Sudan Visa
Hi,
As of December 2007, the Sudanese visa continues to be a bit of a crapshoot in Cairo. best bet is to rock into Cairo as soon as you arrive in Egypt, apply for you visa and they will usually tell you come back in one week to two weeks as they have to send to Khartoum for aproval. As far as I could tell, there was no form being forwarded but after this waiting period they were pretty good about issuing. Of course the person applying before me got it same day, a couple from the same country as me applying the next day got it same day, and in the end it took mine four days. Some people applying the next week were told wait ten days. I would apply at home first, if no chance to get it then do the quick trip to Cairo and then see the rest of Egypt while you wait. Much to do in Egypt so not much of a pain.
The route to Ethiopia is through Gallabat as mentioned and it is all paved to the Sudanese border. Soon as you cross into Ethiopia, it's about 180km of gravel to Gonder but this is being worked on by the Chinese as we speak (Jan. 08) so the road will continue to get better.
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