We drove to the place where the Afar were digging a cistern as part of their work for food project. Then we continued on to another site but were told the goats were far away grazing. So we drove to another cluster of huts, interviewed them, and checked out the main storage place. Evenetually, we were back on the road to Logiya. The ride back seemed to go faster and felt less dangerous, since we knew what to expect. Having done his work for the day, A. was a lot more relaxed and chatty. He talked to me about the Afar people, Islam, the Orthodox people and other Westerners he'd met through NGOs. We arrived in Logiya, drenched in sweat from the ride through the desert to find that the electricity was out in our motel. There would be no nice overhead fan. Gosh A., the CR. and his son fought with the owner to let them drag their beds out of the stuffy cramped rooms and sleep under the stars. I opted to sleep in my room but in the middle of the night I couldn't sleep at all for the heat. I ended up sleeping on the cement outside my room with just a pillow. As I was laying there, I saw Gosh A.'s flashlight in the Land Cruiser. He was already packing up around 5:30 am. I was so glad to just get going. We all jumped in, half asleep, and were on our way before the sun rose. The ride back was hot and fairly uneventful, except for the camel crossing. We saw hundreds of camels crossing the road at once. We counted that each camel driver had about fifty and estimated between 400 and 450 camels! It was an AMAZING site! I just stared in disbelief. Gosh A. laughed at me because I couldn't stop saying, "I've never seen so many camels in all my life!!" Of course, on this trip was the first time I'd seen ANY camels. The trip to Afar was quite an exciting introduction to Ethiopia, but I was glad to get back to the cool climate of Addis.