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14 March 2014
I set the alarm for 0300 to allow plenty of time to catch public transport to the bus departure point. The hotel receptionist said that there would be minibuses running even at that time in the morning. Off to the corner opposite the minimarket, I went, just before 0330. I waited about 10 minutes and […]
13 March 2014
After breakfast, I went to buy my bus ticket to Dongola for tomorrow. I repeated my receptionist’s instructions to the tuktuk driver. It didn’t get anywhere; he took me to somewhere else to buy the bus ticket and then another, all to no avail. I returned to the hostel and got the receptionist to write […]
12 March 2014
I lazed most of the morning away playing with my newfound (but slow despite 3G) connectivity to the world. Soon it was time to check-out and kill some time before going to the airport at 1500 for an 1800 flight back to Khartoum. I managed to share a ride to Port Sudan airport with a […]
11 March 2014
The wind that had picked up yesterday afternoon was still blowing strong when I woke. I’m lucky I hadn’t elected to dive a day later. I would have been throwing up during the surface interval. Today I moved slightly down the coast to the town of Port Sudan. I’ve done all that I wanted to […]
10 March 2014
It was a very bad start to the day. They door lock wouldn’t respond to the turn of the key this morning. I tried it deep and shallow but to no avail. I needed to pee. I had to do it into a couple of 500ml empty water bottles. I have to thank my yoga […]
10 March 2014
I wanted to dive the Red Sea while in Port Sudan. I don’t like diving enough to justify megabucks and multiple days on a liveaboard. So the Sudan Red Sea Resort about 30 minutes north of Port Sudan was my only option. About the Sudan Red Sea Resort Firstly, about the resort. It’s quite hard […]
9 March 2014
Resting up and consolidating my thoughts Today is my day of rest at the Sudan Red Sea Resort; time for reading/planning and consolidating ideas. I have complete peace and quiet here and appeared to be the only guest (for my entire stay). I started with a leisurely breakfast followed by a walk around the property. […]
8 March 2014
Today, it is my turn to go to Khartoum’s railway station. I needed to buy my ferry from Wadi Halfa to Aswan. I got there easily by bus, having made the journey with Marius yesterday. I got there at 0915 and was out of there by 0930! There was a small crowd around the window […]
7 March 2014
As it was Friday, town was rather quiet. After a quick cuppa tea outside the Ethiopian Church, we took the buses to the train station. Here, Marius bought his train ticket to Wadi Halfa; a 50h journey. The process took about 2h as their smart web-based booking system wasn’t performing (anyway, I guess that’s the […]
6 March 2014
Today is our big excursion from Khartoum to the pyramids at Meroe. Marius and I left the hostel around 0800 and got to the bus station with a couple of hiccups due to lack familiarity with the minibus routes. We managed to walk straight on a bus bound for Shendi which was before Meroe; I […]