Posts in Sudan

Down to the Ground

Every Friday, in a far-flung suburb of Bahri district, a big crowd of men looking for some action congregates at a local stadium to witness one of the most ancient forms of wrestling, the

SudanNicolás Marino31 August 2014adventure, africa, bahariya, bahri, bicycle, culture, cycling, east, khartoum, nuban, nubian fights, sudan, touring, wresting, wrestle

The Happy Return to Sudan

Several posts ago, as I wrote about our journey across Sudan, I have dedicated a great part of my tales to express the immeasurable hospitality of the Sudanese people

SudanNicolás Marino28 August 2014adventure, bicycle, celebration, cycling, hena, henna party, khartoum, sudan, sudanese, touring, tradition, wedding

Sudan very deep in my heart

If you got here after having read all the stories about Sudan, it will not come as a surprise to read how I feel about this country and specifically about its people.

SudanNicolás Marino8 June 2014adventure, bicycle, cycling, experience, sudan, touring, traveling

From the Capital of Sand to the Border

From an aesthetics point of view, sincerely speaking, Khartoum is not the most attractive city in the world. In terms of architecture, it is a city built half-way, in fact, there is no single building that

SudanNicolás Marino25 May 2014adventure, bicycle, border, cycling, desert, food, fuul, galabat, heat, juice, khartoum, mango, qadarif, sahara, sahel, sandstorm, sudan, touring

For a Few Crumbs of Gold

Much more than the idyllic images of silhouettes of camel caravans walking at a slow pace along the undulating golden dunes at sunset, the Sahara is for many, the place to come to earn a living. In this vast ocean of sand, the abrasive heat, the harshness of the wind and the cruelty of the sun make it unthinkable that a place to work can be possibly found here.

SudanNicolás Marino5 May 2014delgo, desert, excavation, fever, gold fever, gold, golden, market, mine, miners, mining, nubian, sahara, sudan

The Sudanese

I perceived it from the very beginning in Wadi Halfa, while walking along its streets of sand in that very hot Saharan night. I looked around me and the hundreds of merchants that filled the

SudanNicolás Marino30 April 2014adventure, bicycle, camels, cycling, desert, kerma, nile, nubia, nubians, people, sahara, sudan, touring, wedding

Sweating Sudan

We are in the queue to buy the tickets for the boat to Wadi Halfa, it's 46 C in the shade. While we wait, two nice Egyptian tour agents get in the queue behind us and exclaim effusively the usual: “Welcome to Alaska!” to

SudanNicolás Marino26 April 2014adventure, bicycle, cycling, desert, heat, kerma, mamba, moltaga, nile, river, sahara, sudan, summer, temperature, touring, wind