2000km down

We have covered around 2000 km since we set out from Cairo. We have a great crew and set of riders. It would be fair to say that everyone knows each other pretty well now and is happy with what they have found. It's quite special to be given the opportunity to have fun with so many like minded and interesting people.

The terrain has been varied in paces - the great swarthes of the Nubian deset broken up by the occasional day riding the more populated greener areas of the Nile. In the more fertile areas there are bouganivilla brightly pointing out the way on the roadsides and excited children urging you to ride faster.

We have seen very few signs of any unrest in peaceful Sudan although it was a place to watch before we crossed the border. Peculiarly I had smiles and waves from the drivers of a convoy of trucks carrying tanks northward likely due to the current troubles in Egypt. We slip smoothly south.