So finally some info on Egypt. Visa: Applied in Jordan, 3 hours, 12JD -> 16us$ Visa for onward travel. Sudan in Cairo, (56 us$ cash) open from sunday to wednesday be there befor 11:00 AM and you might be able to get it the same day and otherwise the following day. Valid for a month [...]
Hi Guys, As I don’t feel up to writing you all a long story of what happened everyday, I will keep it short of what happened in the last 18 days. I left Dahab finally after getting all the work done on the bike and went to Luxor and Aswan. The boat to Sudan was [...]
15-11-2002 Smelling Syria Awoke pretty early, had the nicest breakfast till now and headed for the Turkish – Syrian border town of Antakya. That I reached again by sunset but there should be plenty of hotels around. Finding your way in a new town by dark keeps difficult and I am glad at least some [...]
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Just a quick update as nothing really happened here. From Ankanya I drove to Tartus in Siria and from there to Beiroet Libanon, after visiting Krak the Chevaliers near the Lebanese border. I was not really planning to visit Lebanon, but thought I might give it a go as I was near the border, and [...]
The information in this article comes from: http://www.khartoummonitor.com The governors of North and South Darfur States, retired Major Generals, Salah Ali Al Gali and Ibrahim Suleiman have declared Jebel Marra area a closed zone for security reasons in order to crack down on armed robbery which turned recently into tribal rebellion. Al Gali told journalists [...]