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Problems Plague Escape Plan From High Dam in Aswan, Egypt
/0 Comments/in Africa, Egypt, Middle East, Travelogue /by allanI ask my taxi driver to pick me up early the first morning the insurance office is open and I can get to it. Armed with my letter from customs, some paperwork from the traffic police and my scratch-off image of Doc’s chassis number I’m the second person in line at the insurance office. Behind […]
Getting A Motorcycle Out of Customs In Aswan Egypt
/6 Comments/in Africa, Egypt, Middle East, Travelogue /by allanTemples & Dams: Coexisting Peacefully. Sort of.
/0 Comments/in Africa, Egypt, Middle East, Travelogue /by allanBoth the Philae Temple and the Temple at Abu Simbel were due to be submerged under the waters of Lake Nassar in the late 60’s. A huge international rescue effort saw that it and several other historical points were meticulously moved to small islands on the Nile River before the High Dam. Not only because […]
Aswan Egypt. Shower & Rest.
/2 Comments/in Africa, Egypt, Middle East, Travelogue /by allanSo I successfully crossed the Nubian Desert and sailed Lake Nassar to arrive in the Nubian lands of Egypt and Aswan. First order of business is to get cleaned up. Thankfully with the Nile in close proximity I didn’t feel guilty about taking one of the longest showers in my life. Then I tried to […]
When Your Ship Has Come And You Can’t Get Off – Welcome To Egypt
/7 Comments/in Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Travelogue /by allanAnother night with no sleep. My roommate slept soundly but I was sweating in my sleeping bag and only tucked my body in there because I just didn’t like what was crawling around the place. I eventually gave up and just lied on the thing until I heard screaming children. I got up to do […]
Casey Jones. Riding The Train of Dreams in Sudan.
/2 Comments/in Africa, Sudan, Travelogue /by allanAfter a peaceful yet sandy night sleeping in the shadows of two thousand year old pyramids in the Nubian desert, I had to make some hard decisions. I’ve got three days now to get to Wadi Halfa. And I need to do that without any hiccups. Given that my bike has a tendency to overheat […]
Sudan: When It Comes To Desert I Think of Sand.
/3 Comments/in Africa, Sudan, Travelogue /by allanOnce you cross the Nile River and head north out of Khartoum things turn desolate. Come to think of it riding into Khartoum from the south things were pretty desolate. But strategically located at the confluence of the Blue and While Nile rivers, Khartoum is capital to the largest (in size) country in Africa. And […]