Juba | South Sudan

The Nile in Juba

Between Juba & Nimule | South Sudan

On the way to Nimule, close to the border with Uganda, the vernacular tradition of South Sudanese huts.

Konyokonyo, Juba | South Sudan

Even in abject poverty, the colors of a city can seduce one. This is in Konyokonyo, Juba’s main market.

Bujumbura | Burundi

….. | Burundi

This is the spring from which the Nile first flows. It is considered the most southern source of the Nile from the Mediterranean. Laughable isn’t it? It was made into this fountain pool by a World Bank development project last year. Imagine, hundreds of people lost their lives trying to explore that source. It is a good reminder of human folly.

Ras El-Barr | Egypt

The water of the River Nile pushes it way into the Mediterranean. See the clear line, almost 3 miles into the sea before it supposedly mixes or dissolves.

Lake Tanganyika | Burundi

The search for the source of the Nile was a futile exercise for a couple of centuries. Every time an explorer discovered one, another explorer a decade later or so would discover yet another source and claim it to be the real and authentic source. But logic dictates that the Nile has hundreds if not thousand of sources. So the search was really always for the most distant source from the Mediterranean. The idea that Lake Victoria was the source of the Nile was proclaimed by the British explorer John Hanning Speke in 1858 in the campaign led by Sir Richard Burton, as if Lake Tana which provides much of its water was insignificant. However, maps produced by the Ptolemic dynasty of Ancient Egypt and by several Medieval Arab geographers and travelers clearly indicate knowledge of several lakes up the Nile, including a large one, which they considered as or near the Nile’s origin.

Ras EL-Barr | Egypt

Ras Al- Bar: An amazingly organised and well maintained city by Egyptian standards. It is empty in the winter despite gorgeous weather.

Merewe | Sudan

Part of the trip path in Sudan

In the same temple, a column that is different from the rest

Elephant greet us at the entrance of the Meroe Temple

Jebel Barkal | Sudan

A panorama taken at the historic site near Jebel Barkal