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Originally Posted by huwandrosie
Are we mad to even consider it?
The second main consideration is weather...
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Hi Huw & Rosie
I'm planning to visit Sudan, heading north, in June/July this year. In terms of weather, I might be madder than you are but I have no choice with the dates due to work commitments and I have no air con either...
Watch out for the haboobs too...
A learned, Somali colleague reckoned I would be OK in Sudan this summer but that things might heat up when the Southern Sudanese independence referendum takes place in January 2011...
For what it's worth, Sudan is a huge and, in my experience, friendly place and I don't intend to scurry through. I was in Port Sudan when President Nimeiry was overthrown in a coup in 1985. There were strikes and demonstrations in Khartoum but nothing at all in Port Sudan; or other smaller cities as far as I know.
My advice is to go at your usual pace and to avoid any obvious trouble such as demonstrations etc. These will more than likely be in Khartoum, if anywhere.
Let me know how you get on.
Stephan
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