Back from our South Africa trip

[spressomon]

Here's a link for anyone interested in seeing some of the pics I took during our recent trip to South Africa. It was an incredible experience; one where words do not fully convey the impact imparted upon Sandy & me. Somehow, someway we will go back there someday!

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[450 DUDE]

Very , Very nice !!

That place you stayed was way cool!

ken

 

[locrwln1]

I was just glad you got to ride in Defenders and not some crappy mini van. Great pics.

Jack

 

[spressomon]

Interestingly enough the Defender was very comfortable. Maybe it has something to do with the grab bar for each row of passengers but Sandy never complained about it . Until our Ranger Oxide, a couple times out, decided to search for animals on seldom travelled/steep/rough/overgrown trails; Sandy said aloud to everyone: Wow this is just like Dan drives his Land Cruiser back home . It was when we were on those types of trails that I was cheering Oxide on to keep finding more challenging terrain!

I asked Oxi, as we called him, about reliability and/or maintenance issues with the Defenders and he said they were basically very reliable! These also had V-8's in them...and he could shift the t-case on the fly without stopping as we have to do...not knowing anything about LR's I admit my ignorance right now about them...but just from this experience I can see some of the attraction to 90's and 110's over here.

 

[chicago]

Very awesome Dan!
amazing how well camoflauged that the leapords are.
Looks like a beautiful place that you stayed as well. Happy to hear that you and the missus had such a wonderful time.
Its a real drag to come home sometimes, isnt it?

Thanks for posting those and sharing.
I was looking forward to seeing those!

K

 

[locrwln1]

Interestingly enough the Defender was very comfortable. Maybe it has something to do with the grab bar for each row of passengers but Sandy never complained about it . Until our Ranger Oxide, a couple times out, decided to search for animals on seldom travelled/steep/rough/overgrown trails; Sandy said aloud to everyone: Wow this is just like Dan drives his Land Cruiser back home . It was when we were on those types of trails that I was cheering Oxide on to keep finding more challenging terrain!

I asked Oxi, as we called him, about reliability and/or maintenance issues with the Defenders and he said they were basically very reliable! These also had V-8's in them...and he could shift the t-case on the fly without stopping as we have to do...not knowing anything about LR's I admit my ignorance right now about them...but just from this experience I can see some of the attraction to 90's and 110's over here.

Maybe it is all of the electrics that we "need" here that hurt their reliability.

Darcie and I have talked about it before, if we had the money, we would own a Defender, reliability be damned. They are just too cool. I had a chance around 2000, to buy one of the 500 D110's that were brought into the states. I just didn't have the 35K, plus the guy lived up north here and he said it was slooow pulling the hill by Parr. Didn't matter, I still wanted it. Knowing what they are worth now, I might have tried harder. That and now knowing how easy a diesel conversion is...

Jack

 

[Bbumbl40]

Thanks for posting your pics. That looked like an AWSOME trip!!!

My .02 on LR's is. I like the 90 and 110. They're simple and built strong. The rest of the LR line, like every onther make, has gotten into too much wiz-bang doo-hicky stuff that has nothing to do with getting you from point A to point B.

Shawn