 Arriving in Kassala after a 10 hour bus ride from Port Sudan |
 Taxis at the Kassala bus station |
 UNHCR - High Commission for Refugees, Eastern Sudan |
 Kassala .. the Mandate of Resistance ... Khalaf, Commander of the Believers |
 I was incredibly pleased by the stunning scenery of Kassala |
 The Taka Mountains of Kassala - Mukram, Taka, Toteil, Aweitila |
 Granite domes of the Taka Mountains rise beyond the city |
 Billboard showing the mountains of Kassala |
 Taka Mountains, Kassala, Eastern Sudan |
 East Sudan Academy for Researchers and Studies, Kassala |
 Burj al-Mazara', Kassala |
 Religious phrase in Arabic calligraphy, Kassala |
 Light of God... |
 First stop - head for the mountains |
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 Village at the base of the Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah |
 Taka Mountains, Khatmiyah village |
 Taka Mountains, Khatmiyah village |
 Khatmiyah Mosque - destroyed by the Madhist army in the 1880s |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Ruins of the Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Great spot - the Khatmiyah Mosque in front of the Taka Mountains |
 The color of the dome of the mosque matches the mountain |
 Dome of the Khatmiyah Mosque and the Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Roofless prayer hall of the Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Prayer hall of the Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Prayer hall of the Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Prayer hall of the Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Prayer hall of the Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Minaret of the Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Minaret of the Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Girl holding her little sister, Kassala |
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 Villages among the rocks at the base of the Taka Mountains |
 Kassala was the only place in Sudan that I visited that I got the feeling I was in "real" Africa |
 Sun with the dome of the Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Scrambling across the giant rocks at the base of the Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Khatmiyah Mosque |
 The Khatmiyah Mosque from the nearby rocks |
 Dome of the Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Toteil village among the Taka Mountains |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Scenic Toteil, Sudan - Kassala |
 Taka Mountains, Eastern Sudan |
 Taka Mountains, Eastern Sudan |
 Toteil village, Taka Mountains, Sudan |
 Minaret of the Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque among the rocks |
 Toteil village |
 Toteil village - Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Toteil village - Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Toteil village - Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 It's a bit like Yosemite-in-the-Desert |
 A couple of Sudanese boys, Toteil |
 Taka Mountains |
 Toteil village - Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Coffeehouses among the boulders at the edge of Toteil village |
 Coffeehouses, Toteil Village |
 A beautiful place to relax with a drink (too bad Sudan's dry) |
 Taka Mountains, Toteil |
 Painted pottery for tourists, Toteil |
 Toteil, Sudan-Kassala |
 Toteil, Sudan-Kassala |
 Coffeehouse among the boulders at the foot of the Taka Mountains, Toteil |
 Taka Mountains, Toteil |
 Graffiti covered rocks, Toteil |
 Painting of an African spearman, Toteil |
 Toteil coffee houses |
 Taka Mountains - amazing scenery |
 Colorful coffeehouse, Toteil |
 Taka Mountains, Toteil, Sudan-Kassala |
 Thatched rondavels - looking very much like "real" Africa |
 Toteil coffeehouses |
 View of the flag plain Kassala is built on |
 Toteil - Taka Mountains |
 Pottery for tourists, Toteil-Kassala |
 Toteil - Taka Mountains |
 Toteil village, Sudan |
 Thatched rondavel, Toteil - Kassala |
 Thatched rondavel, Toteil - Kassala |
 Taka Mountains, Kassala, Sudan |
 Rondavel in the Taka Mountains, Toteil village |
 Taka Mountains, Kassala, Sudan |
 Thatched rondavel, Toteil - Kassala |
 Thatched rondavel, Toteil - Kassala |
 Girl sitting on a wall, Kassala |
 Village at the base of the Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Mosque or tomb, Toteil village, Kassala |
 Two domes |
 Mosque or Tomb, Toteil village |
 Village at the base of the Taka Mountains, Sudan |
 Two-Thumbs-Up |
 Boys in the village - everyone's friendly |
 Thatched hut and the Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Minaret of the Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Minaret of the Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Minaret of the Khatmiyah Mosque |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Entrance to the Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque and Taka Mountains |
 Amazing how the colors match so perfectly |
 Dome of the Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah Mosque, Kassala |
 Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Boys in Khatmiyah village, Kassala |
 Khatmiyah village, Kassala |
 Granite peaks of the Taka Mountains, Kassala |
 Restaurant with very fresh sheep or goat |
 Kassala, Sudan |
 Bebsi Bebsi |
 Tree in a square in central Kassala |
 Kassala Souq |
 Kassala Souq |
 Kassala Souq |
 Kassala Souq |
 Kassala Souq |
 One of the few larger buildings in Kassala |
 Kassala Souq |
 Kassala Souq |
 Jewelry manufacture, Kassala |
 Kassala people |
 People in the Kassala souq |
 People in the Kassala souq |
 Riyadh Hotel, Kassala |
 People in the Kassala souq |
 Interesting things for sale, Kassala Souq |
 Night falls, Kassala |
 The lights come on, Kassala Souq |