The Long Walk Home

Hello Hivers.... Greetings from my side of the world!

For the past 7 to 8 years, I haven't really had a permanent place I stay.

While in school, it was either Akure Ondo State or Ojodu- Berger, Lagos State.

After graduation, I added one more place which is Ikare, still in Ondo State though.

Currently, I live at a place called Akpatakpiti around FUTA (Federal University of Technology, Akure) South gate. In fact, my place is so far inside the community that it's referred to as west gate area, not South gate anymore.

The only form of transportation from the school gate to my house is via motorcycles.
It's a long walk home if you decide to trek.
Trekking isn't funny though. I only do it when I don't have a choice like when I'm out of cash for transport.

The walk home takes about 20 minutes. The road is in a pretty bad shape and one has to keep moving from left to right to avoid pot holes as well as vehicles and bikes.

The road looks quite lonely because students are on break now due to Industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of universities. Another one of the uncountable mess this country of mine is in🤦‍♀️

The road is untarred, covered in red sand and small rocks. There's no tangible irrigation so whenever it rains, the road becomes a mess.

There are residential buildings and shops on both sides of the road.
The houses in this area are mostly student lodges made up of several room self contain or just single rooms with shared toilets.

While some parts of the road are spoilt from erosion, some parts are actually quite smooth.

Also, there's no proper method of waste management in this area. Some simply throw refuse in the bush while some others burn their refuse outside their houses.

Below is my lodge. Its a students' lodge made up of self contain rooms. My room is somewhere in the middle. Although, I'll be leaving in a few days for the rest of my service year.