• One In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush

    For the birders among you. Sorry its the best i could do considering i screeched to a halt, jumped out the car and took the photo before the bloody thing decided to land over the ridge. I got all of…

  • You You You

    This is the call you hear as you drive through Ethiopia. Small children saying “You You You” from the side of the road or right in your face as you walk down the road. This is sometime followed by “Hello”,…

  • Ethiopia And Internet Dont Mix

    The Internet is off and on and cables have been cut and then repaired. The mobile SIM i bought doesn’t have Intenet even though they said it did ! As Henning would say “i’m too young for this!”Trying to get…

  • Simien National Park

    The views in Simien National park are stunning. The wildlife is friendly and allows you to get quite close as you can see from the photos where Henning is stalking the baboons. The road up to the park was a…

  • Gondor Moment

    We are sleeping in Gondor and again outside Hennings hotel. We’ve paid the security guard 50Birr to look after the car. This is a lot of money for here so he will do a good job. He’s offered to let…

  • Tim And Kims Village

    On the face of it this is a calm sanctuary in a country where such things are rare. On the other face its a place where the owners don’t seem to want to be any longer. They moan more than…

  • Jewel Of the Nile

    A Partial Update – 8/1/12 I started this as an Email to Mustafa but thought why not share the ramblings……We are just on the edge of Sudan and had a lovely night on the banks on the Nile last night.…

  • Ethiopia

    Thanks Dad for being the secratary for our stint in the Internet desert.Theres a lot to say as we’ve been unable to post anything ourselves in Sudan as the Web host i use do not allow any editing from Sudan.…

  • Latest News From Nelly And Jelly

    30/12/11 Part 2 Hennings hotel with a dirt floor was $10USD !!! we decided that the only thing for it was to use up one packet of beef mince and make us all spaghetti (spag bog). We arranged for him…

  • Post Title Click And Type To Edit6

    28/12/11No blog entries from Sudan as Sudan is banned. We are trying to bypass this and i think i might have got a way round it but the net is so slow it might not be possible from my mobile. I’ve…

  • A Happy New Year To Everyone

    Sorry to have to inform you all that while we are in The Sudan we will not be able to update the Web site. This will be for most of January.The rules of the country.

  • Merry Xmas Everyone

    This is a difficult blog to write as we have so much to tell you….Firstly we went to abu Simbel last monday and i got thrown out ! I can hear you asking “how?” well i can tell you. Photos…

  • Aswan Part2

     fun and games start on saturday. Hopefully we will secure a space on the boat on Monday and the boat will run to schedule. I don’t fancy the week in Wadi Halfa some of the last travellers had to do.…

  • Aswan

    today we arrived in Aswan a week ahead of schedule so we can secure our place on the ferry and car barge for the 26th. We need to be sure to get that one so we have turned up early.…

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