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The day starts early and ends late.. At 8am Mr Ehad and I are at the port and we meet the broker who is to arrange all the paper work for...

It's a Friday the weekly holy day in Islam.. I choose this day to travel to Alexandria. I settle my bill and say goodbye to the hotel...

October 14th Monday .. I relaxed today.. the internet was good at the hotel so spent the day getting washing done and doing a few blogs.....

So the adventure started on July 26th 2019 when Zoe arrived in Cape Town.. seems like a life time ago. Today 80 days later I will make it...

Once again the GPS can't get me out of town.. I get the Nile river road through all the small villages. It is slow but near the Nile.. It...

I find a hotel in Abu Simbel at about 1.30am.. nice little place US$50 B&B.. I ask the manager if they have a bar..Yippee.. I ask for 2...

After last nights episode I wake early and am still tired ..I have a long day ahead.. but I have fuel to get me to Egypt. I head back to...

I am awake at 5.30 and head for the dining room at 6 for coffee. George and his wife are up. The coffee is good with toast.. and they...

So my first impressions of Khartoum were not good. But the hotel is comfortable..and the owners most helpful.. I must digress.. When we...

It's a Sunday and I leave early at 6.15am. There are already a lot of people around, all going to church, dressed in their Sunday best....

Along with Yellowstone, this was one of the first listed World Heritage sites - and so it should be. I'm at the park offices at 8...

I was going to head for Aksum, north of Lalibela, famous for its Obelisks .. but the guide I met yesterday said the road had been washed...

After breakfast I head for Lalibela.. one of Ethiopias major tourist attractions. Eleven churches cut out of solid stone. 12th/13th...

An early start for the city of Dece, aka Dessie, Dese, Dessye.. but this time the GPS got me on the right road straight away. It is only...

I am told to be early to the Sudanese embassy. I get there at 7.20 ..it opens at 8. And there is a shepherd to keep you in line I...

To Today is Meskel holiday and there is nothing going on. Addis is set in amongst the hills ..over 7000 feet above sea level. A city of (...

After a really very average breakfast I move on. Its only about 250k to Addis but I've been told that it will take me 4-5 hours and it...

A big day ahead ..would like to get to Hwasa on the shores of Lake Awasa, a Rift Valley lake by about 2pm to relax and check out the...