Day 85 to 88 - 23rd to 26th January - Nubian Desert Point of departure : Khartoum Point of arrival : Wadi Halfa Accommodation: rooftop tent- Nubian Desert Km travelled today: 945km Cum: 17 100km (gravel 0km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 8/16 Where to next? Aswan, Egypt on Lake Nasser Total number of photos taken: 208 (cum 3 951) We left Khartoum shortly after 08h30 and headed north towards Wadi Halfa. The tar road was excellent and we were able to main...

Day 82 to 84 - 20th to 22nd January - into Sudan Point of departure : Gondar Point of arrival : Khartoum Accommodation: rooftop tent @ Blue Nile Sailing Club Km travelled today: 765 km Cum: 16 155km (gravel 0km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 8/16 Where to next? Dongola Total number of photos taken: 50 (cum 3 743) We left Gondar at about 08h30 and headed for the border. A very pretty drive in the first 50 or so kilometres with the altitude up above 2000m ...

SUDAN THE COUNTRY Fancy a little history and geography lesson …. read on, if not skip and move onto the next blog entry.(Source:www.worldmapmaker.com) The Flag (adopted 20 May 1970) Flag: consists of 3 horizontal stripes - the top stripe is red, the middle stripe is white and the bottom stripe is black.On the left side of the flag there is a horizontal green triangle pointing towards the middle. Meaning: red, white, black and green are the pan-African colou...

Day 81 - The Historic Route Point of departure : Simien Mountains Point of arrival : Gondar Accommodation: rooftop tent @ Goha Hotel Km travelled today: 167km Cum: 15 390km (gravel 167km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 7/16 Where to next? Khartoum, Sudan Total number of photos taken: 81 (cum 3 693) A really early start this morning (06h00) so that we could get through to Gondar in time to pick up our DHL parcel (the reamer sent to us from Addis by Graham)...

Day 79 to 80- 17th to 18th January -Simien Mountains Point of departure : Axum Point of arrival : Simien Mountains Accommodation: rooftop tent @ Sankaber camp site, Simien Mountains N.Park Km travelled today: 293km Cum: 15 223km (gravel 267km cum 4 482km) Countries so far: 7/16 Where to next? Gondar Total number of photos taken: 63 (cum 3 612) Happy birthday Ethan Fischer! A 06h00 start to get us through to Debark and on to the Simien Mountains National ...