Day 19 Wednesday 6th October

Early this morning we receive a very large truck load of aid donated by Syria. We get teams to off load this and then to organise all our existing aid into a more classified order. We label each box as we classify each type of aid. This will make our life much easier as the Egyptians will try every trick in the book to delay us by asking for every kind of lists and paperwork to be perfectly done. Every dot and every comma will be used against us if it not perfectly done. This takes most of the day, plus we need to classify and label all the new aid donated by Syria. We will be kept very busy.
Around noon our delegates arrive back in camp from Damascus with George Galloway, he is greeted as usual like a rock star and more, Hugh and i are put in place for personal security for George Galloway as it would be very difficult for him to move about for all the fans and supporters and well wishers who want to shake his hand and want to have their picture taken with him.
After a little rest we have a large public meeting where hundreds of local residents and dignitaries join us to support our convoy to Gaza.
George explains the results of the meetings in Damascus and tells everyone that one of the conditions put upon the convoy is that george himself may not be allowed to enter Egypt or Gaza through the Rafah border. This he says is a small price to pay for us to take all the convoy in. There is some fear that the Egyptians may try and divide and slice up the convoy into smaller groups, but we will deal with that as we come to it.
In the evening we put on a multi cultural musical event. As we are representing 27 countries on this convoy, we think its a great idea to hear each others music and celebrate our unity and solidarity.
Its been a great day albeit another very hot and humid one, but we must struggle on in the face of all that is thrown at us. We have the experience and will power to do so.