After another unsuccessful morning at the Sudanese embassy Ruth decided that we should leave our passports and money with her for our visas and go and catch our Felucca's for a few nights sailing on the Nile. Originally we were going to spend 3 nights onboard, however with visa delays this got cut down to 2.We boarded the Felucca's just down from our hotel in Aswan and set sail on the Nile. We had 2 Felucca's with one boat having 11 people and the other 7 peopl...

We have now arrived in Aswan and are going to try to get our Sudanese visa's. We are assured that this is the place to do it, however in the last day or so Ruth has had word that there has been a rule change - so all plans are on hold until we have our visas. We all went to the Sudan Embassy this morning at 10am and by 1pm we were still waiting for news. Poor Ruth spent the morning drinking endless cups of tea being told ten different things. We all sat on th...