Village mosque along the nile near Tombos |
Tracks through the sand leading towards Jabal Alarambi |
Tracks through the sand leading towards Jabal Alarambi |
Tracks through the sand leading towards Jabal Alarambi |
The new road from Dongola to Wadi Halfa |
This road does not exist on the 2003 Google Earth satellite image |
Another former African adventure trek now made easy with new roads |
Sudanese bus coming from the direction of Wadi Halfa |
The new northern highway from Dongola to Wadi Halfa |
Detour around road construction on the new Northern Highway |
The new northern highway through the Nubian Desert east of the Nile |
It's good to see Sudan investing in infrastructure like new roads |
The new northern highway from Dongola to Wadi Halfa |
Nubian Desert |
Nubian Desert |
Barrier ahead - when we passed by on the way back south, a bus had plowed into the barrier - probably speeding at night |
Sign for the Ferry Crossing to the West Bank near km 607 |
Roadsigns on the Wadi Halfa Road (Tariq Al-Saleem Halfa) |
Agattari, Sudan (Nubia) |
We were invited for a meal by a local family in Agattari |
Nubian lunch |
The driver Mahmoud with Trygve and Karen Inda |
The Nubian family living at km 612 1/2 that invited us for lunch |
Nubian house at km 612 1/2 |
Backtracking a short distance to the new Nile ferry at Delgo |
Arriving at the East Bank ferry landing - I believe it's north of the old Delgo ferry |
We were happy that the ferry was waiting on our side of the river |
...but we had to wait while some repairs were carried out... |
Apparently the ferry has moved a little as the driver did not find it immediately |
New Delgo Ferryboat "Koka - Kadrma" (this green one apparently replaces the old blue one) |
Repairing the railing on the "Koka-Kadrma" ferry |
Rowboat on the Nile, Delgo |
Primitive sail on the Nile, Delgo |
Ah...Nubia hasn't lost (or has rediscovered) the oar |
New Delgo Ferry landing - East Bank |
Time to kill waiting for the ferry to be fixed |
New Delgo Ferry landing - East Bank |
Palm Trees, Nubia |
New Delgo Ferry landing - East Bank |
Old mudbrick building near the New Delgo Ferry |
The house seemed disused and the door was missing |
Courtyard of an old Nubian home |
Pottery vessel tipped over in the courtyard |
Cow waiting for the New Delgo Ferry |
Man on the New Delgo Ferry, Nubia |
Leaving the New Delgo Ferry landing on the East Bank of the Nile |
The ferry passes a low sandy island |
The Nile at Delgo |
معدية كوكا كدرمه |
Local Delgo Ferryboat "Koka - Kudarma" |
East bank landing, New Delgo Ferry, Sudan |
Sudanese flag on the Delgo Ferry |
New Delgo Ferry |
New Delgo Ferry |