Author Archives: willy
October 11 and 12 – day 112 and 113
Thursday 11 and Friday 12 october Today is a day of working on the Ford, probably tomorrow also. This is because of the broken fusee yesterday, Dirk wants to check all the wheels, and change also the right fusee. The … Continue reading
October 8th – day 109
Monday 8 october In the morning the sleeping matras is flat again, that’s a mission for in the afternoon! The promised shower is not working, a bucket of hot water will do. Today we have to drive about 200km’s , … Continue reading
October 7th- day 108
Sunday 7 october The sleepingbed, with no hole in it yesterday eve, was flat again this morning, damn… Even though was a nice quite night. After breakfast we putted the tents down, Inge suddenly sees a piece of wood jumping… … Continue reading
27 september – day 98
After a warm night (more than 1 blanket and with clothes on) we started packing our gear together, and we were of towards the coast. Because of the 360 kilometre drive we decided to do the trip in 2 days, … Continue reading
26 september – day 97
After a very cold night everybody has a warm shower at 09:00 we have a nice breakfast again prepared by Trudy, after al a very nice place to stay. Dirk does some maintenance to the tford and after that its … Continue reading
September 12 – day 83
We woke up early in Liasamis, after a quick check, Dirk discovers that the stirring rod has broken for the third time! We find a welder and reinforce it with an extra piece of metal, now it must hold. It … Continue reading
September 11 – day 82
Again a day of driving through the dust over rambling roads, we drove from Marsabit to Laisallas, which is small town in the middle of Kenia. Underway we have met two Geman adventurers. One on a 24 years old BMW … Continue reading
August 9 – day 49
Waidi Halfa – Wawa 230 km The cars are on the boat, but on one side loaded with big packets. Dirk, Ben and our guide Ghalid remove this and step by step the landrover and the T-Ford get savely of … Continue reading
August 8 – day 48
Waidi Halfa A day of waiting. When will the boat with the cars arrive? They left on Sundaynight and should arrive 48 hours later, but… we have to wait. In the afternoon we heared the cars arrived, so we can … Continue reading
August 7 – day 47
Aankomst in Waidi Halfa (Sudan) We arrived after 24 hours on the boat in Waidi Halfa ( Sudan). With our fixer we pass quickly the douane. In an old landrover we cross through the desert to our hotel. On a … Continue reading
