Travelling Sudan, pt. 5: …is a game of tennis
Yesterday I had found a little oasis in the Sahara desert: the Nubian Rest House in Karima. We get up before dawn to start our sightseeing program. Jerbel Barkal is right outside the hotel gate. As we walk around the mountain
Travelling Sudan, pt. 4: Heaven…
We spend the night at the family run Nile Hotel. For a little extra fee we even get a home-cooked diner. The next morning we find the flashy new Atbara bus station. After only 2 hours of waiting we get on
Travelling Sudan, pt. 3: Into the desert
Part 1 and part 2 of my journey through Sudan happened mainly in the country's capital. Today it's time to move on. Another task to accomplish in Khartoum is to secure tickets for the ferry from Wadi Halfa to Aswan. After
Travelling Sudan, pt. 2: Defying expectations
Part 1 of my journey through Sudan left off with me getting all the paperwork done to be legally allowed to transit through the country. Meanwhile my travel companion has fallen ill - a combination of the heat, lack of sleep
Travelling Sudan, pt. 1: Into the devil’s den
We enter Sudan from Ethiopia. During our last days there the weather had grown increasingly cold and rainy. Now the further North we go the more the sun and the heat come out. At the border we have to go
Things to consider on wire transfers
Wire transfer services are quite popular in poorer countries where many people don’t have a bank account and expats send money home to their families. You can send money from pretty much anywhere in the world to pretty much anywhere
Cheat sheet: Visa & Immigration
I am German which is usually a very cool citizenship to have. Traveling in Europe is a breeze and most other touristy countries have agreements that make it easy to travel there on a German passport. However, in Africa I
Tea time (Food and drink in Africa, pt. 7)
Two kinds of tea – in multiple regional varieties – are prevalent across Africa. In the North ‘Berber tea’ or ‘Tuareg whiskey’ is served almost everywhere. In the former British colonies, chai is ever-present. In Morocco, tourism is visibly an important
Club Med
August 02, 2012. Arriving in Alexandria I have returned to the Mediterranean almost 300 days after crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. Three days of running around and trying to find passage into Europe have eaten up all but a faint memory of
Cape Town to Cairo and beyond
July 25, 2012. The contrast between Sudan and Egypt couldn't have been more stark: while tourism is virtually unheard of in the former, the later's economy is - at least in the cities along the Nile from Aswan to Luxor to Cairo