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9 Mar 2012
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for me as Egyptian its so weird that we don't have a road to link Egypt and Sudan
although we have more than 1200 km of land border between the two countries ,
hope the road will be a small step for more developing between both countries ,and also to make off road tracks to the virgin lands between both countries ,
also the famous old 40 day road for camels caravans is not far from the new road ,
so many over landers can go to new land to discover and visit
also it can make the company who run the ferry to make it better as there is alternative option now ,and i don't think the ferry will die as there is lots of huge good goes from both sides will be way cheaper to transport it by the ferry
i believe Mubarak never thought of Africa ,although during history any wise Egyptian leader were doing many efforts to link Egypt with African countries
as soon as the road will be open will do a trip and update it
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10 Mar 2012
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Hi, I am currently in Khartoum.
Excuse my cynical question, does it actually say anywhere that foriegners will be able to cross at the new border without any conditions?
They might quote security concerns and make you pay for an expensive convoy or something to keep the gravy train rolling.
If the ferry is still running they might make us use it etc....
Fingers crossed anyway....
Open the road now so I can use it!!!!
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HI Omar
Any recent news on the road ? i am doing a uk-South Africa trip end of the year
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6 Apr 2014
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Good news from the Sudan side.... and hoping that Egypt will be in the same mood!
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21 Apr 2014
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Thanks for this link.
But inside, it's written it's about to improve "commercial ties": not sure they are very happy about tourists' crossing.
So we need to wait some recent reports from travellers...
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HI Omar
Any recent news on the road ? i am doing a uk-South Africa trip end of the year
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Hello Drewafrica how are you ?
so sorry for my late reply as i just saw your post now
for such a long time i hear that they will pen the road soon
but its always the same ,so your plans as you will take the ferry and there is no road ,its better for you like that
and if the road is open it will be great fro you cause you will save time and i hope you will save some $$$ by then too
the new Egyptian Ambassador in Sudan is a good friend of me and i asked hem please if he can do something to the only road that link Egypt With East and Southern Africa and he told me he will do his best
if i have any updates will publish it here f course
cheer and travel safe
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22 Apr 2014
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Sudan, Egypt Agree to Open Border Crossings mid July
Sudan Vision Daily - Details
But.. how many times they announced the dates already?
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13 Aug 2014
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maybe its the opening of the first road between Egypt and Sudan
today in the Egyptian news big article about the opening of the road Southern of Aswan to Abu Simble then a ferry from west to east bank of the Nile (less than 90 minute ferry ) and then here you are few miles away from Halfa ,
so you can make it in the same day and avoid that horrible ferry across lake Nasser
here is a link to the article it is in Arabic though, i tried to find English one but didn't
perhaps you use Google translate
travel safe always

[url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/500265]
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All sounds great 4 hours instead of 48  . The article says trial starts on 25/8/2014. Hope it all goes well.
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All sounds great 4 hours instead of 48  . The article says trial starts on 25/8/2014. Hope it all goes well.
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well its not 48 hours at all it is minimum of 5 days to go on that ferry with your car or motorbike ,lots of hassle and paper work
hahahaha
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Abu Simbel to Aswan road
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Originally Posted by omar mansour
today in the Egyptian news big article about the opening of the road Southern of Aswan to Abu Simble then a ferry from west to east bank of the Nile (less than 90 minute ferry ) and then here you are few miles away from Halfa ,
so you can make it in the same day and avoid that horrible ferry across lake Nasser
here is a link to the article it is in Arabic though, i tried to find English one but didn't
perhaps you use Google translate
travel safe always

[url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/500265]
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There is a road showing on Google maps as, Aswan - Abou Sembel Touristic.
Just wondering if this road has always been there or is it possible that it has only recently been added??
Sounds like this could be the answer to the Lake Nasser ferry/barge.
Will have to wait and see what, and if anything changes for the better.
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The Aswan - Abu Simbel road had been there since at least the late eighties, 25 years ago you could simply hire a taxi (or take your own car) to go to AS and back with no hassles.
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Thanks for these infos,
Hoping we could get a report from some travellers who tried this option...
I don't understand why, since this new road + short ferry is in service, we don't have any experience about it...
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