Apartment in Ikoyi

Today I moved from the hotel to the Bourdillon apartments in Ikoyi, a mostly residential area of Lagos. The hotel I was staying in is on Victoria Island (or "V.I." to the locals) and Ikoyi is a bridge trip across Five Cowrie Creek. It's that bridge that might make my commute long because it's a traffic bottleneck. Ikoyi is supposed to be a nice area with several embassies and schools located here. But it's a still a colorful drive from what I've seen with local markets along the way and the occasional chicken and goat. The thing I most like about my apartment so far is that they have supplied me with an espresso maker. I'm thrilled with that because I've been subsisting on instant coffee both at the hotel and the office.
I've felt safe here so far but the Nigerian elections are coming up and I understand that raises the danger level for expatriots. I don't have a lot of time for going out anyway. Most of my time is either spent working, sleeping or travelling in between those activities. The most adventurous thing I've done so far is visiting local restaurants.