Khartoum, Sudan Travel Blogs

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

... artefacts and reconstructed temples dating from 800 BC and we were even offered jobs teaching English at the local institute. From Khartoum, we travelled North to Meroe, Musawarat and Naqa, sites of an ancient royal city, pyramids, tombs and temples. ...

The curse on the River Nile
Dec 11, 2009 (20 photos)

It is never too late, I suppose, to learn a new lesson – or dispense one. Especially if it means being tossed out of a Cairo hotel. No, there was no bad behaviour, no drunkedness, raucousness, nor trashing the joint, no Keith Richards, Keith Moon or ...

Khartoum Nightmare
Oct 27, 2008 (1 photos)

... and only direction sign in Sudan after 40km telling us we were on the wrong road. It finally took us over 4 hours to negotiate Khartoum.  I awoke a few hours later to find we were pulling over. No air in the brakes and no accelerator. 7.30 and we ...

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, ...

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

... do the 155km to Gedaref has been replaced by the-road-where-angels-tread.  Beautiful tarmac all the way, extending to Khartoum.  Wonderful.  Cruising.  I could potentially reach Khartoum the same day.  I had planned on three days!& ...

Night 42 - Amdangla
Sep 17, 2007

Very randomly

Racing the visa
Jun 30, 2003

... value food and beer in the city so we lived well for our last 2 nights in the country. The run to the Sudan border and arrival in Khartoum I'll write about tomorrow as I'm almost out of time for today. But I will note down a few final thoughts. I've ...

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

... just before dark,having passed a lake and crossed a canal that looked something like the Corinth Canal,and runs all the way to Khartoum.The famous rocks were prominent to the right and behind the town,but were not as attractive as I was expecting.In the ...

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

... , but something that certainly sparked my interest. After a lot of consideration as to the possible implications of living life in Khartoum, I decided that life is meant to be challenging, and to accept the position - which is so far going well, and ...

Sudan
Nov 29, 2008

... to Khartoum, 35 Dollars US per person!). Then it was finally off on our first and only desert crossing along the railway line towards Khartoum, cutting short the huge bend in the Nile, which turns south and then north again. We had a lot of fun racing ...

The Haboob
Jul 12, 2003

... in 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 ...

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

... hot. We conducted our tossing-and-turning-in-our-sweat ritual again, and finally fell asleep. Start: National Camping, Khartoum, SUDAN. End: National Camping, Khartoum, SUDAN. Distance Traveled: 0 Road Conditions: - Temperature: 44 degrees ...

The Khartoum Run
Jul 1, 2003

... lack of beer. As for the ice cream, I haven't had it for over 3 months so just couldn't resist a sugar hit. Khartoum itself is fantastic. The city is very spead out and is quite modern. There is much fewer colonial buildings than I expected. The ...

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 ...

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

... Tony, an English volunteer teacher, wandering aimlessly around town and getting sucked into the strange social undercurrents of Khartoum. Tony and I also visited the British Embassy for a bit of thursday night fun. Every thursday night the embassy ...

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

Just another day
Dec 21, 2005

So I have been asked by a lovely women to describe my average day in Khartoum, so I will describe today... I wake up in the morning and its just a bit dark. I stumble into the shower and watch the sun come up from my shower. Its a beautiful sunrise ...

It sounds nicer than it is
Dec 1, 2009 (3 photos)

Khartoum to Wadi Halfa, first leg
Dec 7, 2008 (3 photos)

... The other man seemed to want us have imprisoned at least, maybe worse. We decided not to take any further pictures in Khartoum or Omdurman. Imagine having shots of the Parliament, the ministry of Information (TV and radio), the Mahdi's tomb, just another ...

the heat that melted the Jerseyman
Jun 16, 2008 (6 photos)

... in Sudan, the men especially. I haven't seen one overweight person either, just extremely leggy ones. Start: National Campsite, Khartoum, SUDAN. End: National Campsite, Khartoum, SUDAN. Distance Traveled: - Road Conditions: - Temperature: slight ...

"Leben im Backofen"- Life in an oven
Oct 2, 2009 (26 photos)

... people here, it is constant and without a hidden agenda – a soothing cool in the blistering heat. As a consequence, Northern Sudan has been the most pleasant place to travel in thus far. A further advantage in this country is that bush-camping is ...

Sudan's Story
Nov 21, 2009 (15 photos)

... , arab people and islamic community facilities – such as water jugs and minarets everywhere). We arrived in the capital Khartoum after a couple days of driving and bushcamps.  The roads, quality (or even existence) of cars and the increase of ...

Romeo oh Romeo
Nov 22, 2005

I met Gen. Romeo Dallaire at the Canadian Embassy (a small gathering of 40). He is the head of the UN contingent in Ruwanda, author of Shake Hands With the Devil, and something of a legend. And funny too.

Some Pointers
Nov 19, 2005

I have decided that I need to be more 'guide bookish' in my experimental blog. I am just not sure I know what advice to give - I am still learning and there are thousands of people out there with far more to teach. I will update this as I learn more. ...

Fancy dinner parties
Nov 19, 2005

... (I can't spell, but it sounded like that) with 6 of my work colleagues ('team building?'). It was a dam of the Nile which Khartoum gets all of its' drinking water (which tastes like dirt even after purified - is that okay?). It was a beautiful spot - in ...

Khartoum to Wadi Halfa, second leg
Dec 8, 2008 (3 photos)

Khartoum to Wadi Halfa. Second leg. Crossing the S-curve. Monday 8 December The next morning we left for Atbara and reached that town quickly. Atbara is the town where the Atbara river, coming from the Eritrean/Ethiopian border, is the last permanent ...

Khartoum Greatness
Mar 3, 2006

My lovely friend and (hopefully) future colleague Edith will be heading out to Khartoum soon (hopefully!) and wanted me to recommend place to hang out: Here is my top eleven Khartoum places to hang out (I really could go on): 11) Ozone - great ...

Marvelous Place and People, Damnable Bureaucracy
Dec 4, 2006 (21 photos)

... of success. Suddenly two other people entered the cafe and began asking the patron if he knew anything about ATMs in Khartoum. I started up a conversation with them and was informed that they were indeed headed to Sudan and had gotten their visas in ...