 The road in front of our simple guesthouse, Karima |
 Nameless guesthouse in Karima (N18 32.705/E031 49.965) |
 The kitchen of the guesthouse in Karima |
 One of Mahmoud's best meals - or we were really hungry |
 Karen in Karima |
 Broken down Commer truck that's a landmark in front of the guesthouse |
 Commer, a British manufacturer 1905-1979 |
 The Nubian Rest House, unfortunately not ours... |
 The Nubian Rest House, Karima |
 The Nubian Rest House, Karima |
 The Nubian Rest House, Karima |
 The Nubian Rest House, Karima |
 We splurged one night and had dinner at the Nubian Rest House |
 Nubian Rest House - with flushing toilets! |
 Brick dome, Nubian Rest House |
 Coffee Table Book - Sudan, the Land and the People |
 Tadamon Islamic Bank, Karima-Sudan |
 El Haramien Modern Pharmacy, Karima |
 The old souq near the river, Karima |
 The old souq on a non-market day, Karima |
 Brick arcade of the Old Souq, Karima |
 Karima Souq |
 The banks of the Nile at Karima |
 The banks of the Nile at Karima |
 Horse grazing by the river in front of an old riverboat |
 The Nile is no longer used as a regular means of transport in Sudan |
 Sudan's Nile fleet left high and dry on the banks of the river at Karima |
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 Dinghy on the Nile, Karima |
 Too bad one of these wasn't kept afloat - the Nile in Sudan would be ideal for river boat cruises |
 Abandoned Nile Steamer, Karima |
 Abandoned Nile Steamer, Karima |
 Even the name of the ship has faded away |
 A second large river boat abandoned on the river bank at Karima |
 I'm surprised no one has acquired that nice wooden steering wheel yet... |
 Another nameless boat at Karima |
 Abandoned Nile riverboat fleet at Karima |
 A smaller river boat, the Kirbeka, listing in the water at Karima |
 A fourth major river boat abandoned at Karima |
 Tugboat that's met the same fate as her larger sisters, Karima |
 Crane near the Sudan Railways depot and riverboats, Karima |
 Karima's railroad seems to have met the same fate as it's fleet |
 Sudan narrow-gauge railroad, Karima |
 Abandoned railroad wheels |
 Sudan Railways no longer serves the spur line to Karima |
 Brick huts with conical roofs that apparently used to belong to the Sudan Railways |
 Karima Station - Sudan Railways, suspended |
 Sign at Karima's abandoned railroad station |
 Karima Railroad Station |
 Lengthy notice from the Sudan Railways |
 Karima Railway Station |
 Mosque across from Karima Station |
 Mosque across from Karima Station |
 Mosque across from Karima Station |
 Downtown Karima |
 Tadamon Islamic Bank, Karima |
 Ministry of Defense sign in Karima with the old Ottoman tughra |
 Old Railroad Crossing sign, Karima, Sudan |
 Abandoned railroad, Karima |
 Town Mills - مطاحن المدينة, Karima |
 Shoe store, Karima Souq - بوتيك قدم الخير |
 Section of the arcade missing its roof, Karima Souq |
 Old arcade, Karima Souq |
 Karima Souq - most of the shops were closed this afternoon |
 Downtown Karima |
 Downtown Karima |
 Restaurant & Cafeteria Mahmoud Jamal El Dora Tourism, Karima |
 Walk on the USA, sandals at a shop in Karima, Sudan |
 Coca-Cola, Karima |
 Downtown Karima, Northern Sudan |
 We called this place "Wal-Mart" |
 Karima's "Wal-Mart" |
 Old machinery lying around Karima |
 Old machinery lying around Karima |
 Colors Studio, Downtown Karima (photography) |
 Karima school - Martyr Hamza Awadh |
 Downtown Karima |
 Riding a tuk-tuk back to the guesthouse |
 Road sign for the Merowe Airport across the new bridge |
 The road between Karima and the new Merowe Bridge |
 East Bank mosque southwest of Karima |
 Monument on the East Bank at the new Merowe Bridge |
 Monument on the East Bank at the new Merowe Bridge |
 Sudan displayed a bit larger than life |