West bank Nubian village between Sedeinga and Sai Island |
From Sedeinga to the village opposite Sai Island is around 15 km |
West bank Nubian house painted yellow, Gobbat Salim |
Rugged Sudanese truck serving Northern Nubia |
West bank Nubian village |
Goats in the road of a west bank Nubian village |
Peachy Nubian house on the West Bank of the Nile north of Sedeinga |
West bank Nubian village, northern Sudan |
Cemetery with interesting mudbrick monuments, Upper Nubia |
Islamic-era cemetery, Upper Nubia |
The monuments almost look like people |
Islamic-era cemetery, Upper Nubia |
Islamic-era cemetery, Upper Nubia |
Very old mudbrick mosque, Upper Nubia |
Painted doors, Upper Nubia |
Ruins of a small fort between Sedeinga and Sai Island, Northern Sudan |
The entrance on the right had been partially walled up |
Jabal 'Abri, a prominent mountain on the East Bank of the Nile opposite Sai Island |
The sands of the Sahara reach almost to the Nile |
The soft sand of this section of the West Bank near Sai Island is difficult to drive through |
Before the nice paved road on the East Bank of the Nile, the whole drive to Wadi Halfa was on tracks like these |
West Bank of the Nile opposite Sai Island |
Parked under palm trees |
Looking for the boatman to take us across the river to Sai Island |
West Bank of the Nile opposite Sai Island |
West Bank of the Nile opposite Sai Island |
The desert is reclaiming this village |
The desert reclaiming this village along the Nile |
Nubian houses half-buried by sand dunes |
Sahara sands right up to the Nile |
Here, the fertile strip along the Nile is maybe 50m wide |
Nubian village lost to the desert |
Nubian village lost to the desert |
Abandoned homes filled with sand |
In a few years, the houses will probably be completely buried in sand |
The vast expanse of the Sahara extends 4800 km to the west all the way to the Atlantic Ocean |
Palm trees along the Nile - a small buffer against the desert |
The Nile at Sai Island (western channel) |
The Nile at Sai Island (western channel) |
Gate to an abandoned Nubian home on the West Bank of the Nile opposite Sai Island |
Gate to an abandoned Nubian home on the West Bank of the Nile opposite Sai Island |
Gate to an abandoned Nubian home on the West Bank of the Nile opposite Sai Island |
Gate to an abandoned Nubian home |
Courtyard of a Nubian home filled with sand |
Sahara sands, Nubia |
Be careful...don't get stuck in the soft spots |
A hardy desert tree |
Fields divided into small patches for irrigation |
Agriculture along the Nile, Northern Sudan |
Palm tree |
Crossing the fields |
Crops growing along the Nile |
Life along the Nile |
Jebal Abri, Sudan |
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Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis), Northern Sudan-Nubia |
Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis), Northern Sudan-Nubia |
Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis), Northern Sudan-Nubia |
Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) |
Man leading cows to water |
The banks of the Nile at Sai Island |
Mahmoud has found the boat driver to take us to Sai Island |
...the end of the road for us, but it's 215 km to Toshka, Egypt from here |
Palm trees and desert along the Nile |
Mahmoud surveying the desert from the back of the truck |
That looks like it might be a nice picnic area with a view of the river and Sai Island |
...but too many little flies... |
Panoramic view from our potential picnic spot on the West Bank opposite Sai Island |
Karen preparing the salad |
"General Store" |
Canned tuna, toothpaste, flour, sugar, soap, custard mix, flip flops, etc |
Looking across the Nile to Sai Island |
Looking across the Nile to Sai Island |
After our visit to Sai Island, I wanted to climb up that dune |
Mahmoud tried to drive to the top |
He almost made it, then had to roll back down |
We climbed the big dune on foot |
Wind-formed sand patterns |
Meanwhile, Mahmoud is not a quitter so he keeps trying |
View from the top of the dune towards the village |
On top of the big dune |
Sand patterns |
Sand Dunes to the west of Sai Island |
Sand Dunes to the west of Sai Island |
The hard desert floor is only partially covered in sand |
View from the top of the dune |
Saharan landscape |
Untouched sand |
Panoramic view of the Sahara from the top of the dune near Sai Island |
Sai Island and Jebel 'Abri from the west |
Sai Island and Jebel 'Abri from the west |
Jebel 'Abri |
On top of the big sand dune |
On top of the big sand dune |
Mahmoud is not a quitter... |
Karen and Trygve |
Mahmoud circling the big dune looking for a way up |
Desert of northern Sudan |
Karen and Trygve Inda in Sudan |
Crater in the Sand Dune |
"Crater" in the middle of the big sand dune |
Hmmm...looks like Mahmoud got himself stuck |
Sand Dune, Sudan |
Sand Dune, Sudan |
Sand Dune, Sudan |
Sand Dune, Sudan |
At least we're not far from the village |
Mahmoud attempting to dig out the car |
He's experienced...I'm sure he knows what he's doing... |
...it does look rather stuck... |
...if I were driving off into the remote deserts of Sudan, I'd probably pack a shovel... |
...but not Mahmoud... |
...not little stuck... |
...Big Stuck... |
Karen and Trygve improvising with dinner plates as shovels |
Mahmoud gave up and walked back to the village to summon the calvary |
Sturdy looking minaret in a West Bank Nubian village |
New looking beehive tomb, Nubia |
Driving from Sai Island back to Soleb |
West Bank Nubian village between Sai Island and Sedeinga |
Nice Nubian house |
Mosque with a fort-like minaret |
I don't know the name of the village |
Passing another set of ancient Egyptian ruins near Sedeinga |
Desert bus in Northern Sudan |
Driving back to the Nubian Guesthouse in Soleb |