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Old 10 Jan 2013
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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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We're going to be down that way in a couple of weeks... when we get there we'll have a mooch and ask about
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last news the road will be open next March , hope they will damn open it
all of us need to pray so the miracle will be true ,hahahah
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In other terms : Inch'Allah (Isn't it?)
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I thought that you guys may be interested in this morning's events (7 Feb) in what may be the first official crossing using the Qustul/Eshket route as part of the Africa Record Run attempt, a project that I have some involvement with.

The event website is Africa Record Run

A few hours ago, Philip Young and Paul Brace crossed from Qustul to Abu Simbel, having driven up the new road from Wadi Halfa via Eshket to Qustul.

Quoting from the latest blog on the website:

For the last nine months our Egyptian ‘fixer’, Mahmoud ‘Turbo’ Ezzeldin, and his Sudanese counterpart, Midhat Mahir, have been working with the cooperation of many government officials and with the assistance of letters from Lord David Steel, president of the Endurance Rally Association to make this border crossing possible. It is hoped that the route we have used today will be ready for a public opening as the regular crossing route between Sudan and Egypt in a few months’ time.

Philip, Mahmoud 'Turbo' and Midhat are all HUBB members.

If you click on the map page on the website , you can see the approx route they took from Wadi Halfa to Qustul and the route of the barge across Lake Nasser. The tracker only updates every 15 mins so the route is only approx.

NB This was a specially arranged army barge by Turbo and not the more regular barges that will come into operation in due course.

Anyway just thought it may be of interest.....

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But it's still not the eagerly awaited road that does away with the water crossing though is it?

One still needs to get the vehicle onto a barge, boat or some thing.

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Welcome to the Sahara forum Presto and thanks for the posting on the Egypt crossing. You must have a wealth of background info by now on this part of North Africa. It would be great to hear some of the details in due course.
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I thought that you guys may be interested in this morning's events (7 Feb) in what may be the first official crossing using the Qustul/Eshket route as part of the Africa Record Run attempt, a project that I have some involvement with.

The event website is Africa Record Run

A few hours ago, Philip Young and Paul Brace crossed from Qustul to Abu Simbel, having driven up the new road from Wadi Halfa via Eshket to Qustul.

Quoting from the latest blog on the website:

For the last nine months our Egyptian ‘fixer’, Mahmoud ‘Turbo’ Ezzeldin, and his Sudanese counterpart, Midhat Mahir, have been working with the cooperation of many government officials and with the assistance of letters from Lord David Steel, president of the Endurance Rally Association to make this border crossing possible. It is hoped that the route we have used today will be ready for a public opening as the regular crossing route between Sudan and Egypt in a few months’ time.

Philip, Mahmoud 'Turbo' and Midhat are all HUBB members.

If you click on the map page on the website , you can see the approx route they took from Wadi Halfa to Qustul and the route of the barge across Lake Nasser. The tracker only updates every 15 mins so the route is only approx.

NB This was a specially arranged army barge by Turbo and not the more regular barges that will come into operation in due course.

Anyway just thought it may be of interest.....

Thanks
Anthony Preston
hi
well on my way to Sudan (had to take the damn ferry again and again pfffff ) i met on over land truck was drivin by a lady called Susannah ,she managed to use the same road ,and that was on early November
she pad 3000 $ for the truck and 16 person ,so if it was divided by the amount of people its not expensive ,at all ,
and yes she managed to cross officially
cheers and travel safe all
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