25 January 2011 Staying at soccer field, Wadi Halfa, Sudan A lazy day doing laundry, watching the world go by and arranging the paperwork for the ferry (which is been done by a so-called 'Fixer' who can speak the local language. The local generosity still does not come to an end. When I stopped a Tuk-tuk to take a ride into town to drop the laundry, he did not want anything for it. Invited him for tea and more he did not want. At the same camp site (we...

23 January 2011 Total Distance: 16 328 km Distance covered today:364 km Start: Wild camping in the desert some 100km east of Dongola Finish: Wild camping in the desert close to Arbi We woke up to a wonderful sunrise all alone in the large expanse of the desert. We are truly grateful for a brand new tar road which connects Khartoum with Wadi Halfa 900km north of it. Until as recent as 1 year ago people had to cover a very rough gravel road while we are sm...

21 January 2011 Staying at Blue Nile Sailing Club, Khartoum, Sudan The Sudanese couple we met in Addis Ababa offered to take us this morning to the Magdi's mausoleum in the old part of Khartoum called Omdurman. He was the man who fought the English commander Genl Gordon of the occupying forces in the late 1800's and eventually beat the English with very few weapons apart from shear pride not to be ruled by another country. He, his son and his two grandsons are ...

21 January 2011 Staying at Blue Nile Sailing Club, Khartoum, Sudan The Sudanese couple we met in Addis Ababa offered to take us this morning to the Magdi's mausoleum in the old part of Khartoum called Omdurman. He was the man who fought the English commander Genl Gordon of the occupying forces in the late 1800's and eventually beat the English with very few weapons apart from shear pride not to be ruled by another country. He, his son and his two grandsons are ...

18 January 2011 Total Distance: 14 495 km Distance covered today: 545km Start: Baasher Palace Hotel, Port Sudan, Sudan Finish: Wild Camping, Meroe Pyramids, Sudan To answer some questions posed in the commentary, we make use of hotels a) in Ethiopia the people think anyone who wishes to stay in a tent must be mad so one must sleep in the drive ways of the hotel for not much cheaper than a room. (And trust me, when you see the public toilets campers must use...