Country Info
- Khartoum
- Capital
- Sudanese Dinar (SDD)
- Currency
- 36,080,373
- Population
- SD
- Country Code
Sudan Slideshow
Sudan
Travel Blogs from Sudan
In search of Camel meat
The camel is the most beautiful creature on earth. I have learnt about Islam, participated in the breaking fast under the stars. I could see two galaxies. It was amazing and the food was ...
Ferry Aswan-wadi Halfa
... camping the whole trip. We started boarding at 10:30 and the ferry started at 17:00. We then had to fill out 2 forms for Sudan immigration, after filling out a form with the same content and paying $65 for a travel visa. The whole time until we left we ...
Back to Jail / Zurück in den Knast
Back to Jail On the third day of our monitoring duties we decided to again check the situation of the prison polling stations. We added the men's section of the women's prison. Today we did not see any voters as we were told no prisoners will come today. ...
Sunny Sudan!
Another day, and another flight! This time to Southern Sudan. A construction worker has fallen from scaffolding from a height of 6ft. He fell onto his right side and is complaining of a lot of pain along this side of his chest and abdomen. So, off we go! ...
Getting to the Sudan Jan 2008
... asphalt) to Khartoum, and we will have to stay in Atbara for a few days, while the spares are trucked in Sudan Crossing the Nilefrom Khartoum. Arrested In Khartoum 22nd Jan 2008 Having found a reliable mechanic in Atbara we visited his ...
Cows and Cholera in South Sudan
... project in Bentiu...and, as usual, my work ended up going in a completely different direction. Anyways, first a short background on South Sudan - the country has spent roughly 30 years in a civil war with the north of the country, fighting for their ...
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Vragen en antwoorden
Ik heb een paar vragen bedacht die jullie misschien zouden kunnen hebben. Mochten jullie er meer hebben, laat het even weten. Geef ik volgende keer dat ik achter internet zit het antwoord. Hoe gaat het nu eigenlijk met je? Die vraag stel ik mezelf ook af ...
Kakuma Refugee Camp
... Each 'Kakuma' is then divided into zones which are determined by country of Origin. This refugee camp hosts refugees from Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Namibia (there is one refugee from Tanzania and one from ...
Prison Preliminary Results /Inoffizielles Ergebnis
Brief report of a very moving vote counting in one of the prisons, we visited during last week in Khartoum: Of all votes cast the overwhelming majority voted for separation - over 150! Less than 15 voted for unity. There were less than 10 invalid ballots ...
Ankunft in Khartoum
Die Reise begann im Regen von Potsdam. Nach 2 Tagen endlosen Briefings, Impfungen, Materialempfang.. eben all dem, was so die Bundeswehr ausmacht, wenn sie seine Soldaten für ein halbes Jahr in den Einsatz schickt, fuhren wir mit unseren 2 Bullies zum ...
Till Now
... . Our 1st stop was Budapest, Hungary, followed by Germany. Then we spent 3 months in India. Currently we are part of an Overland Trip from Istanbul to Cape Town, and have visited Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and at the moment are in "The ...
En misjonsarbeider på ville veier
... vår. Nå står det riktignok at jeg er på "misjonsarbeid" i visumet mitt, uten å ha blitt spurt om hva jeg skal i Sør-Sudan. Jeg har tydeligvis den "looken". Og at Ingrid og jeg er tvillinger. Vi fikk gjentatte spørsmål om vi var sikre på at ...
A ghost town on the way to Egypt
... personal belongings if not more. We struggle through the crowds to put our bags down and then start the paper work process. Mark's fixer in Sudan has already done a shed load of the paper work for us which is a big help. So we just need to queue up and ...
Heading Home
... last few months and where the next 12 will take me. The latest few months in Africa have been based throughout Southern Sudan which has been interesting, exciting, varied and, on occasion, somewhat trying! I've had the usual round of close ...
The gigantor from hell invades Danielle
We flew from Cairo to Khartoum,Sudan and stayed on the plane for 45 minutes. It was enough of Sudan for us. Danielle fell asleep on her backpack on the seat beside us and was rudely awakened by a gigantor who slapped her on the shoulder and shouted "this ...
Into the Sudan!
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 ...
10 weeks later...
... out. After I got pulled out, there was another truck on the other side of a river (the first river I've seen in Sudan!) that we spent another 2 hours digging out since we couldn't' drive the trucks across the water. That was one of the most ...
Our house!
So this it the house where we live. It's cement with open, barred windows, a mango tree in the yard. It is- like many of the actual homes here- surrounded by a 10 foot cement fence and razor wire. We have a guard that lives in the tin house, and also a ...
El Debba
Jeszcze tego samego dnia po mojej przygodnie na pustyni udalem sie do El Debby w nadzieji ze dalej uda mi sie dostac tego samego dnia w Khartoumu. Moj pospiech wynikl z braku mozliwosci pobrania gotowki z banku, dlatego musialem szybko udac sie do ...
Food Food Food and more Food
... supplies behind these expeditions that really bring colour to their undertakings. Samuel Baker, a wealthy big game hunter who explored Sudan in the mid 1800’s, recommended the following for those planning travels in Africa: a large umbrella, a ...
W.
... 8211; and the Dinka commander ordered us to stop forthwith. Now for those who do not know anything about Southern Sudan the Dinkas have the reputation of being warriors, they are generally pastoralists (thus every cow in the universe belongs to ...