Day 89 to 90 - 27th to 28th January - Lake Nasser & Aswan Point of departure : Wadi Halfa Point of arrival : Aswan, Egypt Accommodation: Ferry Km travelled today: 0km Countries so far: 8/16 Where to next? Aswan, Egypt Total number of photos taken: 45 (cum 3 996) We struck camp early and were ready to leave our "wild camp" by 09h00. Not sure what possessed us but we took a shortcut back to Wadi Halfa close to the Lake and Murphy's Law, the Be...

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...