Firstly, i'd like to explain the meaning of Hiking, for some of us that don't know what its all about.

Hiking is known as a long walk. Its an activity of going for long walks in the country side for pleasure, knowledge, sports and exercise.

Nigeria, located on the Western part of Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea, has many natural landmarks and wildlife reserves. And as a curious person, i decided to observe the beautiful, natural gifts, by going hiking.
This day was a great opportunity for me and my friends to see the natural entities created by God. I'm currently based in the Nigerian's capital, known as the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), Abuja, which is tagged the "Centre of Unity".

Abuja is found on the Northern part of Nigeria. The capital city is naturally endowed with Hills, mountains and highlands.

That's the national stadium behind me.

I'm sure most of us didn't know Nigeria was this beautiful 😁

So at first, I and my friends were contemplating on which mountain to go hiking... We thought of going to " The Horn" in Kubwa, but mehnnn..the sight of that mountain alone, scares the hell out of me. Then we thought of mountain Bayruwa, after Gwoza market, Airport road. Smh, it scares me too. It was my first time going hiking. I didn't plan on breaking a leg on the first day 😱 so we concluded on going to the mountain at Magic Land, close to the Abuja City gate. Sigh, I felt a sign of relief.

We planned for our hike, invited other of our friends and mutual friends. And we were 32 that made it. We all met at the entrance of Magic Land before we started climbing.

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Our journey started at 6:45am. We had our bags of food, water, snacks, and very importantly, music, which lit up the moment. It was fun at first.

Until i started feeling like i was gonna pass out. It got to a point, i couldn't move any more. I couldn't go further, and there was no going back. I got stuck!!! I couldn't feel my thighs and yes, i wasn't fit. Then these young men offered to help.

God bless their soul😁

The hike continued, even as i was left behind with these guys, and some other of my friends, encouraging me with their mouths, lol.
However, we got to the top of the mountain, which felt like one of the greatest achievement in my life😂

Was dancing here, but cried behind the scene.😂. All the same we all got to the top of the mountain, safely. We started taking pictures, we ate and also danced.

Beautiful me without make up

That chubby black girl in black and different colors of shoe laces😂

Memories!!

That's the national stadium behind me.

A clearer picture, taken with a drone.

I'm trying so hard not to bombard you guys with pictures 😁😁 because i took lots and lots of pictures.
By 11am, it was time to go down. And then i remembered the challenges i faced, coming up. "Well, coming down should be easier", i thought.
We started going down until someone, a girl slipped. Yea, it was slippery for inexperienced people like us that didn't put on hiking boots. She slipped and began to slide i saw her coming towards me, i had never felt so scared, in my life. I couldn't help her because I couldn't even stand on my own. Fortunately for her, a man grabbed her by her arm.

Going down was not as easy as i thought 😢 I became so scared, and started regretting coming for the hike. I told myself " Never again, Never again, will you go hiking". Countless times, i fell, and instead of walking, i started crawling. I started asking myself questions like "who sent you o?, do you want to die before your time? And then i started praying to God. I became a drama queen as my friends started laughing at me😵😒. "Its not funny", i said, angrily. I warned them, with all viciousness, never to involve me in this kind of outing, next time!! But then we got down and i was able to do a video of myself coming down the easiest part of the mountain.

I hope you heard " follow Tony". Yea..i was being warned, after acting all the drama😁😁

I wont lie, i enjoyed myself. The experience was awesome! I loved the views. I did a dance video while on the mountain, but unfortunately, i lost it. I hope to do another one when next i go hiking. Did i just say when next i go hiking?? Lol. The truth is that one part of me wants to go hiking..another part of me, don't. Lets just see how it goes, i think we should all watch out for my second hiking experience, this time, we'll visit another mountain. I just cant help it, i have to go. 😂😂

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