okay Carlene - here's the overdue update!
Last week we bought a great Toyota Land cruiser. It's '93, 4.2 diesel and has got lots of useful accessories like a roof rack, a snorkel, bull bars, a deep cycle battery, drawers in the back, diff-locks and other technical things! (Learning fast here!) Will send a picture soon. Today after a second viewing, we agreed to buy a trailer. It's also nearly as old - but has stuff like improved suspension - leaf and gas shock absorbers, and the wheel width is the same as the car - helpful in avoiding potholes! Next thing is the 4x4 course that we'll try and do. I'm only just beginning to get to a place of wanting to do it, and feeling excited about the coming 10 months! Asher and Ajay will spend a day with a mechanic early this week replacing and adding more accessories. And then - all we need to do is get the 'carnet de passage' for the car and the trailer, (vehicle passport paperwork) - around 10 days or so. It's been intense few weeks, again. Now we've worked out why most people take a year or two to organise a trip of this nature!
We've met LOADS of people. It took three hours for our sa bank to release a cheque for the car, sabotaging our family trip to Robbyn Island off Cape Town. I forgot how frustrating a new country can be. We didn't realise there is a 1% charge for all cash taken out of the bank or that it was the Thank goodness for Guy and Belinda's lovely refuge - thanks guys!
We've been marking time, anxious to get on - trying to enjoy the enforced rest. Not too much to say! We'll try and do a test run for a few days, while waiting for the paper work to come through this week.
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