All in day's work, Damazin

Excerpt from Galib's emails:

"I get up, use the outdoor shower if there is water, shave at the BARNEY sink while fighting mosquitoes, therefore cutting myself as I fight the bugs and keep the blade going. I have a twix bar, yep a twix and it is made locally in Africa, so not that great and a glass of water, a multivitamin to keep up and then drive the 6 kms to work on a mud road and put my vehicle into 4x4 to get by. The road I travel on is marked by the various groups in control of the area as you can see by my SPLA photo below. This road was built by Osama Bin Laden before he left for Afghanistan. He had a farm just besides our new UN Sector V HQ.

I get to the office and buy a Nescafe, one spoon instant coffee, bottled water and sugar and one piece of dry bread. That is it until dinner time. I go to my portable plodding through the mud and fire up the AC and start the day reviewing emails followed by a tonne of meetings.

Snakes, 16 snakes have been killed in our camp since June 1 this year. The guards caught one yesterday and bagged it in a Ziploc and brought it into my office, I freaked, it was only 3 feet long (small compared to the norm). But big enough for me."

As explained previously, TIA, right!?

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