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- Khartoum
- Capital
- Sudanese Dinar (SDD)
- Currency
- 36,080,373
- Population
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Sudan Slideshow
Sudan
Travel Blogs from Sudan
thoughts on development and aid
... process of listening. This does not mean giving beneficiaries what they are asking for, but rather listening to the basic humanity. Sudan is a interesting venture for me. This is my first large ngo, and first time in my life where I really saw the ...
one day can feel like an eternity
... ), 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 course ...
Sheeps head for breakfast
After serving a breakfast of scrambled eggs and wheatabix to a happy crew of riders we hit the road in search of some local chow. We didn't have any shopping to do, so we had lots of time to spend enjoying a second breakfast. I had already eaten some ...
Gym and the Rotter
Hello All, I have to admit that this blog is keeping me sane here. I have gotten so many fantastic comments I think I just might keep it up! As requested by many, here are photo's of the rotter (or little schwarma, when she is not scratching my ...
dreams
I know I have been under a bit of stress lately, but my dreams for the past three nights have become repetative and crazy... I am dreaming about a talking lizard. He (it has to be a male lizard) is telling me about his problems (he drives a taxi in ...
Near Kimnar to Khartoum
Day 27 Despite our horrific night's sleep, we decided to take the long way to Khartoum via the Pyramids of Meroe. This was a long day of travelling through the Nubian Desert with only the occasional camel train of nomads to break the sandy monotony. ...
Khartoum Tourist
So, after being here for five months - I decided that I should do all the 'tourist' things to do in Khartoum. So I packed my weekend with all things I have always wanted to do. This is what I did this weekend: 1. Went to the national ...
Blogging
... food' for starving Kenynians. Its a hard concept to swallow... Africa does strange things to sadness. It will be offically 3 months in Sudan this week. I too read that with the same contempt for all. Mostly though, the contempt was of myself, as I do ...
Kassala and home
So the night after the Sheep roast I awoke to the scariest fright - a random Arab man in full Jalabia standing at the foot of my bed at 3am! He had broken in to my room and I only had awoken to the sound of the key on the other side being moved! (I ...
Childless perhaps, but not clutchless!
... 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 ...
Turkana
La ville est un peu étrange, elle est calme est pourtant elle fut la base de nombreuses ONG quand le sud soudan était en guerre, maintenant ces derniers sont partis et la ville a repris son cours normal cad des turkanas se promenant machettes ŕ la ...
Sudan
... him to F**k off . I had coffee with Mohamed and his 5 mates outside the hotel. These were real gentleman. We talked about Sudan, New Zealand etc...... The subject got onto woman (as it does with men) The Sudan men like woman who are very large, I ...
Khartoum
... as well as breakfast and dinner. Theroux probably met the same man and writes that the owner could arrange excursions all over Sudan. Basically the people staying at the Acropole are here making money. We are here spending money, our own money; so we ...
Acronyms
... Paralysis. IGA - Income Generating Activities WHOW - Women's Health Outreach Workers AMIS - African Union Mission in Sudan JCC - Justice and Confidence Centres NS - National Security SCONA - Sudanese Coalition-building, Networking and Advocacy ...
More Dust
Desert is traditionally supposed to be yellow or orange sand. Gritty and with definate particles. I'm guessing this bit of desert has been around a bit longer and the particles have been ground more. Think of grey flour and you are close. There is ...
Apartment -
Here is my place... I am close to the hair salon, take a left at the dirt road...then a left and the dirt ...
Sudanese hospitality in Atbara
... went into practice… Atbara is the place where the Nile receives its last tributary. The Atbara River originates in the Ethiopian highlands and gives the Nile the last amount of water before it goes on the journey through the rest of Sudan and ...
Royal Cemetery, al Ahram, or simply the pyramids
... first glance at the pyramids. Of course I was the only visitor there (even though this is the biggest tourist attraction in Sudan, visitors are still quite rare.) It felt a little bit like discovering a long-hidden secret while wandering around the site ...
Cool people
... same way so it should be interesting if i catch up with them. Cheers Miles. Khartoum 06/12/09 0 ks When you arrive in Sudan you must clear customs and immigration at the boarder. You must then register as Alien when you arrive in Khartoum within 3 ...
Stage 18
Woke today and felt better. We rode out of camp and crossed the dam then moved onto the dirt. The road was corrugated, sandy and rutted and generally difficult to ride on. It was hot out and Rosalyn was out in front and I started lagging behind. I ...
Riders and Staff
The Tour d'Afrique 2012 has begun with a diverse group of riders. There are 45 riders including ourselves ranging in age from 19 to 66. There are 29 men and 16 women. We are international. There are 15 Canadian riders, 4 South Africans, 4 Germans, 4 ...
Wadi Halfa - the next big thing
... on its surface, looked like that of a well worn oxblood leather couch stretching off forever to the south. January 12, Wadi Half, Sudan Exchange Rate: $1 = 2 Sudanese Pounds (SP) We did not get to Wadi Halfa until noon. We had a good night's sleep ...
Stage 19
I rode the truck today and talked with the other riders who were also on the truck due to illness or injury. The truck got stuck again today this time crossing a dry river bed. It took 3 hours and several truckloads of Sudanese guys to dislodge it. I ...
Back in the "Die Hard Club"!
... . I’m happy to report he managed no problem. It is worth mentioning that the Garmin and Tracks4Africa maps are very out of date for Sudan. We would have gone through the desert on a gravel road a few kilometers away from a tar road, had we not got a ...
The Youngest Country in the World
... often that the final word on a country which has been at war with itself for half a century, is a peaceful one. Well done Sudan. I got here after a 17 hour bus ride from Kampala – a journey that did not start on a pleasing note. I had ...
Leaving Khartoum
Khartoum is large busy and dusty. The few large buildings are military and the only modern looking ones are cellphone companies. The mall seemed to be the highlight and we spent most of our rest day walking to it and checking out shops then hanging ...
No WiFi!
Sorry for the gap. We are well and having a great time. Internet access has been scarce to non-existent so our last week of blogs and pics will have to wait a few more days until we reach Khartoum. We leave Dongola tomorrow AM and have 4 cycling days til ...
Just about on the menu in the desert.
... take a picture but the people did not look happy about the whole thing. I am staying in a hotel in Wadi Halifa. It costs 14 Sudan pounds ($6 USD) it has a cold shower. I really need this because i smell the worst i have ever smelt. (1 week without a wash) ...
Surprising Sudan
For a country that practices Sharia Law, it may be surprising to learn that one of my first encounters with the North Sudanese authorities (in the Registration Office at the airport) saw me being served by a woman. She wore a headscarf yes, but it was a ...