When we finally got to the border after a couple of very long days driving, no one there had heard anything about fighting, and our trucks had already crossed. Argh!! We crossed into Sudan on our own, very easy, the Sudanese formalities took 4 hours, 3 1/2 of those we were waiting for people, the rest was actually doing something. As soon as we got over the border and found our truck had taken off, we went into El Geneina to find an airline office. In an effort to either fly to Khartoum or catch up with our truck, we ended up on a local truck to a place called Nyala. It took the best part of three uncomfortable days, sleeping rough in the desert for two nights. Remember we hadn't brought sleeping bags or mats
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