Faces of Southern Sudan

These are not my pictures. Rather, they're from other members of the team. Great shots, and very representative of what/who we see here.

Sightseeing at the prison in Wau

There is not a lot I can share publicly, so here are a couple of outside shots of the Wau State Prison. The best part of going to prison - - - being let out at the end of the day!

The big guy is my buddy Lukudu. We've co-taught several times now. Speaks four languages and is now teaching himself French. He is ever so slowly trying to teach me Arabic. Afraid I'm not a good student. Behind us is the main entrance to the mens general population area, and you can see several of our workshop participants behind us, including a women corrections officer from Kenya who is one of the UN advisors posted in Wau.

Wow, I'm in Wau!

Lovely Wau, West Bahr al Ghazal State, southern Sudan. 500 km north west of Juba. 3 hours by helicopter. This is the view of the Juhr River from the back of my hotel (note garbage dump beside vegetable patch) with people wading across the river. Also the front of my hotel, the not so luxurious Wau Regency Hotel. Grand name, but... The dome to the right of the picture is where the rooms are, restaurant entrance is by the power pole.

On the other hand, the view of the sunrise from the hotel was tremendous each morning. And then, it would just get hot. Damn hot. Oh, and there was the dust everywhere.