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The end of the Nile…again!

  By Ian M Packham July 23, 2012 March 2, 2021 Africa, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Latest, Nile
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 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

  By Ian M Packham July 20, 2012 March 2, 2021 Africa, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Latest, Nile
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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

  By Ian M Packham July 6, 2012 March 2, 2021 Africa, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Latest, Nile
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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

  By Ian M Packham July 2, 2012 March 2, 2021 Africa, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Latest, Nile, visa
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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

  By Ian M Packham June 29, 2012 March 2, 2021 Africa, Encircle Africa, Latest, Nile, Sudan
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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?

  By Ian M Packham June 25, 2012 March 2, 2021 Africa, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Latest, Nile, Sudan, visa
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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

  By Ian M Packham June 19, 2012 March 2, 2021 Africa, Djibouti, Egypt, Encircle Africa, Ethiopia, Latest, Libya, Nile, Somaliland, Sudan, visa
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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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