Sudan Travel Blogs

Chad across bandit country, to Sudan.
Apr 29, 2003 (8 photos)

... , picturesque small villages set at the bottom of rocky hills and loads of locals smiling and waving as we entered El Genena, Sudan. Everybody was instantly friendly, the formalities took a heck of a long time with form after form to fill and various ...

South of Wadi Halfa
Oct 25, 2008

South of Wadi Halfa 24th Oct   Well we finally did it, we left Wadi Halfa. It wasn't long before we were doubting the wisdom of setting off along a desert track in the dark in a double decker bus.   The batteries had arrived half an hour ...

Wadi Halfa (Still)
Oct 24, 2008

Wadi Bloody Halfa 24 oct     Yes, we are still here. This place really is the pits and we have chosen one of the least attractive parts of town to take up residence. We are still parked outside the scrapyard. Yesterday we had agreed to a ...

Sudan
Nov 25, 2009

2 weeks in Sudan - Details to come later.

Peanuts and security meetings
Dec 16, 2008

... like the UN. So we end our tale for now from an internet cafe set up by an NGO focusng on teaching sustainable farming. Sudan is certianly a very strange and exciting place so please pray for us and keep e-mailing at all times. we love hearing from home ...

Khartoum Nightmare
Oct 27, 2008 (1 photos)

... .  We spent our remaining Sudanese pounds on a few bottles of beer. Bliss, after 8 days. Ice cold Stim is fine, but not a patch on beer.  I won't be going back to Sudan. Not many good experiences, awful officials and far too much dust.

BVAWT017 - HSPN
Sep 24, 2008

HSPN - Port Sudan International Airport

Last Call for Beers!
Jun 13, 2008 (13 photos)

... backed up to let the other guy through, but not before letting the truck driver get a piece of his mind. Crossing into Sudan was a tediously long-winded affair. It was pretty straightforward, but there were a lot of forms to fill out, registrations to ...

Planning
Jun 19, 2008

... That's the plan. And we of all people know how plans can - and do -change. Start: Lisamin Safari Hotel, Khartoum, SUDAN. End: Lisamin Safari Hotel, Khartoum, SUDAN. Distance Traveled: 0 Road Conditions: - Temperature: well, it looked mighty hot, ...

Khartoum to Wadi Halfa, fourth leg
Dec 10, 2008 (1 photos)

Khartoum to Wadi Halfa. Fourth leg. Wednesday 10 December. Nubian hospitality. We continued along the Nile, along sand and gravel tracks (not easy but doable) passed the Nubian villages of Delgo, Abri and Akasha where the road leaves the Nile and moves ...

Dust
Oct 25, 2008 (4 photos)

 One of the things I was asked for when I'm away was some shots of the bus in some desert and other locations. This was for the Bristol VR enthusiasts club. This is now concerning me. I have plenty of shots of the bus in the locations they want, ...

Day 46 - Cross The Desert to Wadi Halfa
Sep 22, 2007 (13 photos)

... ; I had expected him to be well on his way by now but it turned out that he had some administrative difficulties with Sudan and was delayed. He was also looking to travel through the desert with someone else.  I eagerly accepted his invitation.  ...

Slow and steady wins the race
Jun 21, 2008 (16 photos)

... Bush Camp at N19 57.056' E030 34.015', SUDAN. 08:30 End: Bush Camp at N21 45.997' E031 22.269', Wadi Halfa, SUDAN. 14:30 Distance Traveled: 318 km Road Conditions: sand, dirt, rough tracks, narrow alleyways in villages Average Speed: 45.5 km/hr Max ...

Day 42 - The Journey into Sudan
Sep 18, 2007 (3 photos)

... little chilly in the middle of the night but it was a fantastic evening.  What a wonderful introduction to Sudan.  I only realised very late that since crossing the border I had not seen a single woman.  Perhaps ...

Night 42 - Amdangla
Sep 17, 2007

Very randomly

Racing the visa
Jun 30, 2003

... so lucky. Because of the SARS outbreak in Toronto (Mike is from Vancouver - other side of the pretty big country) Sudan wasn't issuing tourist visas to Canadian citizens. Doctor's certificates and explanations that if Mike had SARS half of Ethiopia ...

I FEEL LIKE I HAVE REACHED THE REAL AFRICA
Aug 8, 2007 (2 photos)

Today I reached a part of Sudan that was reminiscent of images of Ethiopia that I have seen on TV.As we approached Gedaref,a day's bus ride from the neighbouring country's border,we travelled for several hours through hills and savannah ...

Life in my new city.....
May 13, 2006

... Shep who had already bought their tickets!), though the offer of my excellent hospitality is extended to anyone coming through Sudan, including friends of friends... I will endeavour to get some photos of the city and its surrounds soon, and show you ...

Sudan
Nov 29, 2008

... car. We were very impressed by the amount of development work in terms of infrastucture and irrigated agriculture going on in Sudan after having very low expectations. Most people seem to attribute this to Chinese money pouring in for whatever reason, but ...

Traveling to South Sudan
Oct 20, 2005

... The second turned out to be more important - Writing a business plan for the creation of a microfinance institution in South Sudan. For the assessment, I traveled to four different towns within South Sudan and managed to check out Khartoum, where I spent ...

The Haboob
Jul 12, 2003

... the west and waiting to unleash. We were heading to the Royal City of Meroe, about 4 hours north of Khartoum. Sudan had several ancient civilisations which ran concurrent to the Egyptians. At times the Egyptians ruled Sudan, in others the Nubians ...

The Port Blockade
Oct 23, 2008 (2 photos)

... much of a concern in Sudan or Ethiopia for that matter. We also have no vehicle insurance. It's not available in Sudan apparently.   The work on the leaf springs was progressing well until the mechanics decided that they needed some brackets and ...

Watchit, All Eyes Are On You
Jun 15, 2008 (7 photos)

... Railway Station where we got some information about buying a ferry ticket from Waldi Halfa to Aswan. The only way to cross from Sudan into Egypt (or vice versa) is to take this ferry, which goes only once a week. It is horrendously expensive at 950 ...

The Khartoum Run
Jul 1, 2003

... Ethiopia's meat-only diet it was a welcome relief. Strange concepts such as salad and cooked vegetables are commonly embraced in Sudan. We eventually headed into the central city and got settled in a hotel. We changed some money and paid Hussam back: ...

Day 5...
Nov 12, 2005 (3 photos)

I think that I will take the quitting of my entire department and the Country Director as a good omen. At least that way I am completely starting afresh.. My life here in Africa. Well it is certainly interesting. I love my apartment, my job is just ...

The field
Dec 28, 2005 (5 photos)

I have just been startled at my desk in Kassala, by a sound foreign to me. Just took a look and there is a sheep tied up. This is the conversation I had with a local staff member... "Have you ever seen one of these?" (M) "yes" (J) "it is for ...

Pyramids, camels, and soccer.
Nov 28, 2005 (5 photos)

My weekend was certainly blog worthy. Went to a lovely diner of 'African food' made by my colleague from Guinea. You may remember Guinea as the long skinny country beside Sierra Leone, or the country with the most coups. Then off to rooftop patio that ...

Every One Man Has 40 Faces
Jul 29, 2003

... Mountains are sometimes described as an island of African culture and ethnicity in an increasingly Arabized north and middle Sudan. The Nuba people are famous for their traditions of wearing no clothes, wrestling and body scarring. Leni Riefenstahl, ...

A good vent...breathe
Apr 18, 2006

I need to tie up some loose ends - My charming kitty disappeared a week after those photo's graced the world. There are a few theories about her disapperance: 1) that the maid stole her (she is really cute) 2) that the maid hated it and stuck it ...

Khartoum flight stop
Dec 12, 2006

Khartoum