![Early morning at the Port Sudan long distance bus station](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120790728.4IuXddbb.SudanDec092925.jpg) Early morning at the Port Sudan long distance bus station |
![Departing Port Sudan for the bus ride to Kassala - around 600 km](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809794.DdsuyMtp.SudanDec092926.jpg) Departing Port Sudan for the bus ride to Kassala - around 600 km |
![Passing through the Red Sea Hills on the road between Suakin and Sinkat](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809795.gitaja5M.SudanDec092934.jpg) Passing through the Red Sea Hills on the road between Suakin and Sinkat |
![The rugged Red Sea Hills of northeastern Sudan](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809796.XNx1AuwY.SudanDec092937.jpg) The rugged Red Sea Hills of northeastern Sudan |
![Driving through the Red Sea Hills southwest of Suakin](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809797.1KSbVgsv.SudanDec092938.jpg) Driving through the Red Sea Hills southwest of Suakin |
![I'd call them mountains - the Red Sea Hills](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809798.auuN1qja.SudanDec092941.jpg) I'd call them mountains - the Red Sea Hills |
![Large mosque in Sinkat, the first break where, of course, I was challenged by the Secret Police](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809799.0OGBXcAO.SudanDec092945.jpg) Large mosque in Sinkat, the first break where, of course, I was challenged by the Secret Police |
![...papers in order, I was free to continue my bus journey to Kassala](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809800.C36bclYH.SudanDec092947.jpg) ...papers in order, I was free to continue my bus journey to Kassala |
![Sudan Railway line linking Port Sudan and the railway hub of Atbara](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809801.PY0pPTLj.SudanDec092952.jpg) Sudan Railway line linking Port Sudan and the railway hub of Atbara |
![Beyond Sinkat, the Red Sea Hills give way to sparsely populated barren desert](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809802.Eda3gY3B.SudanDec092954.jpg) Beyond Sinkat, the Red Sea Hills give way to sparsely populated barren desert |
![Eastern face of a thousand foot peak rising out of the desert north of the village of Tahamyam](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809803.jUd7JXJr.SudanDec092959.jpg) Eastern face of a thousand foot peak rising out of the desert north of the village of Tahamyam |
![The same mountain from the south](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809805.e5behRIG.SudanDec092963.jpg) The same mountain from the south |
![The desert between Sinkat and Haiya](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809804.aB95QO7Z.SudanDec092961.jpg) The desert between Sinkat and Haiya |
![Haiya, Sudan - a large town of low mud houses where the roads to Atbara and Kassala split](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809806.oqOZmZJg.SudanDec092972.jpg) Haiya, Sudan - a large town of low mud houses where the roads to Atbara and Kassala split |
![Heading south from Haiya, we pass nomad camps similar to those I saw in Mali](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809807.UXj80a5H.SudanDec092978.jpg) Heading south from Haiya, we pass nomad camps similar to those I saw in Mali |
![Desolate](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809808.Ag9nU4Gz.SudanDec092980.jpg) Desolate |
![Another nomad camp with several more permanent mudbrick buildings](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809809.zImstFEG.SudanDec092983.jpg) Another nomad camp with several more permanent mudbrick buildings |
![Between Haiya and Kassala](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809810.sopt6GsF.SudanDec092987.jpg) Between Haiya and Kassala |
![Donkey cart passes by as the bus takes another break in its ca 10 hour journey from Port Sudan to Kassala](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809811.nokcVnFJ.SudanDec092988.jpg) Donkey cart passes by as the bus takes another break in its ca 10 hour journey from Port Sudan to Kassala |
![The second rest stop - I managed to elude the attention of the Secret Police here](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809812.G15M9feu.SudanDec092993.jpg) The second rest stop - I managed to elude the attention of the Secret Police here |
![Rest stop between Haiya and Kassala](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809813.s2cJgLSn.SudanDec092994.jpg) Rest stop between Haiya and Kassala |
![I must say I was sort of dreading the long bus ride, but it really wasn't bad at all...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809814.HOax6dS9.SudanDec092996.jpg) I must say I was sort of dreading the long bus ride, but it really wasn't bad at all... |
![Quite a bit of green compared to what we had been going through...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809815.GQ2GeYrf.SudanDec092997.jpg) Quite a bit of green compared to what we had been going through... |
![Small village north of Kassala](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809816.Fr3A6ELe.SudanDec092998.jpg) Small village north of Kassala |
![Dust devil swirling by a village](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809817.CQRFTKoH.SudanDec093000.jpg) Dust devil swirling by a village |
![Maybe these tent-like villages are a little more permanent than I first thought...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809818.oMRHYYoq.SudanDec093003.jpg) Maybe these tent-like villages are a little more permanent than I first thought... |
![...not much to look at...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809819.6kmBG5YT.SudanDec093004.jpg) ...not much to look at... |
![...something's got all the men's attention...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809820.xq2SEe5Z.SudanDec093005.jpg) ...something's got all the men's attention... |
![Arid ountains with a little bit of green](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809821.r0gMQb9w.SudanDec093006.jpg) Arid ountains with a little bit of green |
![...glad I'm not on a camel...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809824.efzY4inA.SudanDec093007.jpg) ...glad I'm not on a camel... |
![...moonscape...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809825.XYZzM6Ue.SudanDec093009.jpg) ...moonscape... |
![...this MUST be a difficult place to make a living...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809826.fraBEFAs.SudanDec093012.jpg) ...this MUST be a difficult place to make a living... |
![I have to wonder...what brings them to live here...there's really *nothing*](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809827.ExKr00lu.SudanDec093013.jpg) I have to wonder...what brings them to live here...there's really *nothing* |
![Downtown](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809828.5d8jr34W.SudanDec093014.jpg) "Downtown" |
![Tiny settlement on a vast empty plain](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809830.SJvYafBs.SudanDec093015.jpg) Tiny settlement on a vast empty plain |
![Wasteland of Eastern Sudan around 100 miles north of Kassala](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/120809832.JW1mGDRO.SudanDec093019.jpg) Wasteland of Eastern Sudan around 100 miles north of Kassala |