Port Harcourt

Port Harcourt is a gulf city in the state of Rivers in Southeast Nigeria and is quickly becoming the capital for the blooming oil industry in the country. Most speak English, but Igbo is the dominant language. Understand Get in By plane Port Harcourt International Airport, PHC. There are now direct flights from Europe operated by Air France and Lufthansa. It is also less than an hour in the air if you fly in via Lagos or Abuja By train From Maidugrui. By car By bus By boat From Nembe by ferry. Get around See Borikiri Market. Port Harcourt Zoo. Izumini River - An hours drive outside of the city Do Learn there are many private and public schools in port Harcourt. In the villages in Ogonis there private and community schools. Work Buy Fabrics. Traditional carvings and paintings. Hand tooled leather boxes and trunks of all shapes and sizes. Eat Rice, egusi soup with eba or fufu, pounded yam, papper soup, ogbono soup. Budget Suya - A kind of spicy meat kebab. Available at the side of any road cooked over charcoal. Wash it down with a Coke, called locally a mineral, or a bottle of the local Guiness or Maltina. Mid-range Splurge Drink There is great night life here. Try Cheers Bar in GRA every Sunday! Place is absolutely packed with guys and girls being treated to awesome music by Nick and Smart. Food is great, service is friendly and the beers are cold! Also on weekends Wine Bar, Bunga Villa (as the locals call it) and Aristo House are great! If you get the chance try out Tuscany, the smoking area is great and although the dance floor is small the vibe is electric! Sometimes locals may laugh at the way foreigners dance, this is by no means laughing to mock and cause offence, but rather joy in the difference that you bring to the situation, so don't be offended just smile back, chances are after a few drinks you will be dancing with the very people who were laughing. Sleep Budget Mid-range Mina Hotels is a relatively nice and clean place - the rooms are quite large and do not have that "wet" and old smell other hotels in this price range usually have. Prices start at around 40-50 USD/night (2005 winter). Hotel Presidential, [1]. A locally ownd hotel, centrally located and has recently undergone renovations.  edit Splurge Le Méridien and Novotel are the two hotels in town which offers high-quality accomodations. Le Méridien Ogeyi Place, 45 Tombia Street, ☎ +234-84-461770 (fax: +234-84-461771), [2].  edit Hotel Novotel Port Harcourt, 3 Stadium Road, (H5465@accor.com), [3].  edit Contact You will hardly be able to find your way in Nigeria especially in Port Harcourt unless you have been provided earlier direction. Stay safe Port Harcourt is the centre of oil business in Nigeria. Some people have a strong feeling that the oil is "stolen" from them by local government in cooperation with foreign companies. There are frequent riots, worker strikes and regular reports of kidnapping. Some bars and clubs, nevertheless, seem relatively safe even during the night. Cope Get out This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!