Tomorrow is my last day here in Khartoum. It has been a nice time, the change from Ethiopia is amazing. So near and yet so different. We drove down with my sisters car, from Gondar to Gedaref, after a long quest for petrol. We bought in the black market in the end. So we started later than planned. It was a beautiful trip, a descent of more than 1000 meter, a good road. Customs did not take to long, then we are suddenly in an Islamic country. The town we stayed the first night was nice, a very cozy atmosphere walking around there.
Next day a few hours more to Khartoum seeing the Nile river once in a while. Beautifull trip it gets more and more busy when we near Khartoum I see the first camels!!
What a luxury to stay in the Netherlands residence, with a swimming pool, although the temperature of the water is lukewarm. That same night we visit the sufy dancing on the tomb of Hamid al Nil. they go in trance, kind of hypnotic. Real impressive!
Next day we make a walk on Tuti island, where blue and white Nile come together. Reminds me very much of the walks in Luxor.
We visit Omdurman market, make a boat trip on the Nile, drink coffee in the Embassy, have lunch in a trendy restaurant on the Nile: Al Housh, try to see Mahdi,s tomb twice, twice closed, go to the camel market and eat roasted camel meat, visit the Omdurman maternity clinic, where they do around 100 deliveries a day!! In short we had a nice time here and got a good impression of the country. Also because we met a lot of interesting people here.
sufi dancing
khartoum
Tonight I will visit a special upperclass wedding, where no pictures are allowed. Tomorrow I fly back to Holland.
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It will be difficult to accustom to Utrecht life again!
Next day a few hours more to Khartoum seeing the Nile river once in a while. Beautifull trip it gets more and more busy when we near Khartoum I see the first camels!!
What a luxury to stay in the Netherlands residence, with a swimming pool, although the temperature of the water is lukewarm. That same night we visit the sufy dancing on the tomb of Hamid al Nil. they go in trance, kind of hypnotic. Real impressive!
Next day we make a walk on Tuti island, where blue and white Nile come together. Reminds me very much of the walks in Luxor.
We visit Omdurman market, make a boat trip on the Nile, drink coffee in the Embassy, have lunch in a trendy restaurant on the Nile: Al Housh, try to see Mahdi,s tomb twice, twice closed, go to the camel market and eat roasted camel meat, visit the Omdurman maternity clinic, where they do around 100 deliveries a day!! In short we had a nice time here and got a good impression of the country. Also because we met a lot of interesting people here.
first time the sight of the blue nile
sufi dancing
camel market
khartoum
walk on Tuti island
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