In 1984, he was surveying crocs in the Rouffaer River, and Korodesi was the staging point. A couple of Christian missionary organizations operated the only conveyance service. There were no roads, cars, motorbikes, trains or any other means of surface transport in the interior. Villages along major rivers could be reached by boat; to go anywhere else, one needed to fly. Every major village had an airstrip for single engine planes.
