Finally arrived at UN Team Site Melut, an impossibly small village in south Sudan, along the Blue Nile. I passed through Malakal, which is the Sector III HQ location, staying there for two days. Very happy to get out of there, the place was a pit (the UN Camp I mean - desperately needs a Sgt Maj to sort things out there). First impressions in Melut are that its much better, newer, cleaner, much better lay out - the Indian troops here seem well set up and organized.
If nothing else, I am living a very healthy lifestyle here: up at 6:30, 5 min walk as a commute at 0750, work/patrolling until about 1330, rest (its hot) until about 1530, paperwork in the afternoon, volleyball with the Indian Force Protection Company at 1700, dinner at 1800, bed about 2100. Yep, that's about it. Reading and email in between. I should mention only one in about 10 of the Indian guys speak English and I am the only white officer that plays. I am sure I make their afternoon.
more pictures coming, if you are watching - takes about 40 mins to upload one photo!
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