BUSH CAMP AND A MAN WITH A BIG GUN! 8 May 2008 Day 68 Wad Medani - Ethiopia (Bush camp) 483km BRUCE: The drive to the border was easier than we expected as the road is now tarred the whole way now. The border process was also really straight forward - just stamp the carnet, stamp the passport and you are out of Sudan. There is no fence, no boom, no nothing, just a dry river bed …and you are in Ethiopia! The change is immediate and massive with lots of ...

BACK AT THE GARAGE 7 May 2008 Day 67 Khartoum - Wad Medani (Nile Hotel) 266 km SARAH: We were up early and at AWAB garage with our landies at 8:30am. Taco and Brenda had their clutch cylinder replaced and we had our vibration and leak on the right front wheel checked. The garage was clean and dealt only with landrovers. The mechanic seemed very competent and I was happy someone professional was having a look at our car. They couldn't find any cause for t...

FIXING PHILIP AND HIS BIKE 27 April 2008 Day 57 Dongola (Lord Hotel) 0km SARAH: Today we fixed Philip and we fixed Philip's bike. The poor guy wasn't feeling so good this morning, which I think was due to dehydration and stress, so I gave him another rehydration sachet and Brenda and I cooked him a big tomato pasta. While he was recovering Bruce and Taco found a bike mechanic who amazingly said he could fix Philip's bike in 6 hours - 'no problem'. So we ...

22 April 2008 Day 52 Lake Nasser ferry crossing - Wadi Halfa (Sudan) 0km SARAH: We slept really well with the small cabin window wide open. The lake was so still it was beautiful to see the moonlight shinning off it. The 1st class cabin was great although we missed out on the crowded chaos of everyone sleeping on the deck. The toilets were another story and we got whafts of the stench through the night. In the morning we discovered that all the toilets wer...

FELUCCAS AND FISHING ON THE NILE 20 April 2008 Day 50 Aswan 0km SARAH: It was another hot day but we got up early and did our blog typing and photos in the morning shade. We then raced to town, had a koshuri lunch in the park and spent 2 hours updating our blog site. We made it back to camp at 3:30 just in time for the Felucca sail on the Nile with Andy, Noeleen, Brenda and Taco. With cold beers and Bruce's fishing rod we boarded our Faluka. It was so ...