[thackney]

I understand that far too well. This used to be “home” back in 93~94:

http://maps.google.com/?ll=15.589144,49.135709&spn=0.036748,0.055747&t=h&z=15

60 miles to the nearest paved road.

[BwanaNdege]

“This used to be “home” back in 93~94:”

Ugh!

At least we had water around. And, they fed us really, really well.

This is the approximate area, but it was back in 1981, so all traces are gone.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=10.705478,26.690068&num=1&t=h&z=14

I had to find a fuel dump near Tullus and fly my Bell 206 over to pay the watchman. The best maps were blank except for “Maximum Terrain Elevations believed not to exceed 10,000 ft.”, plus two intermittent streams and two “tracks” all in a square 60 nautical miles on a side.

Had to navigate using ‘seis’ lines; no GPS back then.

Tullus is still in Sudan, but it is halfway across the African continent between Port Sudan on the Red Sea and Douala, Cameroon, on the Atlantic.

Sudan is a BIG place!