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Category Archives: Nile

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The end of the Nile…again!

  July 23, 2012 Africa, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Nile

 From Ras el Bar and the end of one branch of the Nile, I aim for Raschid, and the end of another branch. To get there I must first head back to Damietta, catching an East Delta Travel company bus. From there I catch a shared taxi to a junction … Continue reading

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The Nile ends

  July 20, 2012 Africa, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Nile

The northern end of the Suez Canal, Port Said I get my first view of the Mediterranean Sea for 10 months in Port Said. I can go north in Africa no longer. I must turn west. When its cooled down a little, to pleasant towards evening I stroll the few … Continue reading

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At last…more coast

  July 6, 2012 Africa, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Nile

Some proof I’m in Egypt – The temple of Horus, Edfu I aim to rejoin my route a couple of days later at Edfu, 2 hours north of Aswan by train. So from Cairo I catch a train back south. There are 20 million people in Cairo. Most of them … Continue reading

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To Cairo

  July 2, 2012 Africa, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Nile, visa

From Aswan, Egypt’s southernmost city, I make a run for Cairo. Like with Khartoum, I have no desire to be there, but the fates will it. My jumbo-sized passport has no more space left for visas and to start the ball-rolling on a new one I must first visit the … Continue reading

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Out of the tropics

  June 29, 2012 Africa, Encircle Africa, Nile, Sudan

It takes about half an hour to exit Khartoum. Then its pretty much desert. There are shrubs, and buildings fairly frequently, though nothing you would consider a town. The earth was very much made up of sand. I don’t know which route we followed north. All I can say is … Continue reading

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Why am I still in Khartoum?

  June 25, 2012 Africa, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Nile, Sudan, visa

Things don’t get fantastically better for me. A long conversation at the travel permit office ends: “You don’t need a permit to go to Wadi Halfa”. ‘So can I stop off along the way?” I ask. “I’d like to see the pyramids at Meroe, Atbara perhaps, the World Heritage Site … Continue reading

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Escape from Addis-catraz

  June 19, 2012 Africa, Djibouti, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Ethiopia, Libya, Nile, Somaliland, Sudan, visa

Visas finally sorted until the Egypto-Libyan frontier, I catch a coach to Gonder. It takes 2-3 hours to wind up and over a mountain range, at close to walking pace to stop us plummeting below. The road leads on to Lake Tana (the source of the Blue Nile). Its then 4 … Continue reading

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