https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/the-palms/ Recent content in The-Palms on A Geek's Life Hugo en Sun, 15 Dec 2013 21:25:36 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2013/12/15/chaos-and-nostalgia-3/ Sun, 15 Dec 2013 21:25:36 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2013/12/15/chaos-and-nostalgia-3/ <h2 id="----img_">--- <a href="https://archive.rustgeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_1614.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1614" loading="lazy" src="https://archive.rustgeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_1614.jpg"></a></h2> <p>I wake up to singing - slightly muffled but loud enough to filter through to that neither here nor there place between sleep and waking up, where ambient sounds meld into dreams, or whatever it is conscious people do with their brains. When I make my way downstairs, it turns out it is the hotel staff having morning prayers.</p> <p>I am low on cash, I half start to prepare to go out before I am minded to ask my friend V, who confirms an ATM is my best bet. I end up walking a few kilometres to the nearest bank, a Zenith Bank, and empty my cash passport in the process; 20,000 naira should cover an extra day&rsquo;s hotel costs and the transport fare by road from Lagos to Benin which is next on the agenda.</p>