On the Move in East Africa

After seven months without a vehicle ........

We have purchased a 1998 Mitsubishi Pajero from a family whose children attend Rosslyn. This family is extremely generous and consider us family members, so sold the Pajero to us at a great price.

We took possession of the truck on Friday and then attended a briefing given by a Special Agent with the Regional Security Office for the U.S. Embassy. The presentation was entitled "Personal Security and Carjacking Counter Measures". On the first day of owning a vehicle, Lisa decided she would never leave the campus.....

The vehicle only has 68,000 km on it and has been well maintained. Tim wanted to make it look more like an off-road East African vehicle, so he had a few modifications made: a roof rack (for gear on safari), a high lift jack and high lift jacking points (to change a tire quickly or to get out of a mud hole), a bull bar bumper on the front (to protect the front end and prevent someone from stealing the headlights), and window tinting (to keep cooler and to prevent people from easily looking in and seeing who or what is inside).

The truck works really well and has four wheel drive so will be helpful if we are on dirt roads during the rainy season. It also came with a 10 disc CD player (we did not bring even one CD with us). It can seat up to 9 people. It also has an altimeter, digital compass and an inclinometer (to know what angle the vehicle is on - before it rolls overs).

We look forward to having many new adventures.