| Best day | Entering New Sudan (SPLM A controled South of Sudan) and the Anglophone East of Africa, leaving behind my Pidgin French. |
| Worst/ hardest day | Leaving the remote desert at 12. September 2001 in Tamanrasset, Algeria and realize that the foundation of the Western world has been shaken and we just left our "old" life behind. |
| Favourite place | Sahara - the real vastness. Ounianga Sehir, Wadi Doum ;-), Zakouma NP (Chad), Dzanga Sangha NP (CAR), Omo Region (Ethiopia), Kaokoveld (Namibia), Lalibella at Christmas, Sanganeb (Sudan), Shoprite (S. A.) |
| Biggest headache | Will CAR to South of Sudan & Uganda work, or is it just a 2000 km bycicle trail? (Don't want to drive a 5000 km detour.) |
| Wish I hadn't | Got the message that the mission in Bangassou, CAR was raided by Congoles 'rebels' the night after we stayed there and enjoyed the great hospitality of the American missionaries. |
| Most pleasant surprise | Pretty postcard style Himba girl with naked son shopping in a flash European like Namibian supermarket (and Boerwurst purchased by the meter). |
| Any illness | Driver none, Navigator various. Now we know, that even non aguish diarrhoea can be serious: Giardia. |
| Other trips planned | South America - or should we first go to Mongolia? |
| One overlanding tip | Don't take "... is not possible ..." too seriously. Just do your own thing. |
| Type of Vehicle | Toyota Landcruiser BJ 75 |
| Age/ mileage on departure | 13 years 235.000 km |
| Modifications | 360 l long range fuel tank, compressor, spare battery & solar panel, fridge, winch, immobilizer, doors with padlocks, water tank & ceramic filter, roof rack, oil cooler, complete drive train overhaul, Ironman HD Suspension and bushes were supposed to be A |
| Most useful accessory | Good compressor. Tubeless tyres. Engle Fridge. |
| Mods you wish you'd done | Pop-up roof, fitted Michelin tyres & serious HD suspension - in the end we had a mix of Original Toyota, Cameroon logging company donated, 'Noble Tanzania', South African, Ethiopian and Sudanese afermarket. Go for the real Australian. |
| Tyres used | BF Goodrich 235 85 16 MT AT (ended as tailor made sandals & even the shoemaker complained) |
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