We left the Acropole, early in the morning. A convoy of four Landcruisers, two going to Sesebi via the Westbank of the Nile where there is no proper road and two via the Eastbank where there is no proper road either although that "no road" seems to be easier to travel than the one on the West Bank. The first leg of the journey went over tarmac through the desert. It cuts of the big bend in the Nile to the east.
First stop was to buy some bottled water in Omdurman souq, there wouldn't be any further up north. Then dozing of in the car while accacias (only 4 of the 72 different species according to our residential (carridential?) botanist Alan), huge termite mounds of red clay, small goatherds and the occasional camel whizzed by the windows.
A few hours later we had breakfast at a sort of truckers stop with a huge mosque (Alan's posing in front of it) with all four cars. Lemonsellers taking it easy, bowls of fuul and lentils, bread and tea later the group split up. Here the tarmac road also ended.
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