It felt like we had reached the end of the Earth. In 1965, there were 300,000 people in the capital city. Now, there are 3 million. Hundreds of thousands have migrated there to avoid the war and the land mines. They have moved to the relative safety of the city.
Safety there is very relative.
Each neighborhood develops as new arrivals build a home out of cement blocks or blocks of dirt and straw. Each home is a box with a corrugated steel roof and a dirt floor. There are window and door holes, but seldom a window or door. There is no running water and no system of sanitation. Goods are purchased from a passing vendor or by visiting an outdoor market.