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
I left the next day for Abri. A small village a couple of hours away. I crammed onto a minibus, which like all of them in Sudan has a canny ability to find seats where it seems impossible to fit someone. Leaving behind the dust filled town we entered entered the desert. It was a… Read More Abri, Dongola and Karima
After another uneventful stay in Aswan, I prepared myself for the adventure ahead. First up was getting to the ferry port. After much asking around, I discovered that a train left at 8am from platform two. Of course it would not be so smooth and I soon found myself racing to platform four, but I… Read More Ferry to Sudan
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