Hi guys π. Happy holidays π€ΈββοΈ!
I went to Abeokuta on Thursday and I just got back a couple hours ago. I’m going to proceed to tell you the story π.
It was Thursday. We had planned to go see Olumo rock because my mum said she’d been hearing about the rock since she was little but had never seen it. She wanted to go to satisfy her curiousity and wanted us to come with, we agreed ‘cos ‘Why not?’ π€·. We planned to leave in the morning, by 10-ish but we delayed and delayed (I won’t lie, this was mostly me π) and eventually left home 12:30. I don’t remember when we got to the park but I know it took us like almost 3 hours altogether to get to Olumo rock. Abeokuta isn’t actually far, it’s like an hour and 20-25 minutes but it’s a straight road so it just seems like an endless journey π. One good thing though is the breeze, the breeze, ooh la la π€€, I slept till we almost got there.
First thing I noticed about Abeokuta was the red sand: red sand everywhereee, I really don’t know why. The second thing I noticed was the office of the governor: My God, the place looked like an estate from the exterior, I wonder how big it is inside. Just imagine, somebody’s office is an estate, ah πͺ. Third thing I noticed was that they had a cinema so I thought ‘Oh Abeokuta isn’t so dead. They lied’. I later went to that cinema, oh no, it’s dead, they didn’t lie π.
We got to Olumo rock and entered – one thousand naira per person. One guy volunteered to be our tour guide slash photographer saying he doesn’t charge much, we agreed and we began climbing. I actually thought that it was just a rock we’d just stare at and take pictures in front of. How I was wrong. We climbed a lot and the height was scary; I actually thought I was going to fall many times π. The tour guide explained a lot about the rock and said if you’ve not been to Olumo rock, you haven’t actually been to Abeokuta because it’s the origin of the town. He said other things but I’m not telling you, if you want to know, go to Olumo rock π.

We got to the top, took pictures and Mr. Tour guide said his charge was 5 thousand naira. My mum just looked at him like he was talking to her spirit twin, not her and last last, we paid 500 naira. This strengthened my theory that everything without a definite price must be priced down. So the brother wanted to scam us of 4,500, honestly, everybody is just mad: don’t let them scam you. We paid for our pictures, collected them and left. Our tour was an hour and some minutes max; it wasn’t long at all.






I proceeded to spend the night and the rest of Friday and some of Saturday with my baby boy that stays in Abeokuta. He took me out and his parents were very sweet to me, I’m even still low-key tripping for his dad π. So basically, I had a fun weekend π.
Is Olumo worth going to see? Yes, I feel so. Learn a bit of Nigerian history, do some exercise, just pass time a little with it π. Go.
Till my next blog post, Seun the explorer π.





