Day 34: Kerma – Merowe Pyramids

What a great start to the day, rising at about half six to a gorgeous morning after a good night’s sleep. Riding back through the dust bowl off road is easier for everyone and good fun, and then we blast off towards Atbara. Stopping after 500m for fuel! After that, it’s plane sailing. There’s one road to follow, and we’re heading through desert mainly. It’s exciting as we don’t get this at home, but boring because it’s desert! Half way, we stop  at Karima for fuel and to look at the maps a little. Fueled, there looks like two roads to Merowe, one definitely paved, and one perhaps unpaved. Rob is in a bit of a huff during the conversation, not being very open. We look at the options, I’d like to take the unpaved, he the paved, but we agree to decide when we hit the fork. I head off first, followed by Rob and then Rob Roy. Out of the petrol station we have to take a right towards the main road out. I take the right and check my mirrors. Rob, has gone straight on? Rob Roy stops at the junction. What’s Rob doing!? I spin around, talk with Rob Roy, we’re def going the right way, I head to see if Rob has stopped the other side of the junction, he hasn’t, he’s gone. Exactly like in Egypt. I’m not going to spend half an hour looking/waiting for him, he could’ve let us know what he wanted to do. It’s OK, we’ll have to have a chat about it though. We wait five minutes, I go and look, no sign, we head off. Around the corner, we bump into the other group in the 4x4s by some pretty cool pyramids. Sweet. A few quick pics and we head off, still no sign of Rob. Oh well, Rob Roy and I have a great days ride through the desert, rode through a sandstorm at one point, made it out the other side and caught up with the two 4x4s again. And Rob is at the camp too, so all’s OK and it’s been a good fun day.

Hopefully Khartoum tomorrow....