http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Sudan/Atbarra/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Sudan , Atbarra en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:15:19 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:15:19 UTC It took us ages to get onto the right road for Atbara. The eventual route was nothing akin to that shown on our maps. In fact a spanking new highway has been recently constructed across the desert more or less in a straight line from a point some 5 miles or so below the ferry crossing. When asking directions everyone was positive in saying ldquoThe road is just down there and you turn leftrd http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Sudan/Atbarra/blog-218312.html