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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.
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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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Aswan
Posted on 9:34am Tuesday 21st October 2008
So, here we are at Aswan, 7000km from home and two ferry rides. Sudan is 200km south and a lake separates us. Strangely, it would currently be cheaper for us to return to England than to get in to Sudan. For this we have the Nile Navigation Company to thank. I believe they are owned by a relative of the president and they have the monopoly on border crossings.
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Luxor and Aswan 17/18 Oct
Posted on 9:31am Tuesday 21st October 2008
According to the book of the dead and in a similar vein to many other religions, when someone passes on, Anubis the Jackal weighs their heart to decide if they go to the promised land or to hell. We too appear to be approaching our Judgement Day. In our case, the Jackal is called Mr Saleh and he works for the Nile Navigation Company in Aswan.
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Cairo to Luxor 16/17 Oct
Posted on 9:29am Tuesday 21st October 2008
With Adam deciding to depart as well in the morning to return with the others, I had lost all interest in my surroundings. There I was, at the Pyramids, but my mind was elsewhere. My mind was in turmoil, others were also unfussed if the trip ended here and now. I had lost my will to fight after a gruelling, emotional few days. I just wanted to quit. It has been incredibly hard work to get us this far and the really hard bits are still ahead of us. On top of this I've lost the 3 others who know most about the route.
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Red Sea chill out
Posted on 9:23am Wednesday 15th October 2008
In 1999 I came backpacking to a place called Tarabien on the Red Sea. As I came down the coast from Eilat, I thought that the place had some potential as a big tourist destination. It seems others with more money to invest and building knowledge had had similar ideas. This area will be like Marbella soon.
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