Visiting Dogon Village

[PZ]

Note: The mission described below occurred at night, so some of the photos below have been color corrected so you can see the details a bit better.

Voorhees wants me to dispose of the kilns at the Dogon Village.  This can be an exciting area because there is a mortar merc on the top of a flat-roofed building. 
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However, my friend Hakim as other ideas
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I take Hakim's offer of course, which means that I'll need to detour to the outpost east of the village.  It is usually relatively easy to travel between the two - there are a couple of ATPs that are easy to take our (or hide to avoid them).  The most significant problem is an RPG merc at the GP just southeast of Dogon Village.
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My plan is to go into the outpost from the south, along the river.  There is a sniper in a tower at the northeast end of the outpost, but his gaze is toward the west, making it relatively easy to sneak in from the south.
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Here he is - looking west as predicted - a single silent projectile and he was down.
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I climb into his hide, and throw a few well-placed Molotovs - the place goes up in flames, disorienting the mercs.  However, they eventually saw me and began their assault - I threw a grenade toward the west, intending to take out as many as I could before descending and finding the teamster hiding in the hut.
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The first grenade blew the roof off the nearby hut, and a merc ran in to take cover, periodically shooting at my position.  I threw in another grenade and voila, the teamster evidently caught enough fragments of the grenade to complete my task.  Cool - off to Dogon Village via the GP to the south.
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First step - take out the RPG merc before he gets a bead on me - this hiding spot is a dense bush just to the southeast of the GP.
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Then I nearly had a heart attack when this ATP roared up and parked to investigate - I don't know how they missed me, but they still had no idea I was there - took out this guy a second later, and then his friend in another moment.  Clearing the GP with the 6P9 was a piece of cake, and off to the Village I went.
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This is my favorite method of approach - it is rare that you get caught if you hug the hillside to the right
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I don't know how he caught wind of me, but this merc was suspicious - not enough to alert the others though.
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The mortar merc has no idea he is about to see the light - a blinding white light.
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Making my way up the rocky staircase
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There it is - the kiln, fortuitously surrounded by acetylene tanks - a single grenade should do the trick.
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A moment later, and I've had success.  Only two mercs killed, the village not alerted, and I'm off to help Hakim at the un-named post just west of the outpost.
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The glider high above the river is the perfect vehicle
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Exhilarating flight down to the dirt road on the right of the canyon bottom
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As I approached the area where I would find Hakim, he evidently had done a good job himself, because after only a single merc fell to the 6P9, the mission was complete. 
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[Art Blade]

very nice and neat  :-() :-X

[PZ]

 :-D

Lots of fun, these missions - I am looking forward to the mission where you need to blow the pipeline - I did that on on the PS3 this morning - sure wish I could have captured pictures easily.

[Art Blade]

hehe  ^-^

I was just thinking, I wish my best buddies were as efficient as yours. If they survive their own mission, I usually end up shooting them for utter incompetence.