Egyptian pizza and another visit to the souq
by Last night before we went to bed we heard a huge commotion in the street – music, drums, cars hooting and lots of people – …
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Doing the tourist-thing in Aswan
by (25 November 2011) Last night we admired the view of Aswan from the roof of the Hathor Hotel after sunset. The mosques are beautifully lit …
Waving the Motomias good bye
The plan was to meet Mazar in town at 11h00, but we haven’t spoken since the previous morning and we gave our passports to him …
Meeting a donkey called Chevrolet
We had a slow morning as everything in Sudan normally only starts happening around 10 am. We ended up at another little road side café …
Wadi Halfa and the end of our stay in lovely Sudan
(21 November 2011) Our last bush-camp spot in Sudan was the best. We had a good view of the road on the distant horizon, but …
Temporarily detained in Abri
We woke up only to find that we did end up in the front yard of a little house last night :o) It was a …
Desert camping in Northern Sudan
(19 November 2011) The wind picked up during the night and I had to wrap myself in the tent cover on Tania’s porch. I woke …
Beautiful desert road to Karima
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
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 …
