Ted, hello, I have confirmation of the same ferry, so see you plus 5 in Aswan over the weekend! Cheers for the info!

James.

We are staying at Rezeiki camping in Luxor at the mo. We will be here untl Thursday morning then riding down to Aswan. We intend to stay at Adams place in Aswan !!!

See you soon mate

Ted

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Hello Ted et all,

My sudanese visa wasnt ready today! They just said come back Sunday.. which means no boat for me on Monday so I'll be a week behind! Maybe I'll catch you all up eventually.. if not please give me relavant updates for the trip ahead!

All the best,
James

Hey buddy...

Thats a real pain. Even more so, you can get your sudan visa in aswan in 30 mins !! A few people there did only a few days ago. I dont know what the deal is there though.

Anyway, I arrived in wadi halfa yesterday and were still waiting for the barge.

The whole process in aswan is a bit of a nightmare to be honest...

Your FIRST step should be to go and see mr Saleh in Aswan on Friday or Saturday morning (after 9am) His office is one road back from the nile and the main strip "Corniche" ! Do you have Gps ??? The coordinates on the horizons threads are WRONG !! Its the "Blue nile ferry company" Its on Osm and t4a maps I think.

How many number plates do you have ?? You need TWO !! We had to have some made up in Aswan. I have coordinates of a workshop but not with me

On Saturday before the ferry, go to "The court" and wait 4-5 hours for you piece of paper to say you havnt commited any offences. check your details on the paper, they got ours mixed up and it took 3 hours to fix it. Get Mr Saleh to check it. Then you buy your ferry tickets from Mr Saleh in his office.. NOT AT THE PORT.

On the monday, take you plates to the traffic police. after the paperwork, you get convoyed to port to do immigration, and load the ferry. its pretty organised at the traffic police and from there on.

Email me and tedmagnum(at)tedmagnum.com if you want more info.

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Hello Ted, thanks for the great update and information!!

Sounds like you lot had to load your bikes onto the towed barge then.. I was hoping to just put mine on the passenger ferry!

I know to be in Mr Saleh office early Saturday, i've been in touch with him.

I didn't know about needing 2 UK number plates! How odd.. if you could send me the gps coordinates for the workshop that would be good thanks.

It sounds a faff! My plan is to arrive in Aswan on Friday afternoon and try and work things out..!

What is your approx schedule for Sudan and getting to Ethiopia? It would be good to catch you all up perhaps! I'm thinking I would be in Sudan for around 10 days ish...

Good luck and thanks for the update!
James

Hi James and Ted,

You guys are a couple of months ahead of me. Arriving Cairo 12 December. Can you please let me know the procedure regarding the bike after we have picked up from our clearing agents. Thanks that would be a great help. (for warned is for armed)

Are you flying in ???? If so, I have no idea im afraid... Just make sure you get TWO number plates.

Ted

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