The airport's a military base. Everyone's relaxed though, and after negotiations we get a swift little Nissan car and head towards the mountains. Dusk, dramatic pine hills uplifted like camel humps.
Mist rising from tiny creeks make the forests vague and enticing.
Splendid flowers, whose names I don't know, spill down torn-up embankments onto the road. We notice red dirt eroding in sludge rivulets along the twisty road as we rise. Men wear pink flowery shirts and turn away from our headlights.