Underneath the Falomo Bridge

Connecting VI or Victoria Island and Ikoyi is the Falomo Bridge.

Falomo Bridge (source: StreetMap)

the Falomo bridge

It connects Akin Adesola street to Alfred Rewane road vice versa (street, road?).  A dual carriage bridge crossing the Five Cowrie Creek, which we would cross every single day (except Sunday....hmmmm... maybe Sunday too). 

from Akin Adesola street, approaching the bridge

straight ahead to Alfred Rewane road (Kingsway).. See the word LAGOS on the car 
reg. number?

There are other options to get to VI from Ikoyi, like using the Lekki Bridge but you will have to pay toll, twice. First at the bridge antering Lekki Phase 1 and the next one at the Lekki-Epe Expressway entering VI.

Or the longest possible way, which is from Ahmadu Bellu way which can be a bit crowded at times and nothing is predictable here in Lagos.

I personally think the bridge is very important. Not just crossing from one side to the other, but also as a landmark (The Lagos Carnival started from the Falomo bridge area and ends at Tafawa Balawa Square or TBS). Horses and their trainers would agree too, for we saw a few of the horses from the nearby Polo Club cantering on the bridge on Saturday mornings. The horse feed too travels on the bridge from VI. You would see men pulling huge bundle of freshly cut grass (?) for the horses too. 

Hi-yo Silver..awayyyyy!!!

for the horses....mjammm mjammm

Anyway it's not the bridge that I am would like to talk about, but rather underneath it. How do we know about it? Yes, you might've guessed it..it was Marijke (again) that told me and Madam about it. It was during one Saturday in January that we went there. From our place in Ikoyi, it was just a short drive there. 

tur left to go underneath the bridge

And underneath the bridge is.....

a fish market!!!

This picture don't do justice to the size of the fish, 
it's actually quite large in size, snapper (?)

fishmonger in action

Apart from fish, there are also prawns and crabs. I don't see any sort of squid at the market. They don't consume any...or maybe very little of it. I can only get them in frozen form at the supermarket. Prawns of various sizes and quite pricey too. But I guess, here in VI..things are just that way. 

These fishmongers are very enterprising too. A friend of us, which is also a vet in Ikoyi (Dr. Pushpa) mentioned that she would get a picture message of the produce that day along with the price. If the price is ok (of course there will be the  negotiated compromise process), she would then send her driver to pickup her purchase. 

fresh crabs

look at the size of that thing

- Wedge Antilles

A stall selling fresh vegetable is also available at the fish market. A few of them actually...but this one is the biggest and most extensive selection of local produce.

fresh vege 

The only picture I don't have is the picture of the marina just beside the fish market...or maybe...this is the only one I have. I will check to see if the are boats here to Tarkwa Bay or any other places in Lagos accessible only by boat.

the marina, just beside the market (underneath)

About the type of fish they land here? Well, I have to disappoint you...I know next to nothing about fish. Except the ones in Malaysia. But I can tell you there are freshwater fish like cat fish (ikan keli), tilapia and patin (pangasius - seriously, that was the label) which are sold frozen at supermarket. 

The first time we went, bought some croaker (gelama). Of course the occasional ikan merah (snapper) like the one in the picture. But the one that I missed the most is ikan terubok (toli shad...now I know). It will be a few days before going back to Malaysia. A little bit of patience goes a long way....I know my mum does read the blog. I do hope she got the obvious hint...