Since we had broken The Rules and traveled south, we figured we had better make it worth it. Therefore, Pokémon season was declared on our remaining necessary visas. And the gameplan was to get the Ethiopian and Egyptian badges to gain entry to the Sudanese gym.
At the Ethiopian embassy, we met a couple on the tail end of their automotive circumnavigation of Africa. They were applying for the same set of visas as us; with their end goal being France via the same Cairene route.
They had been through Sudan already, and we had been through the Kenyan desert. We eagerly exchanged advice and anecdotes. And boosted each other’s morale when told our stamps wouldn’t be ready until the afternoon.
Always dedicate at least a full day to getting a visa.
$70 later, Faulkner and I were preparing to return northward. Our friends had clued us into the fact you can’t purchase Sudanese or Egyptian visas in Nairobi.
