Blogs from North, Sudan, Africa - page 10

The Wedding... Last weekend I was invited to a wedding in Sudan although it was not a Sudanese wedding, the bride was my co-teacher at school (she is from The Netherlands) and the groom was her b/f from Morocco. It was a great mix of cultures and languages of all sorts. I saw the bride first getting dressed and ready before the wedding, understandably nervous but at the same time very calm. Then we were on our way to the nile where the wedding was going to be held. The bride was ment to be a little bit late but we were early, so we took the 'scenic route' and drove up and down little side streets for a while until we all had enough of the 'veiw' and it was late enough to make a ... read more

I am writing this blog by Sudanese time (very late) For the holiday, I went camping in the desert with another teacher at the school, her b/f and another friend. It was great! It was 7 hours straight driving with short toilet breaks in the middle of nowhere. When we finally got to our destination (i still cant rememer the name of the place, no matter how many times Im told!) we looked for a good spot to camp. Obviously it was off the road across lots of sand, near a very small tree. So we started driving in that direction, all seemed to go well until the sand got a little TOO soft....and we moved slower and slower and slower and slower until we werent really moving at all. We got stuck in the sand! ... read more

I've been here 2 and a half weeks now and every week has a new experience. Last weekend we were originally going to see the whirling dervishes (poeple who go into a trace while whirling in circles) but after Racheal (other teacher at the school) met Ahmed, he convinced us that he could take us to some pyramids close by Khartoum. This was the plan for about a day. Then, we realised it would be too expensive and we didnt have the right type of transport. Ahmed then suggested that he could take us to a beuatiful waterfall by the nile. sounds good. But, its ok, we can go to the pyramids again, huzar. Unfortunately a day later, oh no we cant go to the pyramids, lets go to the waterfall instead. (Inshah'allah, if god wills) ... read more

Well this is my test run of using this 'travelblog' thing. I will write a disclaimer now for all typos and spelling/grammar mistakes to come in te use of these blogs. I am not actually in Sudan yet, but I will be by friday (hopefully). I figured as a self-proclaimed computer illiterate, I should try to figure out how to use computers and travelblogs before I travel. I am excited (slash terrified!) about going to Khartoum. All i have to say now, adventure.....*said in a weak high pitched voice with knees knocking together and teeth chattering* Disclaimer: No responsibilty will be taken for the appaulingly bad jokes in these travelblogs or the lack of laughter to the forementioned jokes. ........................... But wait theres MORE ......... No responsibility will be taken for grammar, spelling mistakes or typos. ... read more

Its about 5:30am here (probably 6pm-ish for you east coast folks), and among the many things that I have done/prepared for tonight so far, the blog thing hasnt been one of them. Wednesday took us into two once-villages in southern Darfur, and that is about the only description I can really offer. It now happens to be Thursday here, which is the magic day...in the sense that I can finally leave. It'll be nice to be home, to say the least. I'll be getting a job at FinCEN (a contracting company's division in the Dept. of Treasury). I got hooked up by my uncle with the job, so its good pay, good people, and lunches with the head of the Dept. of Treasury (his roommate in college and best friend), so it should be pretty cool, ... read more