Yes!!!
A minibus has also been in my thoughts ... seen a few Merc's on the market at reasonable prices and again I have buyers in CI taking them off me as a Ghanaian type 'Benz bus'.
Gil, don't know if you've been to CI, but all over they have Mazda minibuses, never seen them in Europe (never looked) very square looking things very sturdy but with leaf springs (know that as one I was in managed to stuff its springs a few k's from the destination). Do you know what I mean - they're 22 seaters in CI. Don't think I've seen them in Ghana as tro-tro's ...
Still not sure when I'd be going down, ideally April, depends on a few signatures first for work.
Would a Nissan etc be sturdy enough to do it? Mechanics easy enough for Africa, I don't want 'electrics' to cause problems ... as ideally this would be my 'first' vehicle down there. The contract will mean my return to Europe and another purchase with more money the second time around so 'the vehicle' has to 'do' me for a few months & be re-saleable!
There would be 3 of us taking it down at this stage, but only me able to drive (the third is my 13yr old goddaughter currently in Australia who's begging to go back through Africa with me!!!). Having a minibus or LWB 'something' would help as I'd offer a seat or two to other travellers to cut down on costs ...
Kira
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