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Gondar

31st October, 2010 by Neil 6 Comments

Before you think that I miraculously left Ethiopia and suddenly appeared in the world of Lord of the Rings, forget it; I am still in Ethiopia! A bigish city/town with an ancient monolithic church. Although, […]

Ethiopia

28th October, 2010 by Neil 1 Comment

Hi there! Well, since my last posting, we discovered that Kim’s wrist was in fact fractured. Our very kind host in Khartoum (Abdelsalam a.k.a. “Mr. President“) is very well connected and one of his friends […]

Sudan

Khartoum!

26th October, 2010 by Neil 4 Comments

Heya, I’m currently in Khartoum! It’s proving harder and harder to get online now, apologies for the long wait! Wadi Halfa Well we decided to take the desert route to Abu Hamed from Wadi-halfa with […]

Sudan

Sudan Finally

20th October, 2010 by Neil 2 Comments

Neil’s in …Sudan Finally I’m very pleased to tell you that I’m in Sudan finally, the standard of living has gone down, the cost of living has gone up.. but finally we’re not longer in […]

Egypt

Luxor

12th October, 2010 by Neil 3 Comments

So it’s my great news to tell you that I’ve now arrived at Luxor; all right, 2 days ago… my first impression whilst riding down the Neil Nile from Qina was: “Wow! Egypt has greenery!!”. […]

Egypt

Hurghada

8th October, 2010 by Neil 2 Comments

So yesterday we arrived in Hughada around midday, we had set off at 7am as mentioned in the previous post. (I’ve written two posts if you haven’t noticed). (Campsite photo belongs to: Matt & Kim) […]

Egypt

the Suez Canal & Ismalia

7th October, 2010 by Neil 2 Comments

5684|450 So since Cairo, we (the famous 6 of us), set off at 10am rode up to Ismailia to see the Suez Canal, spent a good while looking for a view-point. Eventually found something similar and […]

Egypt

Fear & Loathing in Cairo

5th October, 2010 by Neil 3 Comments

Hi all, I’ve now been in Cairo for 7 days!!! I have managed to get 1 visa. Woot! The bad news: tomorrow is some holiday and the Ethiopian embassy wont be open until Thursday. However, […]

Egypt

Abu something (maybe Abu-Sir)

3rd October, 2010 by Neil 2 Comments

So, yesterday we (6 of us: Matt & Kim, Craig, Cam, Ed and I) went on a rollercoaster ride with an Egyptian named Ali, who took us to his home village to meet his wife, […]