The flight was short and pleasant, and not once did I ever feel unsafe or suspect that the plane was going to crash-land and leave me burning to death in a corn field. I heard that such an accident actually did occur a few years ago, which spurred the aviation sector to tighten safety regulations all across the board, grounding many airlines. The end result is that in present-day Nigeria, all flights run by reputable airlines have good safety records.
Enugu is located a little less than 300 miles (500 km) east of Lagos, in the eastern region of Nigeria, as can be seen from the map above. I could have also taken the bus to Enugu, but Mr Azih strongly recommended that I take the plane. "Not for you, but for me," Mr Azih said, laughing. "If you take the plane, I only have to worry for one hour. If you take the bus, then my whole day will have gone to waste, worrying about whether you'll arrive in Enugu or not." Apparently, traveling by road to Enugu could take over 10 hours, what with the numerous accident-inducing patches of road along the way.
At the airport I was met by Mr Emeka Onyema, the younger and youngest brother of Dr Onyema. Again, I wore my GEANCO T-shirt to be easily recognizable, but in hindsight, that was probably completely unnecessary. I was most likely the only Asian within a hundred miles.
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