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One of our "On Assignment" pages in National Geographic starts with the following: "'A hellhole.' That's what Randy Olson called the Sudanese garrison town of Juba where he was confined, under house arrest... 'You sweat like a pig at night, and the stench of everyone else who has sweated through your mattress wafts up around you.'" The story details a satellite phone call between Randy and his wife, Melissa Farlow. Randy had chartered a plane into a "no-fly" zone in southern Sudan and in 130 degree heat, he has to make a decision about whether to allow the plane to pick up wounded on the way back. So he calls his wife for advice. She is with some of the wealthiest people on the planet, in an air-conditioned, stone barn with chandeliers and cupolas photographing a 72 million dollar racehorse. Two assignments bridging two worlds as different as anyone can imagine.
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RandyOlson/MelissaFarlow
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