Category Archives: reflections Leaving Sudan and coming into Ethiopia was our first really easy border crossing. Although quite smooth and easy on the Sudanese side it just took much longer than it should – they guy we were gonna pay the border fees to hadn’t woken up yet… Once he had rubbed his eyes and given us the […] 16th of November, Marsabit, Kenya I don’t know why I didn’t do this from the beginning, taking notes for the blog regularly, little by little, and post online whenever possible – but I do know that it was stupid not doing so because with so many things happening everyday during a trip like this you quickly get […] (I’m having some computer issues at the moment. My laptop crashed in Egypt so at the moment I can’t edit and post photos but I’m working on a temporary solution. And as I tried posting a post via Brian’s computer from northern Sudan last week it just wouldn’t work… Doing my best to get back on […]  It’s Tuesday morning and the traffic is moving as usual around the Tahrir square. It’s almost hard to grasp that this is where it all started, what people here simply call The Revolution. A building that has been burnt is one of very few traces of what has taken place here. It’s a powerful feeling […]  It may seem a bit far to drive all the way to Berlin to visit the Jordanian embassy, but when that happened to be based in Berlin and we didn’t have time to apply for visas by mail before we left Sweden and we were anyway going through Berlin, that’s what we did. We came […] Woohoo! We’re moving! We’re rolling! The trip has started! We made it a whole 202 kilometers today. Not that much, I know. But it’s such an awesome feeling finally being on the road that we really don’t care. My goodness, the emotional rollercoaster. One minute you’re crying and hugging friends and family wondering what kind […] Okay so the last couple of weeks have just been so hectic as we’ve tried to get everything done and I got so caught up in it I haven’t even known what to tell you guys. We’ve been working towards leaving as planned tomorrow and almost everything has fallen into place one thing at the […] This morning I woke up by somebody asking me “Guess what we’re doing in a week from now?” I managed to mumble “Packing up the cruiser”, still half asleep. “Yup, packing up and getting ready to go” Brian continued. “And guess what day it is today?” He hauled his tired body out of bed. “Your […] |
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