Aswan
Today we arrived in Aswan, a beautiful tourist town situated near the Aswan Dam which is our destination for the 18 hour ferry crossing into Sudan tomorrow. It was a beautiful ride this morning as we travelled through small towns that bustled with donkeys, sugar cane trucks, buses, taxis and of course...bicycles! Children in bright coloured clothes were all waving and screaming 'hallooooo' at the top of their lungs and everyone was waving...even the police!
The racers had a very competitive stage today with people trying to take off throughout the 3 - 4 hours they raced and they had their first taste of some true 'off road' - only a 2km stretch but it gave the mountain bikers Andy and Gunther a real chance to mix it with the lighter road bikes! The rest of the riders enjoyed a more leisurely pace taking time to have photo shoots and tea stops. Our campsite is an old, unused hotel on the outskirts of town with the real luxury being the hot, hot water. Most have made the best of the sunny afternoon to send last minute emails, do some shopping and look around the large market area. We cross into Sudan (at the port of Wadi Halfa) on the 23rd Jan and all going well with immigration we head off from Wadi Halfa on the 24th.....into the 'Sands of Sudan' (not the real name but......there will be alot of sand!)
Tomorrow, we also say goodbye to our wonderful Egyptian support crew from Emeco Travel. The six boys of Rizek, Ezat, Shady, Amed and Khalid have done an amazing job of looking after us in the last week and we will miss them. IN Wadi Halfa we are going to meet up with Miles (another TDA staff member) and the African Roots crew who will be our support until Cape Town. Our next major destination will be Khartoum on February 2nd.....wish us luck as we travel through another country, a new landscape and another few weeks of African adventure.
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Posted January 21, 2007 by Field Writer
Egypt | Tour Updates |
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