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The meaning of the rally
Drive with your
own (old) car through the desert to Timbuktu– an adventure that
doesn’t cost a lot and you surely won’t forget this trip!
Some facts
- after 3 weeks you’ll be home again
- it’s not
expensive (CHF 750.-/Euro 495.- for the participation and about CHF
50.- daily costs,about 800 litres petrol,
return (flight) ticket, VISA and that’s it!
- You don’t
need a 4x4 vehicle, with a normal 2 tyres drive you should be able to
drive a 5’500 km long distance;
though you need an airbed, a sleeping bag, a pan and a gas (plight)
cooker.
- Morocco, Mauritanian and Mali have a lower rate of criminality than most of European counties!
- Corruption’s
a problem!!!
But we’ll pass the borders all together (group discount)
– but one thing’s sure, you’ll remember the encounters with the authority even years later…
- Technical problems aren’t excluded, but teamwork and improvisation, not perfection and competition are in the foreground.
- Who’d like to do something good after the rally can support charity work by giving them the vehicle.
Technical informations
Cars:
To join in the rally, the cars has to be at least 15 years old.4 x 4 Drivers have more Fun!
Lower laying pimp cars won’t make it through the desert!
Equipment:
2 spare tyres,
sheet metal (assistance to get the car out of the sand), tyre pump or
a small compressor,
towing rope or an old climbing rope, board tools, wire, sticky tape
and improvisation’s material,
small fire extinguisher.
Optimum:
Fawn, grey and
white cars aren’t well seen in the desert and can be a safety
risk!
Colour, paintbrushes and cover up material aren’t expensive (not
more than CHF 50.-/35.- Euro).
Big, wide tyres min. 70es series (reliable in the sandy parts),
good protection in the area of the motor,
roof racks have to be well
tied. Solid eyes to tow away a car are recommended on both sides of
the vehicle.
Insurance and export registration numbers:
In most of the
districts (of Switzerland), unredeemed cars easily get an export number
for 15-30 days in car repair shops.
In Morocco you find the necessary insurances at the borders.
Preparation:
Vaccinations: jaundice,
hepatitis (recommendation, but it takes 2 weeks!),
blood group card with picture’s useful too (for accurate informations
ask your doctor or pharmacist),
board emergency box, traveller insurance.
Credit cards are sufficient for Europe. In Africa, Euro are the best
way of payment (don’t forget small banknotes)!
Return tickets are less expensive when you buy them on the spot –
who’s in a hurry better should book them in advance (internet).
In Spain, you can easily buy supply for few money.
HERE WE GO (we’ll set off at 26. December 2009)!
Hopefully we’ll see you too…
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