Safety in Sudan
Hi Hubbers, just starting to get my head round the enormity and importance of this site. We're so lucky to have it - and each other! Huw and I are heading off from Brighton, UK in our LandRover 101 in about a week, heading slowly through France, Italy, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt then - depending on the political situation - into Sudan, Ethiopia and down the East coast (and back up!)
Questions:
The Sudanese elections are planned for 5-18 April this year, which pretty much perfectly coincides with our (very vague) agenda. Is anyone else planning to cross through at that time? Are we mad to even consider it? Of course, no one knows if the violence that some are predicting will actually happen, but perhaps we'd be better to scurry through BEFORE the elections, rather than after? Obviously, we'll do our utmost to avoid passing through on voting day itself.
The second main consideration is weather - if we do wait for any potential problems to blow over (touching lots of wood) - is May simply too hot to pass through Sudan north-south? We have no air con!
Thanks in advance for any advice x
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