Before I start this blog, a message to Dad. You might want to remove Mum from the computer, read it and then edit as you see fit. After Danakil twelve of us walked into the ETT office (the tour company who we had done the tour with) and asked them how much it would be… Read More lalibela, Addis Ababa and Harar
5am I was at the bus station. A large crowd had gathered around the padlocked gates. A little after 5:30 the gates opened and hundreds of people flooded into the bus station. At once every bus conductor began to shout out their destinations. It was a fabulous cochophony of noise. And then I found my bus… Read More Aksum and Danakil
The day started early. 5:30am early. So early that we couldn’t get out of the hotel and had to wake up someone to open up for us. We then followed his instructions to Africa road and attempted to stop a shared minibus heading towards the bus station. With no luck, we jumped in an empty… Read More Border crossing and the Simien mountains
Khartoum is the capital of Sudan and compared to the north, it feels a world away. Firstly, it’s got some skyscrapers. There’s money here, but that only seems to make the poverty seem even worse. Pretty much everyone is poor in the north, but they nearly all have a house and the community seems to… Read More Khartoum and Meroe
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