We've been promised that our boat is landing tonight and that we can get the car out tomorrow. Obviously we remain braced for yet another kick in the balls but this is feeling pretty positive! All the paper work done yesterday - we'd originally been told a 5 minute job....7 hours later, with the boss lady working for us directly and putting a rush on things with customs we were done. And somehow grateful despite the never before mentioned £500 fee for the privilege! (Yet another balls up from Grimaldi who when asked the direct question "are you sure we don't have to pay anything on top at the other end to get the car out" replied "no, no....if anything maybe like a tenner port tax or something, but definitely nothing more than 50 quid" Morons!)
Otherwise, a positive day here. It sounds like both Alfie and Rodders are broken, but they have now rendez-vous'ed with Jez so things will perk up there. By all accounts Jeremy steered clear of the prostitutes sharing his bus out of Kinshasa, despite the bus driver's best intentions, so retains a clean bill of health.
We've found a spare wheel bearing, which puts our mind at rest as Africa eats them, and even some off cuts of foam to prop up our left butt cheeks where there is a void in chopper's current padding arrangement.
Keep all fingers, toes and other body parts crossed for us in the morning...with a bit of luck this will be the last post (at least from Will and me) for a few days as the fun really begins...driving dusk till dawn for a week to try and make up time!
(apols for the lack of photos in the last few posts....do a google image search for Libreville and Port Owendo. That should pretty much cover it)
Otherwise, a positive day here. It sounds like both Alfie and Rodders are broken, but they have now rendez-vous'ed with Jez so things will perk up there. By all accounts Jeremy steered clear of the prostitutes sharing his bus out of Kinshasa, despite the bus driver's best intentions, so retains a clean bill of health.
We've found a spare wheel bearing, which puts our mind at rest as Africa eats them, and even some off cuts of foam to prop up our left butt cheeks where there is a void in chopper's current padding arrangement.
Keep all fingers, toes and other body parts crossed for us in the morning...with a bit of luck this will be the last post (at least from Will and me) for a few days as the fun really begins...driving dusk till dawn for a week to try and make up time!
(apols for the lack of photos in the last few posts....do a google image search for Libreville and Port Owendo. That should pretty much cover it)
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