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It's true that there is a lot of military activity in the area, we were passed by over 14 HEAVILY armed army patrols in one day when we got close to the border in Chad, and woke up to gunfire in Adre too, but can only assume it was nothing serious. We were attacked by a sword wielding bandito who wanted to try it on with a 16 ton Bedford at 50Kph, meant nothing to us of course but be careful on a bike. Abeche Police and army are total criminals, demanding lots of money to return passports, let us into the town and then out again, we gave them nothing and used the "sorry but I don't speak any French old boy" routine, thus being able to understand their conversations and give nothing away, got through without giving them anything eventually despite being told we would be made to wait 5 hours if we wouldn't pay and threatened with a truck search.
Going around Abeche isn't really an option as you have to go to an office in the town itself to register and get a stamp in your passport which they check at the border, the guy in that office was ok and I used him to get rid of the idiot army guys who were still hanging around to extort money. Stonings were regular in the towns along that route too.
If you still want to do it, then the Sudan side of the border is where it got ridiculously hard, firstly all the Sudanese people we have dealt with really are incredibly nice and helpful, including the police, immigration and customs officers. The border formalities took an entire day though as they are very thorough but no extortion or deliberate problems at all.
The route we took was El Gernina to Zalinge (VERY difficult rocky mountain track 7 hours) the next day to Nyala and beyond, register there and follow the railway, it's not marked on the map but you can't go wrong....just stay next to the railway. The trouble is though that the whole route through babanusa to En Nahud and then El Obeid is very deep sand and lots of tracks which don't all go to the same place so getting lost is possible, we lost a whole day looking for the track north from Babanusa. Tarmac begins about 100Kms before El Obeid and is PERFECT all the way to Kosti, thereafter it's good tarmac with occasional rough patches.
when you are very close to Babanusa there is a good road which crosses your track and also the railway, it's not on the michelin map and goes north for almost 100Kms to reach a desert locked oil rig!!!!!! just cross it and hopefully you will reach Babanusa.
We drove from 7 til 7 with one stop a day for 11 days to reach Khartoum, though El Genina, Zalinge, Nyala, Babanusa, En Nahud and El Obeid looked like great places to rest in.
We carried hitch hiking soldiers when we could and travelled only in good daylight hours, on a bike this will be incredibly hard at the least but at least if you have the time to stop the people are fantastically hospitable all the way.
Glazkov Alexander писал(а):Встречал Австралийца в Бразилии. Он в прошлом году на джипе заезжал в Чад ненадолго. Толи без визы, толи денег дал. Гордился этим.
Удачи.
katso_98 писал(а):вот что накопал только в обратном направленииIt's true that there is a lot of military activity in the area...
vika писал(а):Улита
расскажите в 2х словах,что в Судане хорошего?
появилась мысль туда съездить на НГ,но вот что там *смотреть* как то пока не пойму....ну конечно,кроме пирамид и моря....
как там с поездками в Сахару?
Amaras писал(а):vika Судан очень сложная страна с недружелюбным местным населением..хотя и имеет небольшую христианскую общину (армянскую..египетского происхождения) всё равно ко всем людям внешнего, западного мира изначально очень настороженое отношение..
zerokol писал(а):Amaras писал(а):vika Судан очень сложная страна с недружелюбным местным населением..хотя и имеет небольшую христианскую общину (армянскую..египетского происхождения) всё равно ко всем людям внешнего, западного мира изначально очень настороженое отношение..
насчет недружелюбности наверное все таки бы не сказал, народ там достаточно приятный. С моей точки зрения хреновость в дороговизне/неразвитости инфраструктуры/гражданской войной (внутренними конфликтами)
Amaras писал(а):vika Судан очень сложная страна с недружелюбным местным населением..хотя и имеет небольшую христианскую общину (армянскую..египетского происхождения) всё равно ко всем людям внешнего, западного мира изначально очень настороженое отношение..
vika писал(а):Улита
расскажите в 2х словах,что в Судане хорошего?
появилась мысль туда съездить на НГ,но вот что там *смотреть* как то пока не пойму....ну конечно,кроме пирамид и моря....
как там с поездками в Сахару?
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