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uglyscot Says: In most of Sudan there are no restaurants or cafes as such catering for long distance travellers. What there are are small wayside cafes where the weary...
uglyscot Says: The new Omdurman-Dongola road makes travelling north much easier, but travellers should still take care.The road crosses the Bayuda desert where there are few...
uglyscot Says: I was very interested when taken for breakfast at a house near Merowe. Ever since we reached Korti, the white-washed houses in the villages had caught my...
uglyscot Says: When travelling in the north of Sudan , a stay in Merowe or Karima is worthwhile. The main archaeological sites are:Barkal- the mountain, museum and...
Prepare for the heat- or the cold
uglyscot Says: In the summer it is very very hot. Cotton is the most suitable fabric to wear, and the garments should be loose and have long sleeves. Trainers are good for...
maykal Says: Kerma doesn't go in for lively nightlife...in fact it doesn't go in for any type of life at night, as the town's generators are switched off an hour or so after...
Crashing through the desert on a truck
maykal Says: Small pick-up trucks make the journey to Kerma from Dongola whenever they are full. The best place to find a truck is at the ferry across the Nile, as the road...
maykal Says: Kerma actually has two very similar hotels, but it is worth staying at the Karma Hotel just for the name! It is a very basic place, with a couple of rooms with...
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Kerma actually has two very similar hotels, but it is worth staying at the Karma Hotel just for the name! It is a very basic place, with a couple of rooms with...
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The northernmost state in the Sudan is also one of the healthiest as diseases cannot survive. It is hot, yet in winter it is so cold the water left out overnight freezes. You know that you are in the...
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What started off as a day trip to see some ruins ended as a bit of a disaster...with no map or guidebook to help us, we had no idea that Kerma was such a long way from Dongola, and managed to get...
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