A Visit To Ikeja Mall In Lagos | Camping Club Hive Photography Contest #9
Hello Hive! This is my first time participating in this contest, thanks to my dear @preets for the invitation. The theme for this contest states: Promote A Place You Like In Your City.
I am a Nigerian and reside in Lagos. We have lots of amazing places and major landmarks that I could talk about for this contest but I will focus on shopping because I love to shop. 😄
The thing is Lagos city, being one of the biggest commercial hubs in the country, is well known for its heavy traffic jams every day of the week, all year round. To move from one place to another could take hours due to traffic. So most residents don't move around much except if it's business/work related and when it's absolutely important.
I stay close to the capital of Lagos called Ikeja and one of the places I visit often to have fun with my family is the Ikeja Mall.
A snapshot of Ikeja Mall from the parking lot
This is a popular place in Lagos that houses the popular supermarket, Shoprite and other fancy shops, restaurants, etc.
I love to visit Shoprite because it has just about everything a person can need and all in one place. This is unlike a normal market where I have to move from place to place in search of certain things.
A lovely plant in the center of the parking lot
Also their goods and products are quite affordable as I am told they are sold at wholesale price instead of retail because they get their products directly from the manufacturers. No middleman.
One of the roads leading to Ikeja Mall
A bank in Ikeja close to the Mall
One interesting thing about the Ikeja Mall is that residents love to visit this place mainly as an outing and some people relax in the restaurants, eat and take pictures! Well, maybe I'll try that some other time.
This is my entry to the Camping Club Hive Photography Contest #9. I invite @marito74 and @teknon to participate.
My appreciation goes to @visionaer3003, @baycan and the #cch team for this interesting contest.
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Thanks for the mention dear. I really appreciate, let me think if I have anywhere in my city to promote. Lol. I think I do, I'll try I really don't like the city I'm in so I wouldn't like to promote it, don't mind me but I'm serious but then there's a very fantastic place which I'll share later. Thanks again for this invite
Great! I'm glad there's a fantastic place you can promote in your city. I'm looking forward to your entry....the deadline has been extended to the 12th! Thanks dear for your visit. 🙂
It's been a pleasure 😊
How many days from now do we have to submit our entries??
😬 Contest ends today. Click on the link to read the full details. I hope you can get in your entry soon because it's based on Turkish time and I have no idea how to interpret that! 😅
Oops! Then it's coming pretty late because I'm too tired to go out and take any pictures at the moment.
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Hello friend, thanks for the invitation. I love that you show us a little more of your city, who does not like to go shopping haha, fabulous, a good guide to know important places in Lagos.
😄 Exactly but I know some men that don't like to shop so maybe it's a ladies thing!
Thanks for your lovely comment. 🙂
hehe...you and me both.
I've passed this mall before but I didn't enter. I like shoprite too because of how cheap everything is. Surprisingly, the shoprite at Jabi lake mall, Abuja have a bit of a hike in price for some of their goods.
No be Abuja! They like to live an expensive lifestyle there and Shoprite has no choice but to conform! 😄
Thanks for accepting my invitation dear @kemmyb
Ikeja Mall seems a very nice place as you descried that you may get anything of your need here. How long it takes you to reach there from your place.? Hope that is not too far from you 😊
Thank you for sharing dear.. Stay blessed 😊
Hey Preets! Yes, Ikeja Mall is a lovely place. That's the reason some residents come here to relax. Without traffic, it should take me about 20 minutes to drive down to the Mall but when the traffic is heavy, it could take like an hour or two. We can never predict this but we are always prepared! 😄 What a life, right?
Thank you @kemmyb for sharing with us. From the pictures have seen it is a nice place to visit.
As God will give me the grace I will visit Lagos State next year. Thank you.
That's great! I hope you visit soon and be prepared to face all that Lagos has to offer. You will love it here! Thanks dear for your comment. 🙂
LoL your mall looks so similar to ours, here in South Africa. Shoprite and PeP are at least common to both and,I believe, exclusive to Africa. If you’ve ever lived in Africa it’s impossible to live, happily, in any other place in the world. There’s a hustle, bustle and heady vibe to our cities that cannot be replaced or reproduced, anywhere, anytime.
I couldn't agree more. As to Shoprite's exclusivity to Africa, I'm not so sure about that. I understand there's one in DC, so. But we have their branches spread out all over Africa.
It's the hustle and bustle that kinda keeps us alive! 😄
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