We left our desert camp quite late and drove to the small town of Shendi to do some grocery shopping.On the way Kath and Guy decided to revive the BOG award (best on ground) and hand it out. I was surprised when Guy said I was the winner for my guiding efforts. I stood up and let guy affix the warthog tusk necklace around my neck.It looked great with my Sudanese dress, and it was a really nice gesture from the group. When we arrived at Shendi, my group had to pi...

Day 2 - No Shower I've been away from home for 100 days today! We left Khartoum at about 8am and drove around in circles for a while, trying to get out of the big, dusty city.We headed out into the big flat desert and arrive at our first site, Na'qa at about 12pm, where we had lunch.There were a few locals milling around with their camels and it was as David would say "b****** hot".We went into the temple at about 1pm, the single hottest part of the...

Day 1 - No Shower First thing this morning we all had to go down to immigration in Khartoum and register as tourists in the country.Sarah gave me all the information and we all went down there in the already searing heat.The process to about an hour and a half to get the whole group through, by which time it was about 12pm and really hot.Some of us then had to go to the ministry of tourism, to get licences so we could take photos, which I thought was a bit ext...

I woke up sweltering in my tent this morning and a group of us immediately decided to seek out the shiny western shopping centre called Afra, to escape the fast rising temperature.We got in a cab and were driven straight there, it was cheap and the cab driver did not try to rip us off. We got to the shopping centre and had to go through metal detectors, which all went off and no one seemed to care.The air-conditioning in the shopping centre was amazing!I went in...