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Showing posts with label AirPatrol. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AirPatrol. Show all posts

Saturday, 6 August 2011

Panoramas

The nice thing about being on leave is that I can use my desktop, which is a fair bit better than my laptop at making panoramas. I had to reduce these in size quite a bit to upload, but they are still plenty big enough to see though - click to make big:
 Inside the helicopter, going on Air Patrol to Kajo Keji.
 The view from halfway up Kendi Hill
 Halfway random forest in South Sudan.
Taking a break along the road to Lainya.
 Our TOB in Lainya - the narrow view.
 The not so narrow view of our TOB in Lainya.
The view from outside the County Commissioners Office in Lainya.

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Air Patrol to Kajo Keji - Huge photo post

Today I went on my first Air Patrol ever - since our Team Site is calm and quiet compared to some of the other places, it makes sense to not prioritize us over them. Downside off course is that I was the Patrol Leader, and was going to a place I've never been before... no pressure!
 BanBat provided us with Force Protection on the patrol.
 Guess who?
 The JMT with the local authorities, as well as a couple of UNPOLs station in Kajo Keji who aided us with transport
 The County of Kajo Keji, according to the map in their little museum.
 More of the museum in Kajo Keji
 Slightly blurry, but five of the anchor shaped iron ingots were enough to buy a decent bride in the old days.


 Some carved statues showing old style dress - bark loincloths and not much else.
 More statues. The drum is a traditional instrument in most of South Sudan.
 Our BanBat officer - I've noticed that the BanBat loves having their photo taken.
 The County Administration in Kajo Keji is based in an old British outpost from 1911.
 A much greener area than Yei.


 Having just taken off and heading back to Yei.













 Our last task of the day was aerial recce of a certain village, trying to judge whats going on in it.












 Being done with the village, we continued onward toward our Team Site























 Outskirts of Yei.









If you look towards the window frame, you can make out the Team Site on the far side of that little road.