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Wolf CASSPIR in the background. Technology has now been bought by the Yanks for use against IEDs and LandMines.



Another shot of the CASSPIR

Regarding travelling in Africa:

Mozambique is gearing up to be an awesome tourist destination, with the second-longest coastline on the African continent. Language is Portuguese, but the English penetration is increasing as the Saffers move north for holidays. Some of the national parks are being restored & restocked in collaboration with SA Nat Parks. We also now have a cross-border park between SA and Moz: the Kruger National Park, with the Parque Nacional do Limpopo, and Gonarhezou National Park form part of the Great Limpopo Tranfrontier Park, a cross-border conservation initiative between Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique.

Malawi is amazing and easily accessible from Moz.

Zim is starting to open up again, as the locals realise that politics doesn't feed them. Some robbery and extortion has been experienced, so be aware (like in all places in Africa).

Botswana is becoming a tourist trap, and is getting VERY expensive for us Saffers. At the current exchange rate between the Pula and the OZ$, you guys won't have any worries. Still the best place south of the Serengeti.

Namibia is under-rated, and there are hundreds of kms of desert roads to drive around on, as well as Atlantic coastal dunes.

Swaziland is OK, but not too much to write about. <ducking>

Lesotho offers some of the highest and roughest dirt-road mountain passes in Africa, including the notorious Baboon's Pass.

Come and visit, we'll have a barbie and some beer......and talk Landies.

Originally Posted by jakeslouw

Come and visit, we'll have a barbie and some beer......and talk Landies.

Agree with your observations BUT.....It better not be a barbie....it HAS TO BE a braai!!!

There are some significant differences!!

thanks very much BBC, yet again, for sharing the all your photos with us,

Mozambique seems like a nice country

Originally Posted by jakeslouw

BBC, I see the guys are using ex-SADF/SANDF CASSPIR APCs?

Jakeslouw,

Yes mate, the Casspirs and Mambas are still doing good work up here. Not too bad against ground based IEDs, land mines, and small arms fire.

I was earlier impressed with their capabilities when I was de-mining in Mozambique. Their capabilities certainly make a difference here.

If you scroll back on the thread you can see where the company I was previously working for did the procurement, delivery, and maintenance of them for the US Dept of State sponsorship of the AU Force as it took over from the Ethiopians in 2007 while the politics were happening that enabled the UN to come in and take over the support to AMISOM during 2009-10.

Cheers,

BBC

Dumela, BBC! Yes, let's call it a real Saffer BRAAI!

(on the Series 2 radiator grid.......)

40kgs of acacia thorn wood. A couple of slabs of Castle.

Your comment about the Yanks buying the Wolf anti-IED tecnology was interesting. Does that mean their Hummers etc are no good in that regard?

Mate what an excellent sequence of updates, love the scenery photos , lots of serenity there.
Good to hear the consultancy worked out.
I suppose you know that Shane has left the high desert, resigned and finished up on the 20/12. He is back here and is pursuing other opportunities. i haven;t caught up with him yet.
The rain has been a bit much, you would probably know that Kyogle went under again the other week, stayed that way for a couple of days.

stay healthy


john

ps interesting comments on the caspir, it looks exactly the same as the mamba's we had as transport in that other place, but nicer than the Reva.