more photos from karima:
one of two pyramids sites a few hundred meters away from the mountain.
looking down on the pyramids as the sun rises.
sort of a random picture, but these birds were amazing as they road the drafts
karima hugs a bend in the nile. it's a little dark, but on right-most side are the date palms.
jebel barkal, a holy mountain right outside karima.
i only spent a few days in karima. i wish it had been a few weeks.
karima is a small town about six hours north of khartoum by air-conditioned coach. it sits at a bend in the nile, whose waters are drawn to the roots of thousands of date palms by shallow canals and noisy pumps.
in the few days i was there, i did backstrokes in the nile, climbed a plateau that overlooks a set of pyramids while the sun rose, read poetry aloud while drinking pimms and fell asleep under a sky so full of stars there wasn't room for any more.
walking the dusty streets of karima.
