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Happy Democracy Day

Written by kevin

Today was a public holiday, so Simon and I decided to visit the park. It’s officially called General Hassan Usman Katsina park, but the gate you enter through is Gamji Gate (Kofar Gamji in Hausa) and some people call it Gamji park instead.

The map at the entrance makes it look like the park is huge but once you get inside you realise it’s actually quite small and run down. There’s a pool with some crocodiles, probably the only ones remaining in a town named for the crocodile river, and three scruffy ostriches.
Stagnant-looking pool with a few small crocodiles and a large concrete ornament Two ostriches behind a fence

The park is down beside the river, so it’s quite pleasant. There’s also an old suspension bridge that was originally built at Lord Lugard’s place in Zungeru and later moved to Kaduna, it’s slowly rusting away to nothing.
Trees, grass and a muddy river A metal suspension bridge, rusting through the green and white paint

Afterwards we walked round to the Sea Breeze bar, also down beside the river. It’s a bit of an odd name, given that Kaduna is hundreds of miles from the sea, but it’s a nice place to spend an afternoon. There’s a lovely view across the river, with the occasional fisherman floating by on his calabash.
Grass, trees and a muddy river

This entry was posted on Monday, May 29th, 2006 at 17:00 and is filed under VSO.

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