Finally Here

So I arrived in the motherland yesterday at 530am. the plane was like so empty i think there were 2o passengers in all, four of them were clearly foreign either tourists or un/ngo folks.
I was pretty tired considering i hadn't slept for like 2 days. i tried valiantly not to sleep but i ended up nodding off, i've also come down with a cold of sorts, hopefully my homeland won't be the death of me, as everyone seems to think. but i'm so glad that i have a week or so to play around with before starting work, thank God for schedules. i forgot how damned hot khartoum is during the summer.
i haven't really explored or gone out except to this internet cafe near my uncle's house.
but despite this i've heard lots of talk about iraq, iran and sudan. well the political environment and questions about u.s. involvement. everyone seems to think a un force in darfur is inevitable. one thing is sure though everyone is confident, with much sadness, that nothing will shake the islamicist government in the north, not darfur not the u.s. nothing. anyhow i doubt it is in u.s. interest to shake it.
i am meeting up tomorrow possibly with a friend of mine. he does research on sufis, he's been living here for the past year and it'll be interesting to get his perspective on things. i might venture out into the city tonight but i doubt it.

anyhow i'm about finished with my credit here, i better be nice since i plan on using the internet cafe during my stay in the capital.