Last days in Khartoum

Medical faculty 300 students with Ustad Yosif and I!

As you can see the girls dominate the medical faculty.

Tuti Island, in the middle of Khartoum.

                                                                                                 

Khartoum forrest

Monkey business!



Mother and daughter playing with the monkey



Even Khartoum forrest has a taxi close by! 

Tea stop....

This young business lady sold us ice pops by the nile.



Karima people

Haboobah Aisha

93years old and up until last year would climb the date palms herself!

Digital camera technology was all a bit strange for them!

Goreous Ali

Karima sheperds who dashed over when I offered to take a picture of them!

Their stock!

The night before the wedding celebrations, Haboobah Aisha shows the young ones how it's done!

Mehdi artist, sing for us

Mean while haboobah Aisha's catching up with the family! 

 The groom decorated with henna surrounded by family

                                                       Evening wedding celebrations



Karima

Karima

Nile Oaysis

Mahgrib

 

Greetings in the date palm fields

The Scorpion's sting (held by Abu Bakr) can kill a person in 20 minutes

 

From the green oaysis, a stark contrast of dessert

Ancient ruins by Jabel barkel

Jabel barkel

The view from Jabel berkel

Karima pyramids and temples

Kassala People

 Kassala Hotty

On seeing us he comments he hadnt seen a khawajah (foreigner) in over 50 years!

Courtesy of Abu Bakr

This grandma poses with her grandchildren in Khatmiyah.

We sat and ate ice pops with this lovely lady.

When I asked if I could take her picture, she replied, 'one should not deny another'

This is the reaction of him hearing me speaking in English!

Tad confused!



Courtesy of Abu Bakr



  Named 'thinker' he sat some way up the Tortil mountain



Courtesy of Abu Bakr



 Children playing with us in Khatmiyah 

Courtesy of Abu Bakr

Abu Bakr

Kassala

Kassala fruit market

It's famous for it's jebbana - coffee

 

Khatmiya

Tomb of Seyyid Hassan, who is buried near the roofless semi-ruined mosque.

 Jabel Taka, Totil and Aweitila

Courtesy of AbuBakr



Thinkers

Sawagi Janubiyya (southern gardens)

is a collection of villages surrounded by veg. and mango/guava orchards.