Great Northern Sudan
During my absolut great 4 Sudantrips we made the only bad experience at the 6th cataract, great
landscape but aggressive people asking for money. Otherwise I never had such a warm welcome
everywhere we passed in Northern Sudan! even in Omdurman!
If you can switch to the westbank depends also on the Nile water, the ferry and if the captain
is in town.... we crossed at
- Amara when the captain after half a day was ready
- Delgo idem
- Dongola has now a bridge
- Old Dongola almost without waiting ;-))
- Merowe has now a bridge
- Ed Damer/Atbara has now a bridge
The ferry in Delgo was longtime broken and onother year the water was too low
From Amara you can drive on the westbank southwards on a very dusty piste till Abu Dom and
then north again to Merowe if you like to cross the Bayuda.
It was quite difficult to find the beginning of this piste leading to the fantastic volcanos
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later there was a village "Sani" with a public well where we took water
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the crater where women are collecting natrun
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you have to park your car on top and then you must walk down
I could always cry when I read or hear "how can I pass Sudan as quick as possible?" -
such a wonderful country with so charming people - enjoy it!!!
Ursula
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