WADI HALFA, Sudan Travel Blogs

South of Wadi Halfa
Oct 25, 2008

... sandy.   Talking of sand, I've got a fair bit of cleaning to do. Foolishly I swept and cleaned the floor in Wadi Halfa. Everything, including my lungs, is coated in a fine layer of sand and dust. We are progressing though, Dongola here we come !

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 price ...

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

... was done on the road. In a number of years it will be possible to drive Cape to Cairo on tarmac. (Apart from the Aswan to Wadi Halfa ferry). In order to fill in the last bits the Chinese and Koreans are working their butts off. And the butts of Sudanese, ...

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

... .  Tomorrow was 200km.  Just 200km.  It was also supposed to be worse than today. Day 47 - Abri to Wadi Halfa This 200km mercifully stayed at 200km.  It was more of the same conditions that we experienced the day before.  ...

Ground Hog Day Wadi Halfa
Dec 7, 2009 (2 photos)

... we amused one another waiting for our departure date as there is not a great deal else to do in Wadi Halfa.  The people in Sudan are most generous, friendly and welcoming.  This in itself makes the harshness of the surroundings seem ...

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 ...

xxx
Dec 11, 2009

The Port Blockade
Oct 23, 2008 (2 photos)

The Port Blockade   Wadi Halfa 23rd Oct   I think we upset the germans. The couple were ok, Michael and his wife, it was the three chaps in the Nissan who were getting shirty. Our bus had finally arrived in the morning and I had sorted ...

First impressions of Sudan
Jan 20, 2009 (1 photos)

... , carrots, potatoes, onions, oranges and bananas. Gone are the cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage of Egypt. First impressions of Sudan; cleaner and quieter than Egypt. The locals are a little more laid back, nobody hassling you. A beautiful sunset and a ...

on a perfectly cloudless day
Jun 22, 2008 (5 photos)

... , Magdi's cousin, who is reportedly the town's best mechanic. Start: Bush Camp at N21 45.997' E031 22.269', Wadi Halfa, SUDAN. End: Deffintoad Hotel, Wadi Halfa, SUDAN. Distance Traveled: 0 Road Conditions: - Temperature: 40+ degrees with a ...

SUDAN BOOT CAMP
Jul 19, 2007 (16 photos)

This journey from Wadi Halfa to Khartoum,was no easy ride and put me in mind of boot camp! Transport was slow,poorly timetabled and on bad roads. Hotels were mostly basic lokandas with nowhere to lock baggage,and everyone sleeping out in open ...

Waiting in Wadi Halfa
Dec 14, 2008 (6 photos)

... like trying to drive. Too easy to lose your way in the desert. Last month an inexperienced guide took a group of tourists from Wadi Halfa to Khartoum. They left along the railway road going out of Wadi Halfa. The road we had decided against. There is only ...

one day can feel like an eternity
Jun 24, 2008 (2 photos)

... a mad dash), lock the door and celebrate crossing into our 13th country in cool cabin comfort. Start: Deffintoad Hotel, Wadi Halfa, SUDAN. End: Deffintoad Hotel, Wadi Halfa, SUDAN. Distance Traveled: 0 Road Conditions: - Temperature: hot of ...

Childless perhaps, but not clutchless!
Jun 23, 2008 (5 photos)

... someone who's probably never tasted many alcoholic drinks in his lifetime, fell in love with it. Start: Deffintoad Hotel, Wadi Halfa, SUDAN. End: Deffintoad Hotel, Wadi Halfa, SUDAN. Distance Traveled: 0 Road Conditions: - Temperature: burning ...

Wadi Halfa - the next big thing
Jan 11, 2008 (20 photos)

... and laid back to read some of the books we purchased in Cairo. Arvid wondered what Paul Theroux had to say about the ferry boat to Wadi Halfa. It turned out that he did not take the boat at all. He flew from Cairo to Khartoum. If you are a rich and ...

End of Sudan (hot dog)
Aug 23, 2009 (5 photos)

... but quite bit of being nervous.... I finally arrived to Wadi and the ferry run to Egypt (Aswan) is organized thanks to a fixer. Schedule: 26.8.: Ferry departing from Wadi Halfa (Sudan) 27.8.: Ferry arrival to Aswan (Egypt) 30.8.: Release of vehicles

Into the Sudan!
Jan 4, 2005

Just before we reached Wadi Halfa the boat turned and all the passengers that were lined up to pray were having problems finding the constantly shifting direction of Mecca.

AFRICA!!!!!
Nov 23, 2009 (21 photos)

... like Africa! But the people were so nice, we had many conversations with total strangers and they all welcomed us to Sudan! Arriving in Wadi Halfa/Sudan we met a lot of travellers who were about to board the ferry back to Egypt the next day and they ...