Afrika SelatanCape Point Lighthouse34°21’24” S 18°29’48” E
12 Januari 2020, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Afrika SelatanFranschhoek33°55’33” S 19°7’10” E
13 Januari 2020, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Afrika SelatanPaardeneiland33°55’8” S 18°27’44” E 14 Januari 2020, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Sitting, waiting (and sleeping) inside SACD's huge cargo hall while my car is beeing administratively processed by local customs. The container arrived in 11th but my carnet de passages arrived justBaca lagi
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Tyre deflation in order to fit the fully packed J12 with its 2.26 m into a 20" container of 2.30 m inner height :D
Afrika SelatanPaardeneiland33°55’6” S 18°27’48” E
Afrika SelatanSoutrivier33°54’57” S 18°27’57” E 17 Januari 2020, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
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Left the car yesterday for window tinting and diesel injector checking. Both is quite affordable here and the latter even conducted through a Bosch Diesel Service with superb staff! TodayBaca lagi
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Strolling around in despair through Paarden Island at least discloses well-sorted marine shops, car garages, camping equipment and electronic hardware stores with super-helpful people, many smiles and hidden gems like this one :)
Afrika SelatanCape Town33°55’30” S 18°25’27” E 20 Januari 2020, Afrika Selatan ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Toyota around here does not have the spare ignition lock barrel rod. The whole assembly unit has to be ordered from Japan which will take 2-3 weeks. After a whole day of phoning, googling and havingBaca lagi
PengembaraOh dear.... thats bad luck at the beginning... if someone makes the best of it, its you! :) Give Daniel a hug and a beer from me :)
Afrika SelatanMontague Gardens33°51’58” S 18°30’31” E 21 Januari 2020, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Toyota's D-4D 3.0 L diesel engine (173 hp) seems to be in good condition. We can professionally start it with a screwdriver and I am proud of my Polish roots :-D
They did compression and injectorBaca lagi
… to all appearances the full story bears traces of extraordinary recreational activities for normal guys 😊 … Good luck! Ingo Scholz
"Ist man in kleinen Dingen nicht geduldig,bringt man die großen Vorhaben zum Scheitern" (Konfuzius)
How lucky you are,that this problem with your car hasn't happened inside of Kalahari!Good luck und have a fun.Anna Koput
Afrika SelatanMilnerton Lagoon33°53’30” S 18°29’30” E
23 Januari 2020, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Afrika SelatanMilnerton Lagoon33°53’28” S 18°29’32” E
24 Januari 2020, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We fetch the the car with fixed ignition lock assembly, secondary 8-micron diesel filter and even find a well-built awning from Tentco for very little money. In front of our home base we test theBaca lagi
Enjoy your pizza and your party! – we`ll have Haggis tonight, it`s Burns Night in Ingo`s Inn …
Michi, derHahaha, I celebrated Burns with a tin of premium Haggis and 10 yo Talisker near Springbok :-D
You have managed this problem with your car really excelently, have a lot of fun with it.Many greetings.Anna
Afrika SelatanKlein Kook River28°10’30” S 17°9’36” E
26 Januari 2020, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
No, in South Africa you will not find any satisfying orange juice. Go to South America for that. We start in the morning of 25th, quickly buy a small 15 litre Italian-made fridge freezer and directlyBaca lagi
