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Gas prices - does it matter?

Does the price of gas ever affect anyone's travel route? I mean, does someone traveling through Africa really have a choice in the matter?

When you need gas, you pay whatever it costs. You all would move from Europe if it really mattered, so what's it matter what it is in Tanzania at the time your sitting in Kenya? Deciding to head for Zambia or not, based on what it costs?

It seems trying to have a forum on this site for gas prices - which are constantly changing, and as a consequence, forever out of date, is pointless, and very anal.

Follow the price of crude oil, and you'll have an idea of what gas prices are going to be. About the best thing you can do is find out whether to fill your tank before crossing the border, or wait until after you cross.
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I agree totally.

Why would fuel price make a difference, sure it can hurt a bit, but in the end, it is only a small part of the travel and adds to the experience as a whole.

When I went around Oz last year I paid minimum of $1.05 per litre and that was in December after the crude level per barrel dropped a heap. This was only for the last 2 weeks of my trip. The other 3.5 months I was paying on average $1.50 or so and the max was $2.18 per litre.

Did I stop and go home, no, I just filled up and kept riding

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I am sure it helps, people can get a rough idea when working out a budget for a trip, An American guy I met a few years ago at the TT and kept in touch with. had to cut short his proposed European tour due to the petrol(gas) prices which he never knew were so high, perhaps had he known beforehand he would not have chosen a Laverda Jota as his mode of transport.

I find not not only interesting about fuel prices, but hotel/doss house/campsite prices. And we can all appreciate fuel prices are forever changing.
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This guy might tell you something about the price of gas in Buenos Aires but hes too busy with his alien mind control helmet to care !!

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Obviously someone had to be under an altered state to let someone take a picture like that. Or perhaps this is proof that the alien mind control helmet wasn't working.

Hey Ted:
what's the deal with that metal mule case your looking for? Feel the need to trash some more gear?
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Obviously someone had to be under an altered state to let someone take a picture like that. Or perhaps this is proof that the alien mind control helmet wasn't working.

Hey Ted:
what's the deal with that metal mule case your looking for? Feel the need to trash some more gear?
heh heh !!

Well... One of them is so badly bent and smashed its beyond repair. After spending so much on them, the good one needs a friend !

I'm not happy unless i'm crashing, you know that

Hows Africa treating you ? Glad you went for it ?
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