JeremyWright
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Hi,
I am a new boy at this. Following a holiday driving in Namibia, Botswana and briefly Zambia planned for December using a hire vehicle I have it in mind to do a year + trip to Ethiopia. Briefly, I retire from the NHS in July next year and have the opportunity to go and work at a mission hospital in Ethiopia for about a year or more depending on how long I can stand it, the proposed hospital is in Gimbie which seem to be half way between the Sudan Border and Addis Abbaba. Duties would include travelling to outlying villages as would travelling about in free time. I would really value advice about routes (through Egypt and Sudan seems 'as the crow flies' but I gather there are issues about carnets) and I do not know how dangerous the Sudan is. I would value advice about routes and equipment and vehicles- I believe that the older 80 series represent better value than the newer vehicles. I have yet to acquire a suitable one but would be happy to earlier rather than later so that I can start any conversion. I have to be careful about this as a daughter is already eyeing this as an opportunity to head to the snow with her skis for the winter!!
any ideas gratefully recieved.
BW
Jeremy
I am a new boy at this. Following a holiday driving in Namibia, Botswana and briefly Zambia planned for December using a hire vehicle I have it in mind to do a year + trip to Ethiopia. Briefly, I retire from the NHS in July next year and have the opportunity to go and work at a mission hospital in Ethiopia for about a year or more depending on how long I can stand it, the proposed hospital is in Gimbie which seem to be half way between the Sudan Border and Addis Abbaba. Duties would include travelling to outlying villages as would travelling about in free time. I would really value advice about routes (through Egypt and Sudan seems 'as the crow flies' but I gather there are issues about carnets) and I do not know how dangerous the Sudan is. I would value advice about routes and equipment and vehicles- I believe that the older 80 series represent better value than the newer vehicles. I have yet to acquire a suitable one but would be happy to earlier rather than later so that I can start any conversion. I have to be careful about this as a daughter is already eyeing this as an opportunity to head to the snow with her skis for the winter!!
any ideas gratefully recieved.
BW
Jeremy