Sai Island

A small boat to bring us over from the West Bank of the Nile to Sai Island	Sai Island is 170km north of Dongola	Landing on the western shore of Sai Island	The Nile at Sai Island
Agriculture similar to the "mainland"	A sturdy stone house among the palms of Sai Island	Sai Island Taxi	Sai Island Taxi
Southwestern village, Sai Island	Southwestern village, Sai Island	Sai Island - Western Village	For some reason, I was expecting the island to be a bit more lush, but only the narrow band along the river is green
Dirt track in the middle of Sai Island with Jebel Abri	East side of Sai Island with Jebel Abri	Eastern village, Sai Island	Sai Island - Eastern Village
The driver tried to get away without paying our admission fees - the man inside here got upset	Eastern village, Sai Island	Sai Island Transport Service	The island seems to be made of broken pottery shards
Remains of ancient pottery litter Sai Island	Vast area strewn with broken pottery fragments	The eastern channel of the Nile passing Sai Island	Jebel Abri
Panoramic view, eastern side of Sai Island with Jebel Abri	The eastern channel of the Nile passing Sai Island	Sai Island is 12 km long and up to nearly 5 km wide	Desert interior of Sai Island
Mudbrick remains of a 16th Century Ottoman fort	Stone remains from the ancient Egyptian settlement on Sai Island	Remains of a third civilization on the same site - early Christian remains (Nobatian, 4th-6th C. AD))	Jebel Abri with the weathered walls of the Ottoman fort
Mudbrick remains of the 16th C. Ottoman fort, Sai Island	Mudbrick remains of the 16th C. Ottoman fort with some ancient Egyptian fragments	Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island	Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island
Ruins of the Ottoman Fort with the Nile and Jebel Abri	Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island	Ruins of the Ottoman Fort with the Nile and Jebel Abri	Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island
Ruins of the 16th C. Ottoman Fort	Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island	Ruins of the Ottoman Fort with the Nile and Jebel Abri	Ruins of the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island
Sai Island, Nubia-Northern Sudan	Panoramic view of the 16th C. Ottoman Fort and the eastern channel of the Nile, Sai Island	A mountain of broken pottery, Sai Island	There's an unbelievable amount of broken pottery around the Ottoman fort
Ancient Egyptian stone gate by the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island	Ancient Egyptian stele with hieroglyhics, Sai Island	The Ministry of Tourism says Don't Do Something	Cemetary near the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island
Cemetary near the Ottoman Fort, Sai Island	Variations of the mudbrick beehive tombs seen elsewhere in Northern Sudan	Islamic cemetery, Sai Island	Looking across the empty interior of Sai Island to the Western Dunes
Village on the western shore of Sai Island with palm trees marking the Nile's course and large sand dunes to the west	Ruins of a small building in the middle of Sai Island	Dry interior - Sai Island	Woman riding a donkey, Sai Island