Back from Long Duration Patrol

While it was nice to be on patrol, it certainly is nice to be back in the Team Site again - even more so after a nice, warm and long shower.

There is a few lessons learned from this, my first, Long Duration Patrol:

• What I consider fairly standard outfit - mosquito dome, sleeping bag, portable alcohol stove - will be oh-ed and awed over by the other UNMOs and the Force Protections.
• The less standard kit I carry - me Eee and my Sony Reader - even more so.
• Bring less food.
• Bring more civilian clothes.
• Sunrises in deepest Africa can be awesome.
• Starry nights in deepest Africa even more so.
• The GPS is invaluable.
• Writing the report from a LDP takes much longer time than from a SDP.

I still need to go through the tons of photos and select a few dozen for posting.