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maykal Says: What to see and do in Wadi Halfa? Well, you'll probably find most of your time is spent waiting at the station for the ticket office to open, but if you tire of that, then there's not an awful lot else to do. You can walk to the shores of Lake Nasser, wander round the...
maykal Says: Apparently, Funduq an-Nil is Wadi Halfa's best offering, although you do have to wonder given the state of the place. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against metal bedframes in dusty shared rooms, or communal open-plan washing facilities...but when you are charged S£700...
A party atmosphere...or nearly!
maykal Says: Next to the Funduq an-Nil are a couple of basic eating places...as Wadi Halfa fills up as soon as a boat or train arrives, and as both forms of transport offer little in the way of nourishment, everyone is after the same thing on arrival, and it is a chance to relax a bit....
maykal Says: If the train doesn't tickle your fancy, I doubt whether the buses will either...converted Bedford trucks make the trip across the bumpy desert (there is no road) to Dongola twice a day, with one bus a day heading all the way to Khartoum. If you choose to take this route,...
maykal Says: Moving on from Wadi Halfa, you have a choice of buses or the famous train (watch Michael Palin's Pole to Pole...things have not changed much since he did the trip). The train sounds like one of those trips that are just begging to be done...but the reality is a slow...
maykal Says: There is a somewhat tired-looking ferry that takes passengers over to Aswan once a week...it leaves Aswan on a Monday, arriving the following day, then makes the return trip whenever the train arrives from Khartoum. There is a first class, which consists of a few cabins...
maykal Says: Wadi Halfa doesn't seem much of a town, but it isn't really Halfa's fault...when the High Aswan Dam was built and Lake Nasser created, the old town of Wadi Halfa was flooded and the inhabitants moved. Some chose to build a new settlement on the banks of the new lake, which...
maykal Says: If you've been to Aswan, you'll know all about the Nubians from the great museum there...and you'll know that many of the people who live around this region are Nubian. Those living in Wadi Halfa have their own dialect, called Halfawi or known simply as Rotana...
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Apparently, Funduq an-Nil is Wadi Halfa's best offering, although you do have to wonder given the state of the place. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against...
Q: Hi All, I am planning a trip from Cairo to Cape Town next summer and was wondering if anyone knows anything about rumours that the...
A: I'm unsure about whether or not the ferry will be cancelled. I did the trip a few years ago, but I only went as far as Zimbabwe. Which way are you going to go? I went via...
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How on earth do people live here?!
Wadi Halfa...gateway to Sudan, and what a gateway it is! Aswan's port is sleek, modern, well-organized...Wadi Halfa's is, erm, subtle. A piece of floating wood with a customs official on it. But calm...
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