Author Archives: Rozemarijn
August 11 – day 51
Zaterdag 11 augustus Tombos-Kerma-Dongola – 121 km Near Tombos we have visiting a statue of the black Pharaohs Taharqa. We do shopping on the market in Kerma. The people here don’t look only with the eyes, they even have colored … Continue reading
August 10 – day 50
Vrijdag 10 augustus Wawa – Tombos 135 km After a hot trip through the desert , a visit to the third cataract with a beautifull view of the Nile Vally we arrived at our Nubian guesthouse in Tombos. During the … Continue reading
August 6 – day 46
Eerst nog even het verslag van gisteravond, zondag 5 augustus. Yesterday evening ( august 50) we’ve sailed in a felukka, an egyptian sailingboat. Very special how easy and fast this boat sailed in the dark with the moon shining on … Continue reading
August 3 – Day 43
Vrijdag 3 augustus Van Luxor naar Aswan – 200 km Just 200 kilometres in seven hours and 200 speed ups. Very hard for the Model-T and the Landrover, but they did a great job. A few kilometres before Aswan the … Continue reading
August 2 – day 42
Donderdag 2 augustus – Luxor The Model-T and the Landrover have a day of rest. We stay today in Luxor. Ben and Joke make a balloon flight and together with Dirk and Trudy we visit the Valley of the Kings … Continue reading
July 31 – day 40
Dinsdag 31 juli Van Ras Gharib naar Hurghada – 170 km. Mahmoud Ezzeldin has accompanied us in his old-timer car Mercedes to Hurghada, a real touristic place with a beach and a good place for diving in the Red Sea. … Continue reading
July 30 – day 39
Maandag 30 juli Van Ain Suk Hna naar Ras Gharib – 200 km Today we change places, Trudy in the oldtimer Mercedes, Joke and Ben co-driver in the T-Ford. Dirk tells how to drive the T-Ford. That is not so … Continue reading
July 29 – day 38
Zondag 29 juli Van Rasel Sudr naar Ain Suk Hna ( 168 km) Today we drive the last part of the Sinaï to the north. We pass the very narrow tunnel of the Suez canal.Welcome in Afrika. On the coffeeshop … Continue reading
July 26 – day 35
Donderdag 26 juli The day of the truth, do we skip Egypt or are we going into Egypt? We make several phone calls to the automobile club, the headquarters of the customs, the Dutch embassy and even the minister of … Continue reading
July 20 – day 29
Vrijdag 20 juli Tonight someone has broken the window of the Land rover and stole the sunglasses and the drive back window. It took some time to arrange a new window for the land rover. We will pick this up … Continue reading
