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Links to the Nile Navigation Co website.

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delayed until January 2013
Despite the recent meetings and lofty words, implementation of the new promises made by Egypt and Sudan is already facing challenges. The opening of the first road linking the new countries, which was scheduled for earlier this month, has been delayed until January. Sudanese officials attributed the delays to administrative issues related to customs and security on the Egyptian side of the border.

Egypt and Sudan on road to repair old relationship - The National
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Road between Sudan/Egypt used by overland truck
Just saw this post on LP Thorn Tree.

overland route between Sudan - wadi Halfa and Eygpt - Aswan - Lonely Planet travel forum

It seems that in the last few days an overland truck has been given permission to use the long awaited road between Sudan and Egypt. It was organised on the Sudan side by Midhat Mahir. I have used him myself to organise various permits etc in Khartoum and found him a very decent bloke.
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20 years ago i did this trip and the roade whas a night mare loking forward to the new roade the old one whas like no athear roade i ever taking about 3 months to make it trow egypt sudan and etiopia enjoy the asfalt
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Red Sea crossing
Here's an image of what appears to be a completed border crossing near the Red Sea.

http://goo.gl/maps/SToRI
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Hi all.
It's January!
Does anyone have any clue whether any of these roads are open by now?
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Yes, what about these new roads? It's always may be tomorrow?
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Hi all.
It's January!
Does anyone have any clue whether any of these roads are open by now?
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And now it's February and no news about this road

(next month month it will be March... with some news?

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Just wanted to let you guys know that this road is still not open. I'm in Wadi Halfa, about to take the ferry.

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Good Luck in Aswan
Good luck in Aswan Isaac, now that will be interesting to many people.

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Two British overlanders have just come through from Wadi Halfa ferry and say the road up Lake Nasser from the Sudan is now OPEN.
Mazar in Wadi Halfa can arrange permission, though it can take up to 21 days. Mazar in Wadi Halfa - mobile 00249 122 380 740.
It has been used by convoys who can spread the high cost between all vehicles. At the moment it seems it's probably NOT useable for single vehicles on sensible budgets.
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Soon a road from Egypt to Sudan
That is indeed good news. Any ideas of the cost? I am planning to cross around the 23rd of July from Qustul to Abu Simbel if there is anyone interested in joining up to make a convoy let me know.
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OK the figures I have been given are $600 for the use of the road. $40 for Mazar's fixer services and $100 per person travelling. Obviously these will vary according to the usual Egyptian 'invent a figure and double it' rules. Mazar is the man to talk to - his brother works in the Wadi Halfa Customs office and he can have all the officials lined up like ducks in a row (and has done recently for one group last week)

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Road from Egypt to Sudan
Has the road been built?
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If you mean the 35-km road connecting the new Egyptian border post south to Wadi Halfa, then yes, it appears on Google sat which it didn't about a year ago.

The road north from the border post to Qustul has been around for a while.
Not much of a town at Qustul yet, but the quay looks finished.

So according to Google sats the infrastructure seems all in place and you'd think a service might start this year, but this is Egypt and anyway it will still involve a short ferry crossing from Abu Simbel to Qustul.

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