tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27654266.post115205484868265103..comments2023-12-29T19:50:34.395+02:00Comments on Gomoto Diaries: Horizons UnlimitedWeiershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05098300749932156027noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27654266.post-1152120629060736702006-07-05T19:30:00.000+02:002006-07-05T19:30:00.000+02:00Thank you again MichelleThat link looks like a rea...Thank you again Michelle<BR/><BR/>That link looks like a really great read. I will definitley read it tonight. (Before I dreamt of travelling through Africa on a Gomoto, I thought that I would like to do it in a Fiat Uno. So it has been a dream of mine for a long time. Fiat Uno's are now not being made anymore... (I guess ... neither are 1976 landys).<BR/><BR/>And yes... driving fast through Africa is not a good idea safety wise. I think you also miss out on what Africa really is like. I actually do not think that Africa is so much about the Serengeti as it is about the small villages and communities that a person encounters on the way.<BR/><BR/>Interesting, as I respond to you I think of so much a person could blog about. One of my lecturers in the masters programme at the University of Pietermaritzburg travelled through africa by using whatever public transport services were available to them. (I've experienced that once, travelling by bus between Nairobi, Kenya and Mwanza, Tanzania). His purpose was to collect oral histories and local wisdom.<BR/><BR/>There is so much to do in Africa. We live on the best continent of all.Weiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098300749932156027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27654266.post-1152120251913063692006-07-05T19:24:00.000+02:002006-07-05T19:24:00.000+02:00And then there's this guy, who did it in a 1975 VW...And then there's <A HREF="http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/features/0308vwt_1975_volkswagen_kombi/" REL="nofollow">this</A> guy, who did it in a 1975 VW bus.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669869159446275381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27654266.post-1152120094894690222006-07-05T19:21:00.000+02:002006-07-05T19:21:00.000+02:00Further along in the tale, one of those fancy vehi...Further along in the tale, one of those fancy vehicles DID go flying past Oliva - only to crash and kill 2 people and seriously injure 4 others 500m down the road... The Olivia drivers had to stop and help, then go find an ambulance/police at the next town. Unfortunately the authorities didn't even have vehicles, and they had to flag down a passing truck.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669869159446275381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27654266.post-1152119918846710612006-07-05T19:18:00.000+02:002006-07-05T19:18:00.000+02:00WOW! I'm inspired. I hope that one day my blog wil...WOW! I'm inspired. I hope that one day my blog will have interesting content like that! <BR/><BR/>It is interesting that Olivia is a 1976 Landy. So most people with their new 2006 Toyota Land Cruisers who go flying past you on the newly built high-way in Tanzania, will probably also look at you and say. Damn! Why did we spend so much money! Look how happy she looks. (Even thought the kid might be bored out of his mind without a playstation hehe)Weiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098300749932156027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27654266.post-1152119457636129182006-07-05T19:10:00.000+02:002006-07-05T19:10:00.000+02:00Reminds me of this (from the travels of Olivia the...Reminds me of this (from the travels of Olivia the Landy):<BR/><BR/>"We spent a few extra days in Gondar, doing what we could (mainly information gathering) toassist with Alan’s stranded Landy. There we met one of the kings of low-budget over-landing: an Irishman on a 250cc Yamaha street bike patched with fibreglass and duct tape, who didn’t think he’d make it past Turkey, but since he had, he thought he may as well continue to SA, where he’d heard the surfing was great (a skill he wished to learn). True to Irish form, he carried theworkshop manual for another bike – his main aim for the trip was to learn about mechanics thehands-on way – and was unaware that Africa had such a large desert until he disembarked theferry at Wadi Halfa and there was not a hint of tar. In Bahir Dar we met an equally determined German couple travelling from Cape Town in a clapped-out and patched up 230 Mercedes sedanwith a boot full of stuff, cooking and sleeping in the car all the way. A humiliating lesson abouthow little kit one actually needs to traverse the Dark Continent – out-door accessory shops just have a good marketing ploy that has caught most of us hook, winch and sinker. (Ian, there’s hope for you getting to Cairo in the Pink Peril yet). Determination, persistence and a sense of humour are all that is really required (OK, and some money too). "Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669869159446275381noreply@blogger.com