But where a road trip on the West Coast of America would take just under nine hours without a break, roads, ancient taxis and unreliable checkpoints conspire to make the same distance in west Africa an Odyssean overland journey of four days.
Certainly anyone interested in a spring-break road trip will have little trouble finding a production of "Doubt, a Parable," John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama from 2005.
Valid until 31 December, book through goleicestershire.com/short-breaks Road trip Tour operator Balkan Road Trip has a shortened version of its Bosnia tour.
Operation Safeway will see Metropolitan Police officers deployed at 166 key junctions where they will issue fixed penalty notices to people breaking road traffic laws.
Operation Safeway will see Metropolitan Police officers deployed at key junctions in the city where they will issue fixed penalty notices to people breaking road traffic laws over the next few weeks.
Lagos has long suffered from overcrowding, jammed and broken roads, erratic supplies of power, violent crime, floods, filth and smog.
She cited the amount of water peacekeepers would consume — up to 40 times per person what a typical Darfurian uses, the burden on already broken roads and communications, and the huge expectations the force's arrival will create.
At a time when bridges are broken, roads ruined, mines ubiquitous, and populations on the move, the challenges of the operation cannot be underestimated.
