{"id":12807,"date":"2020-02-03T13:58:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T11:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/?p=12807"},"modified":"2024-05-29T21:43:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:43:46","slug":"s-u-d-a-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/s-u-d-a-n\/","title":{"rendered":"S U D A N"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Suakin – Sudan<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Overnight, our ferry “MV RAHAL” of Namma Shipping Lines crosses the Red Sea towards Sudan. We have caught another storm front, but are sitting in our cabin in the dry. The MV RAHAL was built in Germany in 1972 and was then in service with Finnlines. At 47 years old, she is still providing the passenger and ro-ro service from Jeddah to Suakin<\/strong>. With a length of around 100 meters and a width of 17 meters, it is only about half the size of the large ferries from Italy to Greece. Sudanese people are sitting and lying everywhere. Very few people can afford one of the miserably narrow cabins. Our toilet is broken and stinks, there is no shower. Nevertheless, we have a good night behind us. But it will be a while before we arrive in Suakin. We are several hours late, as we can see from the position on our navigation device. They drove slowly because of the passengers, is the explanation – we think more because of the cargo, because the vehicles are not moored.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Entering the country is actually quite simple and takes a maximum of 2 hours. Our passports were taken from us on the ship and not returned. They are now at immigration. “But I don’t go to immigration without my passport – I don’t even know who has the passport”. After we have to pay some kind of “fee” (it was the bill of unloading) a ship’s officer accompanies us to immigration and helps us to find our passports. Ah, there they are, lying around in a little box with lots of paper.<\/p>\n

Immigration clearance is quick. The stamp will soon be in your passport. But that costs money – but we haven’t had the opportunity to change money into Sudanese pounds yet. I give the customs officer a Saudi Ryal note – he changes it for us and then settles up with us in detail. Vehicle handling is another story. We have to drive up to a fenced-in area, but are not allowed in. A man dressed in white takes our carnet from us here and, as the people here all look the same to us, we somehow lose control. At some point, however, we are ushered into the customs yard. An officer looks at the inside of the vehicle out of interest and is satisfied. Now turn around and drive out again. Wait again. At last the necessary stamps are made and we have to pay the harbor tax at a wooden stall. The agent in white charges US$ 100 for his services. I protest and tell him that’s far too much for the price level here. Instead of the 370 Saudi ryal he asked for, I give him 275 ryal. Finally, he says that money isn’t everything, gets into his Mercedes “G” and drives off. And we also drive out of the harbor and, after falling over three times, turn right down to the water. Here, next to a canteen, there is a sandy spot right by the water that is very quiet.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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