Mar 28, 2012 - Khartoum to Wadi Halfa

Monday 19th March Khartoum to Meroe We left Khartoum for the north of Sudan today; ruins, desert and a Red Sea resort near Port Sudan. Because we are camping again, we had to buy quite a bit of food before we left the city. After shopping, we set off through flat sandy country, very washed out looking. There were hundreds of trucks and buses on the way, mostly headed to the largest port in the country, Port Sudan on the Red Sea. This port also serves Ethiopia as it doesn’t have access to the sea since Eritrea split from Ethiopia about 12-15...