We left Alexandria at 8:15 on Monday morning. Traffic was still a bit sleepy at that time of the day – good for us. Still took us a long time to worm our way out of this giant city, and…
“Sittin’ at the dock of the bay… “
We knew we had crossed the border from Sudan to Egypt when the beautifully-lit temple of Abu Simbel turned up on the Western bank of the Nile. Together with the crowd of Sudanese and Egyptians on the ferry, we watched…
Along the Nile, from Nubia to Egypt
Leaving Karima at dawn, we headed for Dongola, about 400km short of Wadi Halfa – where we would then ship our bikes across Lake Nasser to Egypt. We had originally planned to take the long route from Karima to Dongola,…