Country Info
- Khartoum
- Capital
- Sudanese Dinar (SDD)
- Currency
- 36,080,373
- Population
- SD
- Country Code
Sudan Slideshow
Sudan
Travel Blogs from Sudan
Wonderful Ethiopia good bye, Salam Sudan
... a test for the bike(er). Passed many traditional settlements and squeezed through a chaos of people a crossed the border to arabic Sudan, where I was friendly welcomed by the officials. The way to Gedaref, where the night at a hotel was planned, was ...
Desert Riding
... came the Deutsche team loaded with excelled riders. Next came the African team with riders from South Africa, Namibia and Sudan. Our team consisted of two Americans a Torontonian, Rosalyn and I. Despite the unfortunate name “Four Poor ...
Temple of Soleb
As the Temple of Soleb is said to be the best-preserved Egyptian temple standing on the Sudanese Nile, I decided to go there. I made my way from Dongola to Kawa, which is a small village on the the East Bank of the Nile. As the temple is on the West ...
One month later... Khartoum Days #1
... . But it also cools to as low and lower than 10 degrees in the night in December and January. Again, that's just Khartoum. Sudan, bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined, has its variety of sweltering tropics in the south and the dry desert of the ...
Trying to Make the Most of it
... to do or see in that town, apparently, meaning that I suppose this marks the end of my time in ‘interesting’ Sudan. This is a country which is a hugely rewarding place to visit. The people are the most genuine and good-natured ...
Rest Day Dongola
... . Unbelievable! We're heading back to town soon for dinner at a grilled chicken place that’s like the Portuguese churrasco of Sudan. We ate there yesterday and couldn’t get enough. Charcoal grilled with pita, spicy sauce and rice. Tomato and ...
Hot Desert Riding
It is the early morning of Wednesday February 1 and I have just woken up. The brightly moonlit sky tonight appears quite different than the last two desert nights which were dark and star studded. We departed Dongola early into a headwind south after ...
Day 22 - Still on the road...
... Bit of a nothing day, but enjoyable. Done about 280Km today. 7 am start tom, going to see more pyramids, although apparently more pyramids in Sudan than Egypt (about 300 to 90...) $10 US to get in though so thin I am going to give it a miss. Played ...
Sudan
... town of Metema and after a long process we were stamped out of Ethiopia. Going into Gallabat by walking to get stamped into Sudan bfore crossing back into Ethiopia to get the truck, weird way of doing it. We still need to register within 3 ...
To Khartoum
Woke up about 7ish, apparently bit of trouble last night with locals looking at our bags and getting closer to us, they backed off once they realised a couple of people were awake and watching them. I had tied my bag to the boat and I was using it as a ...
Great people, cool desert and straight roads
... a call. All good Cheers Miles Musawwarat temple trail to Tobayube Village 10/12/09 224 ks Stopped at Meroe pyramids today, Sudan's version of the Egyptian pyramids They are quite an incredible sight as you ride into Meroe, there must be 15 if ...
Which way to go???
Destination 376 km188'518 Increasing heat and the change from lush green to more and more dusty environment had lead me straight to Khartoum, where arrived late afternoon just to get stuck in rush hour to almost collapse in immense heat of well ...
End of Sudan (hot dog)
... 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 ...
Day 21 - To Khartoum... still...
p at 4.45... but... they got the time wrong and we had to hang around for an hour until it got light... (left at 6.45 after packing up) number of people distinctly unimpressed as very tired. As in desert couldn't drive before daylight as need to see the ...
Slipping through Sudan
... licence by taking pictures of the lunatic asylums and nuclear installations that litter the countryside. Oh, the wonders of Sudan. This approach is counterbalanced by the renown of Sudan's tourist attractions - there are none and we mean NONE (see ...
Last of the Brutal Dirt Roads... for now
Stage 20 Stone Village to Doka I felt better today. We rode a pleasant 40km on a decent dirt road to lunch. After that the road became awful. Loose sand which makes you slip or corrugated hardpan that rattles your teeth and every else loose. Add to this ...
Sennar Sudan Stage 17
Today we rode eastward towards Sennar and I strangely didn't feel hungry at lunch. We camped near Sennar after 157km (!) where we changed to our off-road tires. The next 3 days are on dirt, sand and cracked earth. Before dinner there was welcoming ...
Sudan Shakedown
... to share with the south. Most of Sudan's oil resources are in the south in areas where a newly independent Southern Sudan would be created. The Chinese are extracting the oil under agreements with the Arab dominated government in Khartoum. China has ...
A Town Built to Leave
Wadi Halfa is not a town anyone would choose to visit. Without the weekly ferry, it is difficult to see why it would even exist. There are no 'holy mountains', pyramids, temples, museums or anything particularly worth seeing. The closest I ...
Breaking My Own Rule, Again
... of living generally, and getting around in particular, does make it hard to love though). Although still inhabited by black tribes, South Sudan does have an increasing hint of North Africa here; mint tea in glass cups, shishas and Arab music all remind me ...
Defeated!
... at its birth (well, almost), a country that almost no Westerner has ever seen. From those bits of it I saw, South Sudan is an intensely beautiful country, blessed with extraordinary natural wealth. I knew it would be a trying place to visit, ...
Sudan
... the last 7 hours hours, currently it was about 1.30pm. The trip was going fine, with air conditioniong reliving the Sudan sweat, until a couple of hours into the journey when a very ominous smell started arising from underneath and continued to grow ...
Still Alive!
I'm still here, (now in Ethiopia - Addis Ababa - Capital) but internet expensive and slow and not had much opportunity to write the blog, even less to update photos. Did hope here would be better for internet, but holding out for Kenya now (where we set ...
Masjid Al-Nilin mosque (Khartoum, Sudan)
... of the two Niles Arabic: مسجد النيلين ) is a mosque in Omdurman, Sudan. It is located on the western banks of the Nile river, just opposite to the confluence of the two Niles. It ...
Luxury Cruise!
... as we continued our way south. Finally arrived at the port at Wadi Halfa. We disembarked and rode to the Sudan customs checkpoint and my chain snapped immediately. Fortunately one of the Germans had a spare link and Douglas the Aussie mechanic ...
Day 25 Khartoum
... if we wanted to go for a drink, we decided to and went to the park opposite. We talked for about an hour, asking questions about Sudan. His English was OK, but not great. I offered to pay for the drinks, but he wasn't having any of it. Heard lots of ...
Day 24 - In Khartoum!
Left at 9ish today after a breakfast of pancakes! Lat time seeing OC until Christmas so went and said goodbye. Jumped on the beach (mattress area at the top of the truck at the front - its open and you can stick your head out the top). Dozed for the ...
Happy chef, Happy food
... ) I think some of them wet themselves when it was all revealed. I definitely heard a squeal or two. As mentioned in my country intro, Sudan produces some fantastic cheese. I had a 20 liter tub of the stuff just begging to be used, so I made up a big Greek ...
Sudan: Offaly delicious
... generally made from cows milk but can be produced from any combination of cow, ewe, goat, or powdered milks. The cheese of Sudan has a consistency and flavour similar to an intense feta. Which is to say that it is actually quite delicious. Along the Nile ...
Day 23 - Nearly there!
Friday not sleep well - Stan snoring. Up and away by 7am, after breaky of cornflakes and oranges. Everyone helping when one member of the group points out the cornflakes have been blown onto the floor, rather than pick them up, & stand and look at ...