In Volume 3, join Erasmus on a memorable three-month long passage down the Red Sea during the run-up to the 1st Gulf War. Share the wonders of Egyptian antiquity, the dizzying bureaucracy of Port Sudan, an enforced stay on a Yemeni Island and an American Christmas in Djibouti. A boisterous sail down the east coast of Africa takes them to a safe anchorage in Kenya, where Erasmus waits patiently while David and Helga spend a fascinating year in Khartoum, topping up the cruising kitty. David works for the World Food Program and CARE, while Helga teaches at the American International School.
Whirling dervishes, Nuba wrestling, international friendships, sandstorms, Sudanese weddings… an exotic mix in the midst of unimaginable hardship for the Sudanese people under the dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir. Illustrated with charts and photographs.