Oyibopeppeh

Nigeria may be one of the many funked up places on this planet, but the people are also among the friendliest and happiest on it. Being happy and friendly when you're living in poverty takes a lot of strength of character.

Kix

Or a great deal of stupidity...

scrubbedexpat141

Norway - It offers nothing.
Wales - It offers nothing.

UKCityGent

have to disagree littlejimmy

i was there last week - its a great little place

friendly people, 65% of the country has to be wooded, 25% for farming and 15% for people as stated in the law, good food, low rate of taxes etc

Brains1983

I guess you'll have a slightly different prospective on it since if I recall your married to a Nigerian, and will have spent a lot more time there than me. However my two trips gave me nothing but food poisoning and security issues. Try walking around as a white man in the south of NigerÍa and I wouldn't expect happy and friendly would be the most commonly used adjectives. But I guess if you have family your experience will be different.

littlejimmy

To be fair, I was joking. I felt bad picking on the Middle East and randomly chose a place.

shiva

Clearly you have never been to Norway but must have spent time in Wales

scrubbedexpat141

No never been to Norway so a bit harsh, but I'm happy to be convinced otherwise is someone can tell me it's quality?

Wales. Yes. It's just pointless.

co durham boy

Somalia - Not even Delta Force could get a result in Bakara Market !

Sandboy

hairy bikers were there last week, looked absolutely beautiful even with two fat lads on bikes in the foreground

and it's close to NE England so it must be ok

Ethos83

Never been to North Wales?

Wales is beautiful. So why is it pointless?

Last but not least it's not a 'country.'


Speaking of pointless countries, what about Slovenia? Lovely place, friendly people but there's no reason for its existence as a separate nation and no one would bat an eyelid if it was absorbed into Austria.

commander

exactly, Norway is a top place. beautiful. But so is Wales..

My 101 candidate is Djibouti...a larger shithole on earth i have still to discover. Even the flies stay away from the shit strewn accross the place.

Millhouse

I decided to get a googling task. I have no issue with the obese people of Nauru

Miss Anne Thrope

Wasn't there a poll several years ago where Nigerians came out as the happiest people in the world? I was living in West Africa at the time and I recall nobody being more shocked than the Nigerians who pointed to all of the miseries to which they were subjected (starting with NEPA..) but managed to turn the whole thing into a big laugh, kind of proving the point... Nigerians may not be generally as charming as other West Africans, say Ghanaians or Beninois, but usually great fun.

Lagos is intense but there is an edge of excitement to it which places like Dubai lack and if you know what you are doing can be very enjoyable. Not for everybody, granted, but Nigeria is definitely not a place to get rid of.

Oyibopeppeh

Ahhhh....the sun that never shines

It's called PHCN now - Power Holding Company of Nigeria. Rather apt, don't you think? I think someone was having a bit of a giggle when they made that one up.