White washing



Wadi Halfa, Sudan, 2010



Water in the desert town

Drinking water

Wadi Halfa, Sudan, June 2010

Water barrels, in the backyard from our "hotel"

Linked to ABC Wednesday and the letter is W. W is for water. In the desert you think about it.
A previous post about our hotels in Sudan.

In the desert



Karima, Sudan, May 2010

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It's hot outside

Khartoum, Sudan, May 2010

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Oasis

Wadi Halfa, Sudan, June 2010

Linked to ABC Wednesday. Todays letter is O, O is for Oasis.

Reflection in the Nile

Sunset at the Nile, in Abri, Northern, Sudan, May 2010

The Nile is really a lifeline in the desert.
More information on this region on an older post

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Night life

Dongola, Northern, Sudan, May 2010

From Wikipedia: Dongola (also spelled Dunqulah or Dunqula, Arabic دنقلا, and formerly sometimes known as Al 'Urdi) is the capital of the state of Northern (or asch-Schamaliyya (arabisch ‏الشمالية‎ asch-Schamāliyya), in Sudan, on the banks of the Nile.
The region is called Nubia.

With different busses we followed the Nile and stopped in oasis towns or villages. At the end of May it was so HOT there, even at night. But the people were so welcoming, it was a pleasure to walk around and sog up the desert towns atmosphere. Everybody seems to know each other.

Desert town

Wadi Halfa, Sudan, June 2010

More photos from the desert in Sudan on this post (if you missed "H is for hotel").

Outside mirror

In Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, May 2010.
We traveled a lot in this minibusses.

Here you find more Weekend reflections from around the world.

Sunset

Sky in Wadi Halfa. In the backgound you may see the Lake Nasser. Sudan, June 2010.

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H is for Hotel

Not the typical hotel. But a possibility to spend the night in a desert town in Sudan. We had a seperate room. It was so hot in it, much better to sleep outside. Wadi Halfa, June 2010.

While traveling in Africa northbound, now by bus, we stopped several times in Northern Sudan in small towns on the Nile River for one or two nights. In Wadi Halfa we had to wait for the ferry to cross Lake Nubia (Lake Nassa) to Egypt.

In Abri, a small town on the Nile. There was just one hotel, so no choice. But we had a place in front of our room to sleep under the open sky. A relief from the heat. At daytime the heat is incredible. I have never been in a hot place like this before.

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