Stranded in Aswan

On day 33 of the expedition we received the news that we had been dreading. The notorious Aswan to Wadi halfa ferry has been cancelled- at no notice- and for apparently no reason- or rather several hundred different reasons. This is currently the only way to cross from Egypt to Sudan as all land borders are currently militarized zones and the Egyptian army refuses passage. This leaves us in a huge quandry as we have now been stuck in the city of Aswan for three days with no hope of moving on until at least 20th September. The team, despite being extremely disappointed have worked very hard to exhaust every possible avenue- we have tried to convince local sailors to take us over the border, met with the chief of the Port Authority as well as the regional governor but the story is different every time- the water is too high; the water is too low; there are no boats; the boats are broken; we need an Egyptian crew; we need a Sudanese crew and so it goes on. The Egyptians have so far proved to be entirely unreliable, dishonest and unhelpful not to mention being interested only in how they can deprive us of our money. This unfortunately puts us in the unfavourable position of having to seek out the right people to charter a whole ferry for ourselves but even if this is possible (Ramadan has put a halt to pretty much all work) it will come at an exhorbitant cost of something in the region of £2000! At the moment all we can do is wait and see if we can get the offer of a boat but in the meantime we would beseech anyone who would like to help to please make a donation using the details on the website. We would really appreciate your help!