Festac Town ... memories (1)

Hi ,

as an update to the previous post , i will start this episode by saying it is about the first house i lived in at nigeria >> The Festac Or Satellite Town , that used to be a residential compound at the back ofa textile factory ... it containd only 3 flats beside each other but were wide and big ... somthing of 250 metres,the saloon was alone up to 90 metres , there was a big garden at the back and the view use to be amazing from there ,, in front of the house there was a big empty space , we were the only family there , the other two flats were occupied by single people , one of which belonged to Abu Yasser .. he was the factory manager , a syrian of about 60 years , he lived alone at the next door ( later by 2003 i knew he died from a heart attack ) ... the other flat was occupied in th begining by two men a lebanese called Riyadh ( he died 2005 in a miserable situation and had nobody to ask after him :( ) and a sudanese which i dont remember his name ... later by an indian old couple ,,, the smell from there used to be disgusting ! so that was by 1995 , i was still 7 years ,, the best of our childhood was at that place ... with a wide and big area to play in , there was like a store beside our flat which looked like an abandoned place where we used to play hide and seek ,, at the morning the view was incredible with tress of Mango , guava , Banana and Pineapple hanging around ,,, the entrance was a 50 metres far from the house ,,they use to be soliders arund there guarding both the factory and the compound ,,, when it used to be afternoon we used to go there and have fun with them ,, trying to carry their Guns or play snake and ladder with them ... those were really sweet days !!!

To Be Continued