Beautiful desert road to Karima
by We had a very interesting non-South African typical Sudanese breakfast this morning – a fried fish with head, eye and all! We sat at a …
Strange visitations in the night
by The wind did not die down during the night as I assured Tania, but it was none the less probably the highlight of the trip. …
Visiting Sudan’s nr 1 tourist attraction
We set off North towards Shendi from Khartoum at lunch time feeling well-rested, happy from all the good food and wow(!) my clothes were smelling …
To the desert!
(15/11/2011) We spent today doing as little as possible (still here at Anita and Chris in Khartoum), but popped out during the afternoon to stock …
Travel permits and alien registration in Khartoum
We have been spoilt rotten here in Khartoum the past few days and have really enjoyed the rest. On Sunday Chris borrowed us his driver, …
Buy one get one free
We left the Imperial Hotel in Wadi Medani without breakfast and instead went to one of the road side shops to buy some local bread …
Wadi Medani – Sudan’s honeymoon destination
It’s really been a pleasure travelling through Sudan these past two days. I was a bit worried about the Metema/Gallabat border crossing yesterday, but it …
What a day!
(10 November 2011) We got up at 4h45 and left Gondar as soon as we could see. The road winded through a series of mountain …
Commuting between the Queen Taitu Pension and the Taye Hotel
We have settled ourselves in nicely at the Queen Taitu Pension and have been enjoying the television. Normally we would be out exploring and seeing …
On air again in Gonder
We had to check out from the Belegez Pension before 10h00 and it was still too early to check in at the Quean (sic) Taitu …
