Blog: Travelling from Sth Africa to Europe in a PUMA

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Originally Posted by Xtreme

Spoke to a couple a few weeks ago who had just taken 12 months to travel the entire African west coast in a 300Tdi - amazing stories.
They are now travelling Oz until about April 2013 so keep an eye out for them and say G'day if you spot them.

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Got a website (or blog) for them?

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Originally Posted by jakeslouw

They took the easy route. The left hand side is a LITTLE more tricky ! :o

Also they went in autumn and winter: less rain on the east coast.

But I reckon those were clever choices.

Some mad Hollanders did the same route, but in reverse, in a 1969 VW Kombi last year for the Soccer World Cup..... die kaaskoppe is mal!

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I did the left and right "sides" in a series 2 in 1980s , and I agree the left side was trickier especially in Cameron, Congo and Zaire as it was then with dodgy roads for a thousand or two kilometers, sometime 10 k a day was possible.
Lost most of my photos but here is a couple
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-ch...series-2a.html

and here: http://avtokosmos.ru/forum/showthread.php't=1283

I envy them very much. I hope to drive across Russia one day

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Originally Posted by spudboy

Got a website (or blog) for them?

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Have a look here:
The odyssey continues

Unfortunately it appears that they have changed their plans and are leaving Oz for Argentina quite soon.

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Originally Posted by spudboy

Got a website (or blog) for them?

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Have a look here:
The odyssey continues

Unfortunately it appears that they have changed their plans and are leaving Oz for Argentina quite soon.

OOps - double post somehow - Mods delete please

Hey Roger - thanks for that link!

They were not very far away (down in the Grampians) so I contacted them and they came across to Adelaide for 3 days and stayed with us.

Epic travellers - they have been going for 3 years, and plan for another 3 years. A nice couple and was good to meet them.

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Originally Posted by spudboy

Hey Roger - thanks for that link!

They were not very far away (down in the Grampians) so I contacted them and they came across to Adelaide for 3 days and stayed with us.

Epic travellers - they have been going for 3 years, and plan for another 3 years. A nice couple and was good to meet them.

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I read somewhere that you'd met up with them and looked after them.

I agree with you - it's always great to meet up with and share travel stories/experiences with real adventurers. I vaguely recall that you also hosted Robert and Martine (aka kookynet) a few years back, correct? They were also a nice nomadic couple who we still keep in contact with and continue to use some of their excellent cooking tips and recipes.

Got to say what a great experiance; there will be memories to last a lifetime. When you said it cost $40,000 thousand, was that the cost of the truck or the cost of the trip? The 110 looked great and well kitted out .

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Originally Posted by Xtreme

Spoke to a couple a few weeks ago who had just taken 12 months to travel the entire African west coast in a 300Tdi - amazing stories.
They are now travelling Oz until about April 2013 so keep an eye out for them and say G'day if you spot them.

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I ran into Jayne and David just north of Canberra in October last year:


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/


I just got a message from them to say that they're in Mexico heading to the US and Canada and Alaska before heading back to the UK. Wow!

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Originally Posted by Xtreme

... I vaguely recall that you also hosted Robert and Martine (aka kookynet) a few years back, correct? ....

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Yes - they came and spent a few days at the Farm, and they also stayed for Xmas. They are still travelling, but not in a Defender any more. They have a Canter (?) medium truck with a caravan bolted onto the tray! Not nearly as elegant as the Defender, but a lot more living space.