Our journey to Bahir Dar on the shores of Lake Tana, Ethiopias largest lake with squadrons of pelicans flying over its surface, took us through many villages dropping down several hundred feet onto flatter land. Again people were walking along the sides of the roads from village to village carrying anything from bundles of firewood on their heads to huge clay pots of water on their backs. Also we passed 4 or 5 burnt out tanks and armoured personnel carriers left ...

We did all our paperwork on the Sudanese side of the border, it was a lot easier getting out than in and crossed into Ethiopia. The border officials in the border town of Gallabat were all Manchester United fans so a quick chat about football usually eases the formalities and we were soon on our way. The scenary was absolutely breathtaking we couldn't believe what a beautiful country Ethiopia is. There are rolling hills all green with vegitation a feast to our ...

The first part of our journey onto Ethiopia was good. The road was unexpectedly tarmaced the whole way to the border at Gallabat. We passed through the town Nile town of Wadi Medani which is a honeymoon destination for the Sudanese. We stopped for lunch and had the best kebabs of the whole trip. The landscape changed considerably along the way from dry desert conditions to a much more fertile grasslands the closer we got to Ethiopia. We pulled of the road an...

We spent the next four days in Khartoum which was quite a relaxing place. The city itself doesn't have much to see but at least it is easy to get around without being mythered and pestered. We found a shopping mall that had a 'western style' coffee shop and enjoyed our first cappucino for weeks. On Sunday members of the Sailing Club came down for a spot of sailing and Renchee, Clive and Charllie crewed for them as they sailed off down the Nile in small wooden s...

We have many many pictures covering the next few days. We hope we have captured Sudan for you and you can enjoy the experiene with us. We had been told to report to the boat at 10 a.m. but after the previous day's experience of sitting there the whole day we decided we would not arrive until noon. However, we were told by Mr Salah from Nile Shipping over the phone that we had better get there before 12 or the gates would close. We shot out to the port in a t...