Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Central Market (Forgot the name but Suk XXX...) in Malakal

Price is much higher than in Juba 

Malakal office colleague told me that one small bottle of water (500 ml) costed  SSP 7 last week!
In Juba, it costs only SSP 1...
All the price in the market increased due to the closed road from North.

At one bakery

The bread was just baked! Soft & delicious!!
I wanted to suggest them to open a sandwich shop or pizza shop!

Monday, September 12, 2011

From North...

Old brick(burned one) structure
 - I could identify quite many of old structure with this type of bricks

Tukul in Malakal
- The steel pole is used for roof structure which I never saw in Juba
- I could see many Tukuls with brick walls in town 

In Malakal town, I found their uniqueness from the building structure and materials which I don't see in Juba.
The local people told me that those materials come from North, of course...

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Malakal, Upper Nile State

Boys who operate mobile phone on the Donkey ;-)

The main street was still filled with rain of a few days ago

Finally, after 3 months, I went on my first mission outside of Central Equatoria State where the capital is located. Malakal is state capital city of Upper Nile state which is one of the bordering state with North.

My first impression was "Vast!", "Green!" & "Muddy!".

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Children @ Refugee Settlement


Refugee children from Ethiopia.
In this settlement, we have temporary school & clinic by Japanese government.
Now we are updating these to permanent structure which can be benefited for local community around the settlement.

We use different terminology for refugee "camp" & "settlement".
In "camp", they only have small space to live relying on distributed foods.
In "settlement", they can have plot with certain size, construct semi-permanent structure & cultivate the land to become self-reliable.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Long queue...


Waiting for the fuel...

We can find long queue in the bank as well. I admire people here's big patience to be in a queue for a long time...

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Katsu don


Today, I had a special "Katsu don(Japanese pork cutlet)" lunch at my friend's house!
It was really really really yummy... even the egg here is almost white and looks a bit different from the one in Japan though...

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Mountain? Hill?

The photo from a car on one day...

Today, I was planning to climb a mountain/hill to enjoy the view!
Unfortunately, I couldn't due to the weather... Hope I can climb next time!