Military Escort

The governor after promising for three months to give us security, decided there was none available so Sidi negotiated for three days and finally we got a crew to come out from Ingall and only one vehicle instead of two.  Although we are happy to have security and I want everybody safe–there is no evidence of any bad guys in the region and everything is quite calm.  So Sidi who is ultraconservative in security matters felt that we could cut down on our security and save some money–I have yet to believe that they will not demand some kind of bribe at the end of all of this, but so far we have saved almost $1,500 from the last trip’s cost for the same number of days.  This is really good news because it means we can do something worthwhile with the money.