Welcome to Khartoum |
Karen & Trygve Inda with Ahmad of Raidan Travel & Tours and our driver, Mahmoud |
Sudan license plate from Khartoum |
Sharga Hotel, Khartoum |
UN Land Cruiser parked in front of the Innam Hotel, Khartoum |
Horizon Hotel, Khartoum |
Construction pause, Malik Ave., Khartoum |
Central Khartoum |
Wahat al Khartoum |
Wahat al Khartoum |
New highrise in Central Khartoum |
Al Baraka Tower, Khartoum |
Sudan Airways Central Reservation Office, Khartoum |
Byblos Bank Africa Headquarters under construction (12/2009) |
Byblos Bank Africa Headquarters under construction (12/2009) |
Byblos Bank Africa Headquarters, Khartoum |
Khartoum - Nile Road & Jamaa Road |
Sudan license plate, Khartoum |
Republican Palace Museum, Khartoum |
Monument in front of the Republican Palace, Al Jama'a Street, Khartoum |
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Blue Nile at Khartoum |
Blue Nile flowing past Khartoum |
Friendship Hotel, Khartoum North |
Ad for mobile operator Sudani One |
Sudan Association For Diving, Khartoum |
GNPOC Tower, Khartoum |
Minaret of Al Shahid Mosque, Nile Street |
GNPOC Tower under construction (12/2009) |
Minaret of El Shaheed Mosque, Nile Street |
Al Shahid Mosque - مسجد الشهيد |
Khartoum, western Nile Street - El Shaheed Mosque & GNPOC Tower |
El Shaheed Mosque & GNPOC Tower |
Khartoum - Al-Nil Street شارع النيل |
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GNPOC Tower, Khartoum |
Two Towers, Khartoum |
GNPOC - Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company |
Khartoum - Nile Street looking east at the Burj al-Fateh |
PDOC - Petrodar Operating Company, Khartoum |
PDOC - Petrodar Operating Company, Khartoum |
Blue Nile looking east |
The confluence of the White Nile (left) and the Blue Nile (right), Khartoum |
Marin Water Sports Club - Nile Trips, Khartoum |
St. Matthew's Catholic Cathedral, Khartoum |
St. Matthew's Catholic Cathedral, Khartoum |
St. Matthew's Catholic Cathedral, Khartoum |
St. Matthew's Catholic Cathedral, Khartoum |
St. Matthew's Catholic Cathedral, Khartoum |
St. Matthew's Catholic Cathedral, Khartoum |
St. Matthew's Catholic Cathedral, Khartoum |
Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference - Bible Day, 2nd Sunday of Advent |
Shipwreck on the north shore of the Blue Nile |
Olympia Travel Agency, Khartoum |
Central Khartoum |
Sudanese French Bank, Khartoum |
Acropole Hotel, Khartoum |
Turkish Graves (1821-1885), El Baladiya Street, Khartoum |
Turkish Graves restored by Yapi Merkezi in 2006 |
Turkish Graves - Ahmed Pasha Abu Adan, Ahmed Pasha El Minkly, Mohmed Pasha Momtaz (1821-1885) |
Turkish Graves, Khartoum |
History of the Turkish Graves, Khartoum |
Al Ansari Exchange, Tadamon Islamic Bank, Khartoum |
...at this point, we had been walking on our own for maybe 5 minutes when we were stopped by the secret police |
Old arcade in Central Khartoum one block east of Malik Ave |
Sudanese man, Khartoum |
Taxi driver in Khartoum |
Bank of Khartoum, El Gamhuriya Street |
Bank of Khartoum, Al-Gamhurriya Street |
New sign on the Bank of Khartoum |
Al-Gamhurriya Street |
Project of Qatar Sudanese Real Estate Development Co. |
Moorish-style arches, Khartoum |
Al Farouk Mosque, Khartoum |
Al Farouk Mosque, Khartoum |
Al Farouk Mosque, Khartoum |
مسجد فاروق |
Coptic Church, Khartoum |
Coptic Church, Khartoum |
Coptic Church, Khartoum |
Coptic Church, Khartoum |
Coptic Church, Khartoum |
Coptic Church, Khartoum |
Coptic Church, Khartoum |
Sign in front of the Coptic Church |
Blue Nile, Khartoum |
Blue Nile, Khartoum |
CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation), Nile Street, Khartoum |
Sudanese couple on the new Tuti Island Suspension Bridge |
Blue Nile from the new Tuti Island Suspension Bridge |
Sudanese couple enjoying the late afternoon |
Late Afternoon on the Blue Nile, Tuti Island |
GNPOC Tower, late afternoon |
View west from the new Tuti Island Suspension Bridge over the Blue Nile |
GNPOC Tower on the left |
Blue Nile from the new Tuti Island Suspension Bridge, Khartoum |
River cruises on the Blue Nile, Khartoum |
Nile River Transporation Co - Nile Cruises |
Blue Nile Cruise, Khartoum |
Blue Nile Cruise, Khartoum |
Nile Cruise - NTRC, Khartoum |
Sudanese couple on the Nile sundowner cruise |
Blue Nile sundowner cruise - minus the gin and tonics |
GNPOC Tower and minaret of El Shaheed Mosque |
GNPOC Tower and minaret of El Shaheed Mosque |
GNPOC Tower and minaret of El Shaheed Mosque |
GNPOC Tower and minaret of El Shaheed Mosque |
Looking down the Blue Nile towards Omdurman |
Evening view of the Blue Nile with the Burj al-Fateh |
Flock of birds at dusk on the Blue Nile |
Morgan Family Park ferris wheel, Khartoum |
The Confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile, Khartoum |
The Confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile, Khartoum |
Nile Cruiser lit up at night |
Nile River Transportation Co. Ltd. |
الخرطوم - Khartoum |
Roadsign for Khartoum International Airport |
Nile Petroleum, Khartoum |
15th Street, Khartoum-Amarat |
Khartoum street sign |
Khartoum Teaching Hospital |
University of Khartoum - Faculty of Medicine |
Feeder Airlines, The Pride of South Sudan |
Khartoum Meat Market |
El Gamhuriya Avenue, Central Khartoum |
Khartoum Air Booking Agency, El Gamhuriya Street |
Emirates Airline Khartoum Office |
كلنا فداك - All Your Sacrifice - Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan |
Arab Sudanese Bank, Khartoum |
Comboni Chapel, Shara'a Al-Qars (Palace Street), Khartoum |
Sudan Line Travel & Tourism Agency, Al Qasr Street |
Khartoum Bus Station - "Land Terminal" |
Heading into Khartoum from the bus station |
Sultan Apartments, Khartoum |
Sayed Abdel Rahman Road to Khartoum Stadium |
Farmer's Commercial Bank Head Office, Khartoum |
Lucky Meal - with a rather familiar looking M in the logo, Khartoum |
Lucky Meal - with a rather familiar looking M in the logo, Khartoum |
IFC - another familiar logo (at least they don't have Bebsi) |
Khartoum 2 |
Man riding a donkey in Khartoum traffic |
Bank of Khartoum - Since 1913 |
Omdurman National Bank, Khartoum Branch |
Khartoum road sign |
Masjid al-Kabir, the Ottoman-era Great Mosque, Khartoum |
The Ottoman-era Great Mosque, Masjid al-Kabeer |
A Sudanese Secret Policeman got upset at me taking this photo - there's no prohibition against photos of mosques on my permit |
Masjid al-Kabir, Khartoum |
Scaffolding on Al Kabir Mosque, Khartoum |
Minaret of the Great Mosque, Khartoum |
Main entrance to the Great Mosque, Khartoum |
Minaret restoration, Al Kabir Mosque, Khartoum |
Sudan Travel Permit |
Sudan Camera Permit |
Wapha Exchange in a building not looking finished yet... |
Al Jamhurya Street, Khartoum |
Texas Salon, El Jami Street, Khartoum |
Interesting graffiti on Al Jami Street, Khartoum |
Mickey Mouse in Khartoum - لاقتات |
OiLibya Station in central Khartoum, formerly Shell |
Shell Station displaced by OiLibya |
Our vehicle packed for a trip to Northern Sudan |
The last meal before leaving Khartoum for the north of Sudan |