I gotta wonder how much this would cost
I'm guessing about three or four octillion Zimbabwe dollars.
How much is that in Schrutebucks?
I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
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Re: I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
I will agree the media like to blow a lot of things out of proportion. But you can not deny Africa has some serious problems that outsiders just aren't exposed to in any form daily. I'm glad you had a positive experience, but downplaying things has the opposite effect.
With your methid of thinking the US should never be visited because of Detroit, Baltimore and Chicago.
Those are practically African colonies.
Re: I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
#43This is reminds of a story of friends of mine from South Africa. They took the kids out of school to travel all the way up Africa and into Europ and back down for a year. They got robbed three times. Two times in France and once in Spain...
Ha! I've travelled to remote parts of South America, Africa, Asia, and the only times I ever experienced getting robbed or deeply fearing for my safety was in Barcelona and Philly.
Just to add anecdotal evidence, I have travelled a lot in Spain and never felt unsafe nor been robbed.
Re: I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Camping up top. Google landrover camping.
Camping in Africa sounds amazing, right up until there's a hyena sniffing around the other side of the tent canvas. Then it's not so much fun any more.
You've missed their meaning.
https://www.drivesouthafrica.co.za/images/home/slides/landy-...
Re: I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
An old truck is a vastly more practical vehicle in Africa than a landrover - LRs need a lot of maintenance, whereas trucks generally just keep going. The only major mechanical issue they had was caused by dirty diesel, and if they'd had some sort of pre-filtration setup they could have probably avoided this. Their major issues were simply down to the weight of the vehicle and poor route selection.
> An old truck is a vastly more practical vehicle in Africa than a landrover - LRs need a lot of maintenance, whereas trucks generally just keep going. This sounds like received wisdom. Is there any evidence to support it? Why would one believe that a land rover's engine requires more maintenance than the average engine found in all the aggregate "old trucks"?
While I agree that more evidence on the claim that LRs are needy, the truck they bought wasn't an average one.
Re: I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
#46Is this the 21st century equivalent of big game hunting? Driving around africa in a truck for 19 months isn't exactly environmentally friendly. How many miles to the gallon do those things do?
Neither is taking a plane somewhere.
Re: I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I will agree the media like to blow a lot of things out of proportion. But you can not deny Africa has some serious problems that outsiders just aren't exposed to in any form daily. I'm glad you had a positive experience, but downplaying things has the opposite effect.
With your methid of thinking the US should never be visited because of Detroit, Baltimore and Chicago.
Last time I ran the numbers, 70s Detroit was more dangerous than 70s Belfast, despite the ongoing low intensity civil war and frequent bombings of Belfast.
Re: I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
#48I envy this sense of adventure, but a lot of Africa is such a volatile place. The countries there are consistently in the top 20 most dangerous places to visit, and placed on do not go lists. Definitely takes a special person to deal with all of that, on top of all of the obstacles they ran into. Looks like they could have avoided most of the transportation issues, by investing in a true land rover type vehicle, inst…
A much safer alternative would be circumnavigating Australia. By land via Highway 1 (the world's longest continuous road at 15,000 km). Or by sea in a luxury super yacht ;) https://www.roadscholar.org/find-an-adventure/21421/circumna...
Australia road trip has been on my list of a loooong time. When school is paid off in a year, it's going to the top.
Re: I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
#49This is reminds of a story of friends of mine from South Africa. They took the kids out of school to travel all the way up Africa and into Europ and back down for a year. They got robbed three times. Two times in France and once in Spain...
Ha! I've travelled to remote parts of South America, Africa, Asia, and the only times I ever experienced getting robbed or deeply fearing for my safety was in Barcelona and Philly.
Barcelona really? I am from Barcelona but never thought people are scared to be in Barcelona. I heard people get robbed in Las Ramblas years back but now its quite safe. You will never get mugged in Barcelona according to my experience.
Re: I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
#50Looks like a horrible experience