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| Total miles travelled | 27 794 |
| Total number of days | 290 |
| Total cost of trip | £ 11807 |
| Average daily spend | £ 40.71 |
| Average fuel consumption | 10.29l/100km |
| Total spent on fuel | £ 2 338 |
| Total spent on visas | £ 960 |
| Number of African countries | 24 |
| Number of punctures | 0 |
| Number of breakdowns | 1 |
We used a mobile phone and global roaming sim card from 09. Mobile phone networks are pretty wide spread but the 09 service was useless. it often did not work and topping up is really difficult in Africa. Local sim cards are really cheap in most of Africa as are local and international calls.
Internet is fairly widespread in larger towns although connections are often very slow.
We were pretty happy with all our camping equipment although it is all starting to show signs of wear now. Our Hannibal awning was not as great as we expected. It did not fit our roofrack properly which meant it collected water in the rain and was susceptabile to wind. it would possibly be alright on a Hannibal roofrack.
We feel we got this selection right. We never felt that we should have had something with us that we did not have. An electric winch is definitely not necessary and we found the waffle boards more useful than a set of sand ladders would have been. Buy a good compressor - Land Rover tyre take a lot of pumping.
Did everything we needed it to, despite being overweight. We went with the standard suspension etc and didn't have any major problems. Buy good tyres. We used BFGoodrich ATs and didn't have any problems.
You can always get a Land Rover going with some ingenuity, bodging, welding etc. Genuine spares are expensive but obtainable in most capital cities. Cheaper parts are of questionable quality but will get you out of trouble. Start off with everything in good condition and you shouldn't have too much of a problem.
Mounted a spotlight at the back of the vehicle. Not taken so much stuff with us.