After my rest in Nanyuki, I set off cycling again. I barely made it 3 kilometres out of town before reaching a milestone: the equator!

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Moses arrived outside my hotel at 6 AM in his landcruiser. Off we went, into the Maasai Mara, on safari!

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Early in the morning I left Moyale, cycling away from the Ethiopian border, down into the the arid lowlands of Northern Kenya.

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Shortly after setting off I reached a village. I rode through it to a chorus of yelling and screaming, then realised I was supposed to have taken a turning. I had to backtrack a couple kilometres uphill, with an encore of the previous response.

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It was a relief to arrive in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. It was quite a contrast to Sudan. The area near the airport is quite wealthy, and there were all sorts of well-stocked shops (including lots of liquor shops). About half the people outside were women, in western style clothing – and barely a headscarf in sight.

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I set off before dawn to finish my crossing of the Sahara, cycling into Khartoum. I did not then know that the military would overthrow the government, flights would be cancelled and I would end up trapped in Khartoum!

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I rode through Abu Simbel to the ferry “port”. 5 buses and lots of pedestrians embarked after me and we were soon making our way across Lake Nasser, a 500km long reservoir formed by the High Nile Dam in Aswan.

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My police escort was parked outside the hotel and ready to go when I was. And so off we went together, crossing back over the Nile and continuing south.

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Managed to get out of Sudan! I’m in Ethiopia now. Will have some blog posts up in the next few days

Just letting folks know I’m fine! Communication networks have been down in Sudan today. I might only have wifi for a brief time so just posting this quickly. Flights have been cancelled so I’ll be staying in Sudan for a little longer