A Satellite Phone Call From Paula
2 comments January 10th, 2007
On Tuesday 9th. January Paula made a sat phone call to her family. After a lot of effort to ensure all sat equipment (to send emails from anywhere) was fully operational, her solar panel is failing to deliver and Paula is embarrassed that communications she promised have not happened.
Paula is making great progress towards the Mali border and is 4 days from the village of Nema. For Google Earth watchers – 16 33’N 7 59’W (see the route map). From a conversation short in minutes but big in dollars, it seems the going has been tough. Difficult ground conditions and need for better nutrition being perhaps a brief understatement. On the positive side – she is fortunate to be with the same staunch companion as in her previous post (who is badly in need of rest), the camels are in good condition, water supply is OK, the navigation not bad and the will still strong.