The first and overwhelming impression of Sudan is its physical vastness…
-Sudan: A Country Study, Library of Congress, written for the Department of the Army
Soldier, better bring extra jerrycans of gas. Unless you decide to invade by camel, in which case you might talk KhairAllah out of retirement to be your Khabīr. You’ll have many miles to cover between Adhān al-Himār and Um Dubbān, Donkey Ear and Mother of Flies. It took us days, even without stopping between those two villages to graze our herd and make our tea.