We will arrive in Sudan on Tuesday morning, if there are no brake down or unforseen circumstances....
They hired some local chefs to cook us local egyptian food. Great!
We left Idfu by crossing the Nile in the early morning mist and polution
of the many factories that surround the city, making our way in between
Egyptian kamikaze drivers, donkey carts and motorbikes.
We rode as a small peloton pulling a decent speed
around 32 to 35 km per hour.
enjoyed the magnificent views of the Nile banks with the
desert as background.
mean of transport. All donkeys don't have a happy end....
We passed a butchery today with two of them hanging...
Aswan is a very pleasant city with plenty of beautiful restaurants
built on barges along the banks of the Nile. This is where we
have enjoyed our last beers for almost three weeks.
Alcohol is strictly forbiden in Sudan.
Some of our younger riders have decided to enjoy some harder stuff
before entering Sudan. On the blackmarket, they purchased this
"localy made Finelande Vodka". I thought that our Finnish friends
would love that one. Check the etiquette, they even have raindeers on it...
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