[QUOTE=steve.lorimer;280599]There is brand new tar all the way from Wadi Halfa to Khartoum, and new bridges over the Nile. The tar road through the desert can be a bit boring, but perhaps is better than this: 
I've attached our tracks from the tar road - open in MapSource
That is seriously helpful. What a bad bad time to start our journey - Arab Spring, Syria route cancelled and new protests in Egypt holding us up, not to mention the public holidays and elections. We now have less than two weeks to get to Nairobi from Wadi halfa - and only a few days if we (and we probably will) miss yet another aswan ferry. Oh the joys. A real shame, I'm keen to see as much as possible on route and not be rushed!
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