Old Dongola to New Dongola

Sudan's Northern Highway on the West Bank of the Nile heading towards New Dongola	Typical road-side village of Northern Sudan	Sudanese village on the West Bank of the Nile	North Sudan Highway km 396
Village with a tall minaret at km 407	Village with a tall minaret at km 407	Gates along the North Sudan Highway south of (New) Dongola	Freshly paved section of the North Sudan Highway to Dongola
Herd of around 60 camels in line-abreast formation heading north to Egypt	Another herd of camels, but this one smaller than the one we saw the day before	Camels being herded north bound for market in Egypt	Herd of camels along the road south of Dongola
Herd of camels along the road south of Dongola	Herd of camels along the road south of Dongola	Camel herd, Nubia	Mounted camel herders on the long walk to Egypt
Camels in Nubia	Herd of camels along the road south of Dongola	Camels being driven north to Egypt	Camels being driven north to Egypt
Camels being driven north to Egypt	Camel herders checking us out	From the rear it looks like the herd numbers maybe 100	...and a pose for the camera before they move on...
As we'll later find out, some of the camels don't survive the harsh trail	Late again, we didn't want a second night in the tents so we rebelled and demanded a hotel in New Dongola	Mosque in New Dongola	Late afternoon, New Dongola
Most of the hotels in New Dongola are pretty nasty...give Sameer Amiss Hotel a miss	...same with the Lord Hotel, oh lord...	The decent-looking airport hotel was full, but thank my limited Arabic I spotted this "Funduq"	Not in the 1st edition Bradt guide - Hotel Al-Isra' Walda'a' -
فندق الاسراء والدعاء	We managed dinner on our own while Mahmoud was off registering our arrival with the Dongola police	Breakfast with Mahmoud in New Dongola	New Dongola
Road in front of the Hotel Al-Isra, New Dongola	The truck parted in front of the hotel in New Dongola	Dongola Taxi	Sudan does minarets well
Coca-Cola depot, New Dongola	New Dongola