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Africa » South Sudan » Kaoda April 20th 2005

Of Lorries “Shok!” the cry goes out, and I amateurishly duck, trying to flatten myself against the roof of the truck-cum-bus. The thick branch bristling with two-inch thorn is too low, so I make a stupid face and stick out my arm to shield my face. It’s a good thing we’re moving so slowly, or this would be very dangerous, rather than adventurous. The branch knocks off the turban from my head. I’m just happy to be alive, but luckily the people in the truck following us retrieve my turban from the tree. In fact we’re traveling in a convoy of 5 buses and trucks, for safety and mutual aid as we drive through the dirt trails overgrown with the thorn trees of the savannah. The problem is that we’re at the beginning of the rainy ... read more
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