not an update as normal.
This is a comment on our star. the key player without which we would be in major trouble. she has had us doing some walking. its proper slow.
She is small, a bit odd shaped and curvy in funny places but she has been amazing.
noooo, its not Ciara. or Julia. come on guys imagination please.
she has been overloaded with the toughest jobs and a lot of stuff. we broke her cigarette lighter. she has been smashed through sand, her bum is clean due to the sand scrub its had. she has been invaded by monkeys (really, no kiddin).
NOOOO honestly i'm not talkin about either Ciara or Julia. come on...
She is of course, Ravlon. and she's awesome. will be proper sad to leave her behind. Think she'd fit in in SF...
Her first and reverse gears have been ragged about. The front plastic sump guard has been pushed inside out.The exhaust is half the size it was in circumference. she is dusty and has been effectively like that for over a week. her rear diff is hurting and the dust and sand has made everything that little bit less functional.
Today though, she boosted over 700km and smashed the 2000 mark total for our trip. She has made hair dressers around the world more proud of their vehicle. She has stuck two fingers up to the Toyota exec who wanted a 4*4 for women to drive around town.
Admittedly, she needs a wash, but then so do we all.
and on mechanics...
We took her to Toyota, Maun. Babusi (service admin guy) was sound as. A
mechanic fixed our lighter/power source. no charge. He rang around
southern Africa and local dealers for parts. at 530pm on Friday we pitch up again and he sorts out contacts in Swakopmund down the line.
They are used to travellers of course. but he was class, the most chilled dude in the world. He also introduced James and I to Question. You will learn more of him later.
John
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