A small boat to bring us over from the West Bank of the Nile to Sai Island |
Sai Island is 170km north of Dongola |
Landing on the western shore of Sai Island |
The Nile at Sai Island |
Agriculture similar to the "mainland" |
A sturdy stone house among the palms of Sai Island |
Sai Island Taxi |
Sai Island Taxi |
Southwestern village, Sai Island |
Southwestern village, Sai Island |
Sai Island - Western Village |
For some reason, I was expecting the island to be a bit more lush, but only the narrow band along the river is green |
Dirt track in the middle of Sai Island with Jebel Abri |
East side of Sai Island with Jebel Abri |
Eastern village, Sai Island |
Sai Island - Eastern Village |
The driver tried to get away without paying our admission fees - the man inside here got upset |
Eastern village, Sai Island |
Sai Island Transport Service |
The island seems to be made of broken pottery shards |
Remains of ancient pottery litter Sai Island |
Vast area strewn with broken pottery fragments |
The eastern channel of the Nile passing Sai Island |
Jebel Abri |
Panoramic view, eastern side of Sai Island with Jebel Abri |
The eastern channel of the Nile passing Sai Island |
Sai Island is 12 km long and up to nearly 5 km wide |
Desert interior of Sai Island |
Mudbrick remains of a 16th Century Ottoman fort |
Stone remains from the ancient Egyptian settlement on Sai Island |
Remains of a third civilization on the same site - early Christian remains (Nobatian, 4th-6th C. AD)) |
Jebel Abri with the weathered walls of the Ottoman fort |
Mudbrick remains of the 16th C. Ottoman fort, Sai Island |
Mudbrick remains of the 16th C. Ottoman fort with some ancient Egyptian fragments |
Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island |
Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island |
Ruins of the Ottoman Fort with the Nile and Jebel Abri |
Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island |
Ruins of the Ottoman Fort with the Nile and Jebel Abri |
Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island |
Ruins of the 16th C. Ottoman Fort |
Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island |
Ruins of the Ottoman Fort with the Nile and Jebel Abri |
Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island |
Sai Island, Nubia-Northern Sudan |
Panoramic view of the 16th C. Ottoman Fort and the eastern channel of the Nile, Sai Island |
A mountain of broken pottery, Sai Island |
There's an unbelievable amount of broken pottery around the Ottoman fort |
Ancient Egyptian stone gate by the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island |
Ancient Egyptian stele with hieroglyhics, Sai Island |
The Ministry of Tourism says Don't Do Something |
Cemetary near the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island |
Cemetary near the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island |
Variations of the mudbrick beehive tombs seen elsewhere in Northern Sudan |
Islamic cemetery, Sai Island |
Looking across the empty interior of Sai Island to the Western Dunes |
Village on the western shore of Sai Island with palm trees marking the Nile's course and large sand dunes to the west |
Ruins of a small building in the middle of Sai Island |
Dry interior - Sai Island |
Woman riding a donkey, Sai Island |