Sometimes you have these experiences of feeling a huge amount of energy without exactly knowing where it is going to. Have that now during my stay in Juba. Am here to make a serie of video reports on post-war reconstruction of Southern Sudan. Arrived here yesterday with a small plane from Nairobi. The first thing I noticed that this airport has a tower, and a tarmac airstrip. That’s quite rare in Southern Sudan, and also the rest of Sudan btw. The custom officers were fast, and with my stamped passport I landed in Juba. There is only one tarmac road in town, and it is jammed with vehicles of relief organisations, and most of all constructors. That was my first impression. Juba is heavily under construction in all aspects of society. Schools, houses, hotels, hospitals, water points. It’s definitely like the new capital of Southern Sudan is put on the map at high velocity. The sounds of construction only stops after dark. There is an even a Kengeles (yes, that coffee chain from South Africa) on the banks of the river Nile. On the other hand in Southern Sudan the factional fighting didn’t stop, and there is cattle rustling going on, unexploded land mines are all over. Also the people are uncertain if they want to unify with the rest of Sudan after the six-year transitional period, or not. Still for me, having stayed in Southern Sudan for long time, it is quite refreshing to feel that energy. Incredible.