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London To Cape Town
Hello every body, this trip will start from London and end in Cape Town and yes it will be over land, this trip will be open to every and any body willing to come and enjoy the road, the bush, the 4X4 experience and the need to explore.

So far it will be me (Peter-James Lennox) my wife (Nicolette Lennox). We will be travelling in a Toyota Hilux HL3 3.0D Invincible Double Cab Pickup we have space for 0ne more at a cost of £1500 that will include food, ferryboat crossing and some other stuff, all local charges for visas and border crossings not included, the rest will have to bring your own vehicle at no charge. If you need help in finding a vehicle I can help.
We will only be staying in one or two maybe three hotels, the rest of the time we will be camping out side under the stars.
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Dates?
Can you supply DATES please
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Hi Peter,

Sounds great.

Me and the wifey, in our Toyota.

Back end of 2010? September ' ish ?

What you got in mind?

I have the 2005 Land Cruiser D4-d

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September October 2010 That is the date that we will go .
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Hi Peter,
What distance have you worked out your route to be?

Fuel costs?
Did you give yourself an average fuel cost of $1.00 / liter?
General 10km/liter?

Looks promising.
Just had a good read through your list of items to be taken with you.

It looks like a VERY comprehensive list.
Can you get all that in your 'yota?.

I must admit, I had some sort of list of items that I thought I should take, and reading through your list, I think I might add a few items.

I am going to un-clip the rear seats in my LC, and ship them down.
My LC is the 8 seater, so this will free up some good space.

I had planned on a large roof platform, with 4 roof bars, I was simply going to secure a sturdy piece of plywood with "U" bolts, and this would be the base for a tent, up on the roof. Not a speciality roof tent though.
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O and one more thing this trip will only take us 6-8 weeks then it is back to work,so it will be done.
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Hi there
Your trip sounds great! Good luck! Check out The Southern African Overland Forum for websites of people that have done similar trips, click on Trans Africa tours and trips on the left. We'll be going down via the West Coast end of 2009.
Madness, I know!

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Hi Peter,
Here is the Egypt Carnet info,

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tri...t-of-countries
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Hi! I am now in Aswan waiting for fery to Sudan. In Libya You will need pay for police convoy. If You will go thro Sirya, Jordan and Egipat it will cost You 200 $ for car on each border for insurence and custom tax.
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Hi! I am now in Aswan waiting for fery to Sudan. In Libya You will need pay for police convoy. If You will go thro Sirya, Jordan and Egipat it will cost You 200 $ for car on each border for insurence and custom tax.
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Hello Davor, thank you for the updated information.
So if I drive through Turkey (Istanbul) to Syria, I need to pay $200 as I enter Syria ?
Also, following on from Syria into Jordan, I need to find another $200 to enter Jordan ?
Which border crossing is suitable from turkey into Syria, and from Syria into Jordan?

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Pete,

We are doing the same trip, so far we have one 4x4 and 2 bikes confirmed with a total of 8 people, 2 more bikes are maybe's, we will be leaving London on about 1st Nov. and arriving Cape Town at the end of Jan (3 Mths) we will try to catch up with you, but you are going to do in about 1/2 the time we have allocated, we are going to go Tunisia, Libya & Egypt way. I realize the canet is a bit of a bind but I am going the way of a Bank Guarantee. But it may change by then (Hopefully)

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Hi Paul,
When are you planning to leave, ?

I take it you are going to go for a carnet to pass through Egypt?

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