Blogs from Dongola, North, Sudan, Africa

After waking up in Abri, we found our minibus to Dongola. This was a fairly tight squeeze all the way but the road was brilliant again, so the journey wasn't too bad and took only about 3 hours, which was a lot less than we had expected. We checked into the Lord Hotel, which was another lokanda. Dongola was a much bigger and busier town than the previous two we had been in so far in Sudan. However, there is not a whole lot of interest in the town. We hadn't registered yet, something you are required to do within three days of arrival in Sudan. It was just as well that there was not much to do in Dongola, because the process of registration took up most of our afternoon and a much bigger chunk ... read more

Od 4 dni jestesmy w SUDANIE! Przyplynelismy tu z Aswanu w Egipcie do Wadi Halfy. Podrozy odbylismy w wesolym gronie w sumie 11 rowerzystow (wszycy jada tak jak my do Pld Afryki), Rosjanina autostopowicza i kilku motocyklistow, posrod ktorych jeden gluchy Japonczyk, ktory jest w trakcie samotnej podrozy dookola Swiata:-) Podroz naprawde bylaby przednia gdyby nie to, ze kuchnia egipska dala sie mi ponownie troche we znaki - Faraon probowal zemscic sie na pozegnanie. Na szczescie na lad Sudanski stanelam juz mocno na 2 nogach a wlasciwie na 2 kolach:-) Po jednej nocy w Wadi Halfie, cale towarzystwo sie rozjechalo w swoim rytmie. I znow nasza trojka podryfowala przez pustynie. ALEZ TU PIEKNIE I NIESAMOWICIE!!!!!!!!!!!! Pustynia, pustynia, pustynia!!!!! Przecieta jedynie ntka nowiutenkiego, chinskiego asfaltu, po ktorym mkniemy jak na skrzydlach, pchani przez silny anty passat. Nigdy ... read more

We left hurriedly after the flies start attacking us again.. pttph.. pui.. .dig ear dig ear.. they are going into almost (and i say almost, not all) every hole i have.. We headed for Wawa, supposedly our first stop for the temple of soleb.. and we were aiming for Dongola by night fall.. ok.. sunset.. We passed by a village on the way to wawa, and saw this dome shape building, that looked impressive and old.. so we stopped our car and decided to take a look.. ahh.. another point for taking the 4WD instead of public bus.. my guess is that is some kind of mosque.. with a small cemetery beside it.. note the tombstones are all simple and undecorated.. mostly just rocks and sometimes just a piece of plastic.. i heard somewhere the ... read more