Hi don’t know how much this will help,
If i was you i would get my Sudan visa in dar es salaam, because its the one place people seem to have the little trouble with. Who knows the Sudan embassy in Nairobi might have shut down due to the riots.
Once in Nairobi get an Ethiopian visa.
About the Sudan Kenya boarder being open or closed. I was in lokichokio 2 years ago and they said it was open. But people in Nairobi told me it wasn’t so who knows. I think it just depends on your luck. I have heard that the South Sudan government might issue its own visa to.
Unless you’re in Juba or lokichokio or close by the boarder you won’t really know for sure. (That opinion any way)
If you can’t get cross the border in to Sudan (i think you should be able to) you could go back to lodwar and head up lake Turkana on the west side and cross the omo river in a dugout canoe at a place called Omorate this is on the Ethiopian side. This is what i did in 2006.( public transport) But without a bike.
Problems you might find are: canoe not big enough for a bike, when i was there i didn’t see any but I wasn’t looking either. Bring lot of fuel and water as i didn’t see any after lodwar.
Their a police station up their somewhere on the Kenyan side just west of lake turkana near the border with Ethiopia. I stayed there a night and they are a bunch of good guys cooked me dinner and all. Once you find this police station they can show you the way to omorate.
You can clear immigration on the Kenyan side at eldoret or lokichokio which is easy. And once in Ethiopia you can clear immigration at a place called Omorate.
Once in Omorate your fine. I didn’t see any but your be able to get fuel and 2 or 3 hotel with plenty of bottle water.
Advise: Around Lake Turkana, northern Kenya and south west Ethiopia it not the safest of places to break down or get lost. Not much traffic and people do carry guns. Don’t take this easy. It not.
Anything else just let me know
|