Today's update

Things continue to be tense here. Its difficult to decipher truth from exaggeration as the text message and emails fly between the expat community here. Many reports suggest that anywhere from 1-7 people were killed in the demonstrations, that many government and police houses were targeted and set on fire, and that the mob has been setting fire to fuel, tires, and whatever else they can get their hands on.

The hope was that this would fizzle after a day, however, all day there have been rumors of major looting and raiding going on in the cities and the mob vandalizing as they go.

Again, I am far, far away from all of this activity and remain as safe as ever. Myself and other volunteers wait anxiously to see what our status will be if the violence escalates or leaves the cities.

No one worry, throughout all of this there has been no hostility towards foreigners. The people's anger seems to be aimed just at the government and doing what they can to express their point of view.

I will continue updating when I can.