Up before the sun to catch a bus to Khartoum |
Dawn in Kassala with the outline of the Taka Mountains |
Dawn in Kassala with the outline of the Taka Mountains |
Early morning at the Kassala Long-Distance Bus Station |
Early morning start for another long distance bus ride - this time, back to Khartoum |
Village of thatched rondavels outside Kassala |
Some of the rondavels were painted with interesting symbols |
Village of thatched rondavels on the flat desert of Eastern Sudan |
Early morning shadow of the bus bound for Khartoum |
Village between Kassala and Al Gadaref, Eastern Sudan |
Village between Kassala and Al Gadaref, Eastern Sudan |
Village between Kassala and Al Gadaref, Eastern Sudan |
Village between Kassala and Al Gadaref, Eastern Sudan |
Thatched rondavel with an attached two-cart garage |
Village between Kassala and Al Gadaref, Eastern Sudan |
Village between Kassala and Al Gadaref, Eastern Sudan |
A herd of camels in a village |
A pair of tents, Eastern Sudan |
The Atbara River near Khashm el Qirba, Sudan |
The Atbara River, the last major river to flow to the Nile |
Crossing the bridge over the Atbara River at Kashm el Qirba, Sudan |
Sudanese "Strip Mall" |
Emptiness |
Herd of camels on a stubbly plain |
Cattle country of Eastern Sudan near El Gadaref |
Cattle country of Eastern Sudan near El Gadaref |
Cattle country of Eastern Sudan near El Gadaref |
Cattle country of Eastern Sudan near El Gadaref |
Cattle country of Eastern Sudan near El Gadaref |
Conical huts of Sudan Railways |
Passing through an area of scrubby bush |
Huts of a "Real African" village near Cattle country of Eastern Sudan near El Gadaref |
This area of Eastern Sudan is not far from the Ethiopian border |
Village near near El Gadaref |
Village near near El Gadaref |
Village near near El Gadaref |
Village near near El Gadaref |
Village near near El Gadaref |
Village of rondavels surrounded by a blue wall |
...first hill in a while... |
Al Gadarif |
Al Gadarif |
Al Gadarif |
Al Gadarif Centre for Agrotechnology and Application |
Cattle and small hills near Al Gadarif |
I'm not sure what all the small piles of dirt are for... |
Donkey cart on a dirt road |
Water hole next to a village |
As we continue west from Al Gedarif, the villages retain a distinctly "African" look |
Village of thatched rondavels west of Al Gedarif, Eastern Sudan |
Village of thatched rondavels west of Al Gedarif, Eastern Sudan |
Eastern Sudan between El Gedarif and the Nile |
Rocky outcropping |
A small mountain ridge - Jebel Abu Khudud |
This small area of rocky hills doesn't last long |
...back in the flat plains... |
Rest stop between Al Gedarif and Wadi Madani, Sudan |
Thatched hut near at the rest stop |
Secret Police control - again |
The road leading to Khartoum from Eastern Sudan |
Minaret in a village that is a combination of rondavels and the more typical houses we've seen all over northern Sudan |
Man on camel herding sheep |
Crossing the Blue Nile at Wadi Medani |
Brickyard on the west bank of the Blue Nile at Wadi Medani |
Crossing the Blue Nile at Wadi Medani |
From Wadi Medani northward, no more thatched rondavel villages |
Mosque in a town along the southern Blue Nile |
Mosque along the Blue Nile southeast of Khartoum |
The area between the Blue and White Niles south of Khartoum is known as "Gezira" - the island |
A rather different mosque - Gezira, Sudan |
Typical house of Northern Sudan - Gezira |
Antonov An-2 biplanes (cropdusters) - Al-Hasaheisa |
Antonov An-2 biplanes (cropdusters) - Al-Hasaheisa |
Mosque - Gezira, Sudan |
The Blue Nile |
Mosque with two tall minarets, Gezira, Sudan |
Mosque with two tall minarets, Gezira, Sudan |
Tomb and mosque, Gezira |
Mosque - Gezira |
Village of tent-like huts, Gezira-Sudan |
Cemetery and a large tomb, Gezira-Sudan |
Arriving in Khartoum |
Livestock along the railway in southern Khartoum |
Herd of sheep, southern Khartoum |