Yesterday I was back in Motot for Tearfund. We took another ton of freight up, consisting mainly of timber and dry foods like flour, and I brought one passenger back to Juba.
Motot is one of the airstrips which we go to regularly but which can be affected badly by the rainy season. This time I noticed that the airstrip at Pieri, about 15km to the south of Motot was very wet and yet Motot itself was dry. The Tearfund guy on the ground receiving the freight told me that there was rain all around Motot a few days ago but it didn't actually rain in Motot, so we'll make the most of the conditions before 'rain stops play'. Last year there was a period of about 3 weeks when Motot airstrip was unusable as it was partly under water!
