Yearly Archives: till 28 July 2012
July 28 – day 37
Saturday 28 july Today we have to drive 230 kilometers through the desert of Sinaï.We start at 6.15. At 7.00 we have to stop at a checkpoint and we have to wait for protection by the police. We put the … Continue reading
July 27 – day 36
Friday 27 juli Glad and happy we drive to the south through the Sinaï desert.Wonderful, what a different landscape and beautiful colors. But the heat is too much for the Model-T.She get overheated and she has to stop and to … Continue reading
July 26 – day 35
Donderdag 26 juli The day of the truth, do we skip Egypt or are we going into Egypt? We make several phone calls to the automobile club, the headquarters of the customs, the Dutch embassy and even the minister of … Continue reading
july 25 – day 34
This morning Dirk and Mohammed, our guide, went to the harbor to get the right stamps on the car papers. We tried to mobilise as much people as we can: the ANWB (dutch organisation) the ADAC (german organisation), the Egypt … Continue reading
july 24 – day 33
The day of patience, waiting and not succeeding Today we’ll leave Akaba by ferry to Nuweiba (Egypt). The first ferry is full, so we’ve wait three hours till the next ferry arrived. Another three hours later thousands of man in … Continue reading
July 23 – day 32
After we are awake, we directly go to the swimming poole and have some auqajogging lesons from our personal trainer. We drive the 50 kilometres to the border and after one hour we get out of Israël.For the passing of … Continue reading
July 22 – day 31
In Be’er Sheva they put a new window in the landrover. Trudy and Dirk drive the model-T to Eilat. We meet each other on the highway and about 50 kilometres before Eilat we find a appartement in the Kibbutz Lotan, … Continue reading
July 21 – day 30
It is very special to drive through the Neveb desert. The Model-T goes very easy up and down the hills. One time we have to stop, because the breaks do get too hot. After a checkpoint a military jeep follows … Continue reading
July 20 – day 29
Vrijdag 20 juli Tonight someone has broken the window of the Land rover and stole the sunglasses and the drive back window. It took some time to arrange a new window for the land rover. We will pick this up … Continue reading
July 19 – day 28
Donderdag 19 juli The main thing today is to get the cars from the Ferry and to pass the customs. This takes about 5 hours. There is a problem with the land rover, he can’t get start, his battery is … Continue reading