Our Sunday Field Trip to Cueibet

My home for tomorrow night!

Yesterday we decided to take a drive out to a village called Cuieibet to see some colleagues who are on a short-term assignment teaching a course in Financial Accounting for county officials. To be honest, I feel like I hardly get out of this routine of bouncing between home and work, so it's always refreshing to see somewhere new. The drive to Cueibet took us about 1.5 hours each way, but the timing could change dramatically depending on the rains and the conditions of certain stretches of road. Some roads were smooth and lovely, while others felt like I would have to look for my kidney by the time it was over. We were briefly stuck in the mud a couple of times, but our driver Mustafa (as Alexandra puts it) is #1!
Anyway, we had a lovely visit with the volunteers and also got to see a little bit of their workshop. The conditions at the Save The Children Sweden compound are pretty basic, the accomodations being tukuls (see pic above). Tomorrow, I'll be leaving the sanctuary of my double wide trailer (I still don't know the difference between single and double!) to spend the night in Cueibet, and come back on Wednesday morning. I think it'll be one of my most authentic Sudanese experiences to date, as my only tukul to date was in Juba and it had running water in it. LOL! I'm sure I will have more to say about this later this week! Hope you are having a great week!