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Favorite thing: Taking rest is a very Sudanese thing to do, and in Jebel Awliya you'll find several people demonstrating this highly difficult skill...the really skilled take their rest a ten minute walk from the bus stop, at a small "beach" right next to the dam. They bring picnics with them, towels, and fishing rods, or sometimes just recline under a tree with a chicha. The less skilled (i.e. the foreigners or the plain insane) head across the dam, preferably in the heat of the midday sun, and collapse with no water or food under some trees on the other side. But either way, Jebel Awliya is the perfect place to practice the art of taking your rest...there isn't anything else to do!
Written Nov 17, 2002
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