I went out driving on the freeway today.

"So what's the big deal?" you may ask. After all, you probably drive to work everyday.

Ah, but then you're not like me - I hate driving.

Growing up in Nigeria, I never really had the opportunity to drive. Access to the family car was jealously guarded by my father - and anyway, I wasn't too keen on driving around in chaotic Lagos traffic. So I became an expert in the finer arts of boarding molue and danfo buses,...