Comments on: Hard Days in the Sahara http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/04/hard-days-in-the-sahara/ Adventure cycling since 2007 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: fageer http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/04/hard-days-in-the-sahara/#comment-1003 fageer Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:05:36 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=624#comment-1003 poor hungry childern in live adesert !!! white men poor hungry childern in live adesert !!! white men

]]> By: Jon Grail http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/04/hard-days-in-the-sahara/#comment-1002 Jon Grail Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:07:30 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=624#comment-1002 Wow indeed! Tom, it sounds brutal. Fair do's, well done for struggling on. Your blogs are fascinating, informative and captivating - pure escapism for me and the monotony of the day job you've escaped! Keep up the good work and I'll gladly buy you a pint on your return! A wiser man than me once said "The best way out is always through." Seems fitting, no!? Wow indeed! Tom, it sounds brutal. Fair do’s, well done for struggling on. Your blogs are fascinating, informative and captivating — pure escapism for me and the monotony of the day job you’ve escaped! Keep up the good work and I’ll gladly buy you a pint on your return!

A wiser man than me once said “The best way out is always through.” Seems fitting, no!?

]]> By: Liz Allen http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/04/hard-days-in-the-sahara/#comment-1001 Liz Allen Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:33:50 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=624#comment-1001 A harrowing account but one you survived to tell the tale very eloquently. Very best wishes for your onward journey - take care. A harrowing account but one you survived to tell the tale very eloquently. Very best wishes for your onward journey — take care.

]]> By: Tom Allen http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/04/hard-days-in-the-sahara/#comment-1000 Tom Allen Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:23:58 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=624#comment-1000 I think in Egypt the fact that the stretch from Cairo to Luxor is practically unvisited made a huge difference. People there simply don't see foreigners very often, if at all. I had no problems at all with children in Egypt. In Jordan the problem with the kids was more to do with prejudice and boredom, rather than this stretch of road in Sudan, where it was clearly poverty, harsh living conditions and a lack of ambition to change their own circumstances. I don't suppose it was much, but they obviously get enough hand-outs from drivers to make begging worth continuing. I think in Egypt the fact that the stretch from Cairo to Luxor is practically unvisited made a huge difference. People there simply don’t see foreigners very often, if at all. I had no problems at all with children in Egypt.

In Jordan the problem with the kids was more to do with prejudice and boredom, rather than this stretch of road in Sudan, where it was clearly poverty, harsh living conditions and a lack of ambition to change their own circumstances. I don’t suppose it was much, but they obviously get enough hand-outs from drivers to make begging worth continuing.

]]> By: Fhar http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/04/hard-days-in-the-sahara/#comment-999 Fhar Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:43:43 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=624#comment-999 Wow, Tom, that's a bummer of a story (but well-told). Truthfully, it reflects much of my experience in Egypt, and I have to say I was somewhat surprised to hear that you had such good experiences traveling along the Nile in Egypt. Was this how it was in Jordan, too, or were there other reasons that kids there are such terrors? Wow, Tom, that’s a bummer of a story (but well-told). Truthfully, it reflects much of my experience in Egypt, and I have to say I was somewhat surprised to hear that you had such good experiences traveling along the Nile in Egypt. Was this how it was in Jordan, too, or were there other reasons that kids there are such terrors?

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