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Old April 16th, 2007, 04:18 PM   #1
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Calabar - first capital city | Nigeria | City Gallery


Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

Well recently with the completion of Obudu cattle ranch and Tinapa, many have been flooding to Calabar and it has been in the spotlight. New monorail, new shopping malls, Marina project so much news coming from there. It's about time for it to show of it's elegance and grace. Welcome to Calabar!!

Feel free to post Calabar related news and pictures.

Firstly, Tinapa





Studio Tinapa (Nollywood's First Studio)





Tinapa Shopping Mall





Craft's Village




The Budget Hotel
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Old April 16th, 2007, 04:25 PM   #3
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Margaret Expo Airport (A new airport is already approved)
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Obudu Cattle Ranch



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MORE OF TINAPA

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Old April 16th, 2007, 05:16 PM   #7
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great find.
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Old April 16th, 2007, 05:42 PM   #8
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Cross River State is truly Nigeria´s Garden of Eden.
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Old April 16th, 2007, 06:03 PM   #9
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I can picture those pics in a Western Travel Brochure. It's just short of being a Mauritius
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Old April 16th, 2007, 07:24 PM   #10
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Road in Calabar City

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houses of the tourist resort taken from the cable car

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at the resort

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houses they are still not open for business at least on these pics here

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great find, Calabar has so much potential and Tanapa Business Resort is really an excellent example of how this place can be turned into a world class resort. I will make it a point i visit Tinapa when i am in Nigeria. Well done to governor Duke for taking the lead.
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Nice pics of Calabar city.........beautiful pics.
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Beautiful!! I loce the mysterious look!! Its a bit difficult to get ohotos of the actual city tho...
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Wow!!!! Im speechless!!!
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Old April 17th, 2007, 06:18 PM   #17
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More Tinapa
















All these pictures are courtesy of ade.f on www.nairaland.com
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Inside Studio tinapa





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Old April 17th, 2007, 11:06 PM   #19
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Beautiful pics.

Anyone knows the name of those hills and location and also whats their elevation?
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congratulation for Nigeria
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