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Allan & Rose Davies »
¡Aún jubilados necesitan para trabajar a veces, pero sólo por elección!
Posted on 9:21am Monday 27th October 2008
Someone asked us on our recent visit to Blighty how we were enjoying our early retirement, whereby I replied, ‘don’t know, too busy!!’
Trevor Morris »
Where's the fire?
Posted on 1:09pm Thursday 16th October 2008
IT IS not really too much of an exaggeration to say that not much happens in our sleepy little hamlet of La Lauressie, and if you make that a Sunday afternoon, there is absolutely and completely nothing happening.
Steve Blackmore »
Wadi Bloody Halfa - 24 October
Posted on 9:34am Wednesday 29th October 2008
Yes, we are still here. This place really is the pits and we have chosen one of the least attractive parts of town to take up residence.
Steve Blackmore »
South of Wadi Halfa 24th Oct
Posted on 8:52am Friday 31st October 2008
Well we finally did it, we left Wadi Halfa. It wasn't long before we were doubting the wisdom of setting off along a desert track in the dark in a double decker bus.
Jenni Stevenson »
Fez. That's Africa folks!!!
Posted on 12:02pm Thursday 23rd October 2008
My next stop scares the hell out of me and the flight doesn't settle my nerves. As we take off and the plane is still angled at 45 degrees climbing up to 35,000 ft, several passengers stand up including the woman in the row in front of me. She opens the overhead locker. Luckily nothing falls out as my tent poles and sleeping mat are jammed into it holding everything fast.
Steve Blackmore »
The Port Blockade - Wadi Halfa 23rd October
Posted on 9:30am Wednesday 29th October 2008
I think we upset the Germans. The couple were ok, Michael and his wife, it was the three chaps in the Nissan who were getting shirty.
Steve Blackmore »
A barge too far - part 2!
Posted on 12:26pm Wednesday 22nd October 2008
6pm, its dark and we still apparently haven't got enough onions on the little barge. The deck is littered with collapsed people and luggage. Heads keep on popping up from the lifeboats. Why didn't we think of using them ?
Steve Blackmore »
The long sea
Posted on 12:27pm Wednesday 22nd October 2008
Awoke to the mournful wail of Egyptian music. Well, it might be Sudanese, I'm no expert and I certainly won't be buying the album.
Steve Blackmore »
A barge too far
Posted on 12:26pm Wednesday 22nd October 2008
The Aswan to Wadi Halfa ferry should be a real luxury for the amount we have paid. We should be cruising in style down lake Nasser with a swimming pool and silk sheets on the beds in our cabin. The truth alas is that we have a patch of deck space next to the bridge and we have an 18 hour crossing to look forward to with no bed, no silk sheets and no swimming pool.
Steve Blackmore »
Wadi Halfa 21/22 October
Posted on 9:25am Wednesday 29th October 2008
We were awoken at 1am by donkey. The electricity in Wadi Halfa had just gone off and there was obviously one poor donkey scared of the dark. This place is crawling with donkeys. There are less camels, partly due to us eating one for lunch yesterday. Not quite beef, not quite lamb, and fairly chewy. After breakfast on the boat it tasted like the finest sirloin.
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