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In the lounge in Amman now post Khartoum. The process was rather easy for my one and night stay (aside from the visa beforehand). Khartoum is about average for African cities. Meroe in the north makes a lovely and very safe day trip. I ate some nice goat and chicken for dinner and was back at the airport this am. No problems at all though it helped to have printed itineraries beforehand.
The Germany Guesthouse was also excellent with pickup to/from KRT as well as sorting my day trip.
US bound now for the 14 hour AMM-ORD flight.