Empty vessels make the most noise- Humanitarian diaries Part 2
Reading time- 4 minutes An almost palpable sense of relief fills the vehicle as you smoothly veer off-road and start approaching Gumuruk village. The 'to' part in 'to- and- fro' is almost done, we`ll worry about the 'fro' after a few hours when we start preparing to head back to Pibor, for now we`re good, and for that we`re glad. As the time goes just past midday, and after a quick mental calculation, it dawns on us that we have just under three hours to do the 6- 7 hours worth of work we have planned for. We cannot afford to leave at 5pm as originally anticipated during a pre- travel table- top planning session as we`ll need to give an allowance of 3 hours for the return trip if we`re to get back to base before dark and assuming we face the same challenges we did on the way to Gumuruk. We will need to start off latest at 1500hrs. The sight of an unmistakable old rusty shell of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) we passed on the left side lingers on my mind. The ...