they might slide off at any time.

From the top you get a great view of the city, as well as the bush to the north (left, we set off from near the barely-visible village) and some of the urban sprawl of the satellite settlements (right).