Sunday 14th March, 2010
Last night all of us were really tired after a long 10+ hour bus ride. (Read my previous post..) The only thing on my mind was to eat and go to bed. I was pleasantly surprised to see our accommodation. We were booked in Mountain Villa each containing 3 rooms with attached bathroom and common dining and lounge areas with a huge balcony. Later, we were told that these were the newest villa in the Ranch and have been imported from Finland. Per Night tariff for the Villa is 60,000 NGN (around 20K INR).
I woke up early in the morning and had a good walk around the Ranch. Obudu Mountain Resort is at 1576 meters above sea level and had a cool climate. It was pretty misty in the morning and the cool breeze on the mountain resort gave me the feeling of being back at Switzerland. It is hard to imagine such good weather in Nigeria unless you have been here.
After breakfast we set out for a tour of Ranch on the Bus.
The facilities at the Villa were very impressive with world class conference rooms, presidential suites, tennis courts, canopy walks, horse riding facility, games room and many more amenities.
The experience was absolutely fantastic and worth every bit of anticipation for the last 2 weeks.
There were also couple of firsts for me at the Ranch:
Playing Tennis
Horse Riding (Well 2nd, the first time was when I was getting married)
Canopy Walk
Saw a Strawberry Shrub
We also celebrated Kei's birthday at night. Vicky did an impressive job of writing Kei with candles. Kei experienced the birthday bumps for the first time in his life.
Monday 15th March, 2010
On the way back from Ranch we took the cable car. The cable car is said to be the longest in the world. On the way down the scenery was breathtakingly beautiful and we realized what we missed last night.
We also stopped at the Drill Monkey Ranch. More info on the rehab program in my previous post.. This facility is an extension of the Breeding Centre in Calabar City. The monkey's and guerrilla's are trained to be sent back into the jungle here.
As we had lots of time on the bus, we also completed an hour long team exercise. We tried making a vegetarian salad with a mix of Local and International Cuisine. It was fun!!
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