Omdurman’s Souq is one of Sudan’s largest centres of trade, and should be seen as an entire neighbourhood rather than a contained market. Sitting on…
Khartoum
Sprawled around the confluence of the Nile this sweltering, dusty capital feels a million miles away from the one storey towns we had traced along…
Meroë: The Famous Pyramids of Sudan
Of all its archaeological sites Meroë is Sudan’s most famous. A collection of damaged but regal structures rise out of the empty desert as an…
Cairo
Arriving in Cairo at 4am was possibly the only time of day that we did not hear the continuous blare of car horns. If you…
Chez Nous
After our first weekend we moved into a family home in urban Dakar. We are staying here for two weeks while we learn French at…
Touch down in Dakar
After years of talking about it, we’ve finally made it to the African continent. First stop Dakar, Senegal’s colourful capital. The plane we arrived on…