
We flew over the expansive River Nile and i was left to wonder, why do they call it a river, they should just call is an Ocean! We landed in Yei a small airstrip in the middle on nowhere with no control tower, guides, lobby etc. This is when you see the real effects of war. Next to the airstrip, military equipment was dumped but covered carefully for later disposal.
Yei airtrip was not busy at that time as we spent 15mins only and we were back in the air shortly. The landscape over South Sudan is wonderful. Everything is green and vast. Too many trees and too few a people because of the war which displaced millions of Sudanese for the past 25yrs.

Once we landed, we were quickly cleared and checked out. In South Sudan you must have a permit to travel here. At the moment, the permit is your visa. Our host Benjamin picked us up after 1 hour from the airport and we were off to our quarters. The country is very hot!
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