Am in Gaza, amazing journey. All kinds of red tape but we made it out of Egypt on the first try! Which is something none of the other groups were able to do. The Gazan Border officials greeted us with bottles of cold water. The Canadian and student groups left by bus for Gaza City. Our contact people and transportation hadn't arrived which meant waiting. When they did arrive it became clear there was a snag in our plans. Gazan officials were concerned we were staying with families in Rafa, considering it unsafe. They decided we must go to Gaza City and stay in a hotel and insisted we have a police/Hamas/??? escort. which consisted of a pick up truck with 2 men in the cab and four in the open back, all with guns. (ugh!) We would travel a few miles when the truck would pull over and another escort would take over. It caused quite a sensation!!!
Sorry I've not been keeping in touch daily. My computer died and no one can fix it. I'm relying on the kindness of others and when ever I've tried to blog, the Internet connection has been down.
Plus the phone I bought in Egypt has died. I'm having bad luck with tech.
Must go, we're meeting with NGOs all day.
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