My Journey From Monrovia to Lagos

by Ismail Konneh (Rwanda)

I didn't expect to find Nigeria

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You will know from the beginning of your journey if it will be great. This story is a flashback of my trip from Monrovia to Kigali, which was my first time to travel by airplane. The flight was fascinating because it gave me a lot of experience. On the other hand, it was fun as well because there were a lot of facilities such as toilets, TVs, charging cables, headphones, on the airplane which I did not expect. The first airplane I first traveled by was Boeing, and I was coming from Monrovia to Lagos. When I entered the plane, I was like, wow! "Inside, this place is so beautiful." And actually, inside an airplane is nice. I was bluffing because it was like I had achieved something new in life, but when it was flying in the sky, I thought something was sitting on my head. I also felt that I would almost fall from it. Despite the seat-belt, I was still looking for another thing to hold to prevent myself from falling from the plane. Fifteen minutes later, in the flight, I wanted to urinate. Nevertheless, keeping in mind the beauty of the aircraft, I thought there was no bathroom or toilet, and the flight time from Monrovia to Lagos is approximately Two hours fifteen minutes. One hour later, the stewardess brought meals. The meal they brought was so vegetarian. I thought it would taste nice in my mouth. I was eager to taste it because I never used to eat such types of food. It was like a new opportunity for me to eat this kind of civilized food. So I started eating with my bare hand. When I first put the food in my mouth, I put it out because it was very tasteless in my mouth. Since they brought the meal along with drinks, I took the flavor of soft drink (Sprite) I love most and left the vegetable on the table. But by that time, I still wanted to urine and almost urinated on myself. So I was praying to get to my destination to use the bathroom. When was it only remaining fifteen minutes for us to get to Lagos, guess what happened? I heard someone saying from the back that they want to use the bathroom, and I was like to myself, "is there a bathroom here?" Approximately Thirty seconds after that person's statement, I saw them going way behind because I was sitting in front (seat number eighteen). I wanted the person to come back quickly so that I could check myself what was there. I never wanted to ask a question. After the person came back, I went to where the person came from, and I saw a small room. I was like, "is there a room in here?" When I opened the door of that little room in the plane, it was a bathroom. I was so surprised because I didn't expect a bathroom or toilet on an airplane. So I urinated and went back to my seat. I was proud of myself because I felt like I had achieved something new.