Inauguration Ceremony in Aweil

(Totally forgot about the blog when I was on leave in Japan! Had an indulge at hot springs!)

The time flies in Aweil. I was busy for preparation for inauguration ceremony of one institution.
On the day, we received the high officials from South Sudan government and its donor(happened to be my country) and celebrated with local communities.

2,400 students came for its celebration!

What is his fate??

All the respected guests step over him...

And he was sacrificed for celebration following local custom.

Moving to ceremony venue.

Ceremony starts!

After the ceremony, we had a tour to look at the facilities.

Even there were several happenings which made me down, I was glad to be there for this occasion.  

In Aweil town

After I arrived in Aweil town, had a meeting with stakeholder.
And had to do a lots of shopping to prepare for special occasion which was planned on Thursday.

In Aweil town - here as well, I could see old burnt brick buildings (similar to other bordering state capital Malakal)

 

At the market - unique way to carry such a many bottles at once!

Juba -> Addis Ababa -> Dubai -> Tokyo!

This time, no delay! And my seat was upgraded to Business class with Emirates between Addis to Dubai! ;-)
Surprised to see the flight from Dubai to Narita was totally fully occupied!

I'll write about Aweil trip little by little.

It was pleasant journey...

I could see "the" first class which was on the SATC movie 2!!

Aweil

Photo from Wikipedia

A sudden mission to Aweil(state capital of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state) for a week starting from tomorrow.

"Tebasaki" lunch

Another Japanese lunch!
Tebasaki (Japanese style chicken wing) & Chirashi zushi (Mix style sushi).
Everytime, my friend cooks such a fantastic Japanese food in Juba, I reconfirm that I need a series of cooking lessons & innovative idea to utilize local materials.

Someday someday someday....

Then fly back to Juba

with UNHAS(United Nations Humanitarian Air Service) flight.

At the end of the day...

My mission to Malaakal was just 2 nights and 3 days.

At the end of the day, we go home...

UNMISS compound in Malakal where we are situated
*UNMISS=United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan

And go to "Hard Rock Cafe(!)", 

They serve you BBQ on Friday night!

And have exceptional beer(since usually I'm not a drinker at all!) seeing this great sunset!

For me, this is one of the very African sunset...
Sunset in very vast yard... (even within the compound!)