My bike arrived on the barge today in Aswan so hopefully Im outa here tomorrow... But an update on the new road stuff before I go.
1) Kamal informs me that he is the only fixer who is allowed to run these groups along the road at present.
2) He also says he can run groups in both directions (people heading North need to contact Mazar in Sudan to arrange this.
3) He says using the road is about half the price of using the barge... Car by barge costs about 3000Epounds but car by road costs about 1700Epounds... Likewise bike by barge costs about 800Epound but by road is about 500Epound (Note you would need to add ferry ticket costs as well of about 400Epound per person)
4) He says he can do road runs 2-3 times a week no problem... arrive Aswan one day, do paperwork next day, drive road from 3am next day.
That's all I got... It feels a bit like this post is "advertising" but its got new info in it so Im posting anyway.
good luck to everyone.
cheers
Grant
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