September/October 2008
The chosen vehicle
22/08/2008
Before embarking on a journey through Europe and on through the African continent, you have to spend a couple of minutes deciding which vehicle you are going to use. (maybe it took a bit more than two minutes) Our choice was a Toyota Hilux double cab 4x4 2.5 ltr diesel. Reliability, comfort, availability of parts, plus ease of maintenance weighed heavily in our choice of a Hilux.
On the left you can see the vehicle in a garage in Wigan, just outside Manchester in England, just before we bought it.
05/09/2008
The next step was to get the vehicle back to Denmark where we could spend the next year preparing it for the trip of its and our lives.
23/09/2008
We managed to locate a small workshop, thanks to Per, where we could work on the truck during the next few months.
The 4x4 as it was on arrival in Silkeborg where we live.
30/09/2008
New "all terrain" tyres were the order of the day.
23/10/2008
Slowly but surely the "Africa" vehicle begins to take shape.
On the left, the Hilux plastic front is removed and replaced on the right with a steel Bull Bar - watch out elephants!!!
