CCH Community Photography Contest *8 session - My Old Travel Experience

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Memories are not always beautiful but we find ourselves keeping them not withstanding because they are also memories that made us learn some things and we kinda feel grateful to those memories.

Beautiful memories makes us happy whenever we think of it, like you find yourself sounding or feeling happy even in a not so good situation because you remembered a good memory.

Traveling has always and will continue to be a wonderful memory to experience for me. I love to travel so much that I even started to wish to travel around the world without stopping 😂 just keep exploring and building those memories.

My Old Travel Experience? I have tons of them 😃

Yeah, they're many but I'll share the most memorable two I keep going back in time to think of. The pictures should show more than I even tell you because I try to remind myself to take pictures when I'm on any trip.

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A Beautiful Old Travel Experience - First Time On A Train

I've been traveling using the roads and I think I was getting used to it while wishing for a day I'll use a plane to travel instead. But I found about a new train station at my place.

My adventurous self decided to try that route out and it was more than I expected.

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Happy lady at a train station for the first time

This was after I made a reservation of where to sit in the train, I came out and asked a friend to take a picture of me beside the train and it sure did came out well.

First off, the station was beautifully built and the train was so new and has a beautiful color. You can see that smile on my face showing how I love what I was seeing.

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Check out her pose with excitement

Did you notice the color of my gown, the train and the ground? 😂

I think you'll notice that since it came out more beautiful that way, it felt good when I saw the picture.

My first experience in a train trip to my school was a very memorable one and I'm so happy sharing it with you, glad I still have the pictures.

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A Stressful Old Travel Experience - A Second Time On A Train

I had said at the beginning that there are beautiful and not so beautiful memories that we just have to keep because of what really happened in those memories. I decided to talk about my first experience on the train and how beautiful it was for me before my second experience.

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Feeling excited once again

At first, I was feeling all excited and happy to be going on another train journey back home so I kept taking pictures while waiting for the train to arrive even though I noticed it was taking more time than expected.

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That big smile ☺

The joy on my face while waiting know no bound, like it was so exciting and I felt like I was preparing to get on a plane 😂 can you see that smile? I'm sure you do and it tells you more than I'm telling you now.

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The train arriving really late

But guess what! The train arrived very late, like three hours after the supposed time and I was already feeling tired from waiting.

The worst that happened again was that I didn't get a sit to rest for my journey 🙆‍♀️ I had to stand for another four hours till I got to my destination.

It was so stressful but I find myself taking so many notes on what was happening around me and I remember writing some posts about it, it felt fulfilling after that.

My second experience with the train was one hell of an experience but I'm glad I have that memory and I could tell you about it.

I would have love to share more of my old travel experience but I'll stop here and wait to hear from you what you think about my old travel experience.

This is my entry for the CCH contest 8* on the theme "Old Travel Experience" you can join to share yours as well

All images used are old photos from my phone gallery

Thanks for reading!!!



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Dazzling smiles, rich colors when it came to the pictures. Our train station in my area is full of dust-bin and where area boys defecate.

@tipu curate

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😂😂 tf, it's no more a train station. It's a shit station. Well, it's normal in a country like ours where no attention is paid to maintenance and project completion.

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Basically, it's the situation with most train stations in Lagos, always dirty looking and unkempt, with feaces everywhere. This country no fit change, na so so problem uppandan.

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Lol, no be lie. We just keep hoping that things would change but it looks unlikely in our generation

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😂 I've heard of a lot of stories about train stations in other places but the good review about this particular train station made me go have an experience of it.

It was great at first but not anymore, people are abusing and mis using it now and I hope it doesn't become full of dustbin and defecate 😂

Thanks for stopping by and for the tip 😇

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It's stunning, didn't look like it was a train station in Nigeria and my goodness! I love pure asthethics. That particular train station is a scene to behold. Anyways it's saddening because nothing clean ever lasts in Nigeria.

You're welcome
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😂 True fact, that's why we're hoping this one last for some time first before they damage it.

Mind seeing the inside of the train? I found one in my gallery.

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You can imagine the rest until maybe you experience it yourself 😂

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This one looks great, what state is this if I may ask?

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Wow, na naija be that??
Because the first picture looks a lot like another country lol, the smile was lovely, gown was lovely and person was also lovely. You were even wearing to match with the train and ground. It must have been really a great experience for you to be so happy, it was just written all over your face.

The other Experience, ohhhh, I guess must have been awful. Standing for 4hours is no child's play and it's a lot worse when you're static. If you were standing and moving a bit it would have been a different story entirely. I'm sorry you had to come back to Nigeria and experience how things are done after your first train ride in another country. Thanks for sharing these amazing pictures dear.

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😂 Are you crazy? Come back from another country? 🤣 Oh my goodness, you need to see me now, I'm laughing way too hard while typing this.

It sure do look like another country in the first two pictures, I guess that was also a reason for my excitement... It was a memorable experience really.

That second one is very memorable and even give me a bit of stress just thinking about it.

Thanks a lot for stopping by, I appreciate 😊

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Lol, you can say that, I sure feel crazy sometimes. I really need to see you, so I'll have a visual of what effect I have on other people, especially you @merit.ahama

Yeah, felt a lot like another country, it was clean nd everything felt new, just didn't fit the description of our country.

Ohh, sorry ,don't think about it, think about me instead, I just made you laff
Thank you for your warm reply

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😂 You sounded really funny and I wish you saw me laughing.

Our country still has some cleanliness to it then, thank God 😒

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Lol, I really wish I did, I'm sure your laugh would have made me laff.

😂, Of course it does, I'm one of them

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😂 You're really funny, sure you're one of them 🤣🤣🤣
Me too sha

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Lol, I might have a place being a comedian..
Yeah youre one of them

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So sure really look happy to be on a train, I know I will fe the same because I have never been on a train before. Baffles me that there is train in naija. Nice post and pictures.

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It baffled me when I first heard of it, but now it's almost like a routine whenever I'm visiting home from school or the other way round.

It was really nice at first, I wish I shared a pic of the inside... Your love it more 😇

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You have a very nice smile. always smile I also like to travel by train. Train journeys are very comfortable. Thank you for this nice trip with us 🙏💞 Please enter the contest 🙏

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Aww thanks so much girl, I appreciate your kind words 😇
Yeah this is my entry for the contest too

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It's good to finally put a face to that special handle: merit.ahama 🥰🥰😍🥰. You smile so beautifully... Impressive.

@dreemport brought me here. Keep dazzling.

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3 hours waiting and then 4 hours of standing - you must have been knackered!!

Yes, I did see the yellow, yellow, yellow :D

#DreemPort

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It was super stressful but was an experience to talk about
Ahaa I'm glad you see the yellow 😂

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I have never been on a train before and I so much wish I have the opportunity to experience that. Yours was indeed a beautiful experience and you smile was the highlight of this piece.

Permit me to say your smile is infectious..😂... And by he way, you look good too.

@dreemport directed me to your post.

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Awww I'm not blushing 😊😇
Thanks and I hope you get to experience been on a train soon before Warri people scatter it 😂

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I hope so too... Let me start thinking of where to visit before the train's destruction.. Lol

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I hope so too... Let me start thinking of where to visit before the train's destruction by warri people.. 😂

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