I laughed unintentionally when I read "Alaba International Market"😂😂. That place is just so crazily unique, no other place like it. You dare not go alone your first, second, third and fourth time else you get lost, robbed or beaten.
It's a very large market and I agree that it's like a maze, one that only those who have been around for long can navigate.
I remember going there twice,the roads beside each shops, kiosk,malls seems to be the same and it always has a large crowd.
As in ehn... at a point, it was as if I was walking round in circles. My saving grace was that the guy whose shop we came to wasn't too far from the major road, which was why it was easy for me to find my way back.
It could have been another story, thank God you found a way.