DAY 125. FRI 08/06. Addis Abeba to Awassa. 283 kms. Total 26287 kms. Adenium Campsite. N7 04.570 E38 29.041Left the hotel fairly early after a quick coffee and tea and headed back to the Kenyan Embassy. (N9 01.931 E38 46.992) Inga went in this time and spoke to the Ambassador himself, not the clueless lady from yesterday. He advised getting the visa in advance as we would be crossing an unofficial border so at least it would show we had made an effort in getting ...

DAY 119. SAT 02/06. Bahir Dar to Lalibela. 310 kms. Total 25153 kms. Asheton Hotel. N12 02.068 E39 02.962 Only ended up leaving Ghion Hotel at 11am which was a little late considering the distance and state of the road we had to travel today to reach Lalibela. The 1st 60 kms or so are great as we headed back the way we came into Bahir Dar along the tar to just past Werota before turning off east onto the rough and stony road towards Lalibela. (Signposted Weldiya...

DAY 115. TUES. 29/05. Shehedi to Gonder. 163 kms. Total 24360. Belegez Pension. N12 36.633 E37 28.316 Continued along the gravel road only reaching tar just before Gonder. Arrived quite early around lunchtime at the neat and clean Belegez Pension. Went for a walk around town - 1stly changed some money at the bank/Moneygram office. Then went to find a place to eat to try the unique Ethiopian cuisine & beer, which Rob had been dying for during the heat of the ...

DAY 109. WED. 23/05. Khartoum. 51 kms. Total 23580 kms. National Camping. N15 31.478 E32 34.177Drove into the city today with the aim of getting all the chores out of the way in one go so we could spend the rest of the time working on Cathey. Rear suspension bushes needed to be replaced as we were getting some bad “rear wheel steering” on the fast tar road sections down from Dongola. On the outside the front rear bushes looked OK but on the inside the...