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You seem to have missed the point here. A Landrover does not a mobile home make. How are they supposed to live in a Landrover comfortably for 19 months?

overcast 10y ago
Camping up top. Google landrover camping.
- codeduck 10y ago
  Camping in Africa sounds amazing, right up until there's a hyena sniffing around the other side of the tent canvas. Then it's not so much fun any more.
  - maxerickson 10y ago
    You've missed their meaning. https://www.drivesouthafrica.co.za/images/home/slides/landy-camper_1.jpg https://www.drivesouthafrica.co.za/images/home/slides/landy-...
    - codeduck 10y ago
      No, I know what it looks like. A hyena will hop up onto the bonnet of that landrover and sniff / gnaw at the canvas up front, and if there's something inside it wants good luck.
      - RogtamBar 10y ago
        Hiding a 12ga inside a car bodywork is easy peasy lemon squeezy and slugs from that reliably put down grizzly bears, which are I believe the toughest land predator currently in existence.
        fps 10y ago
        Trying to cross international borders legally with a firearm for self-defense is really difficult if not impossible. If you talk to Overlanders or international ocean cruisers, almost none of them carry weapons. Trying to sneak or bribe your way across a border with a weapon is a pretty serious crime. [1] http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-65646.html http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-65646.html
        overcast 10y ago
        I doubt buying a shotgun in Africa when you land is a difficult situation.
        codeduck 10y ago
        You would be wrong.
    - RankingMember 10y ago
      Seeing that just makes me imagine someone stealing the truck and driving away with you still in the tent on top.
- jsaxton86 10y ago
  They were worried about safety, so they wanted to sleep in something more secure than a tent.
gambiting 10y ago
My dad had a custom-made LR and two people could very comfortably live out of it for any length of time. It even had a water tank with a heated shower head if you were feeling lavish. The tent was on the roof so it should have been safe from most animals: http://imgur.com/a/tUrAX http://imgur.com/a/tUrAX
- draker 10y ago
  Is that a Camel Trophy Discovery?
  - gambiting 10y ago
    I wish, but no - it was a replica made by a specialist LR garage in Poland. My dad bought it for an expedition to Kazakhstan in 2014, but unfortunately, cancer had other plans. I've inherited the LR but sold it shortly after because I had no use for it.

overcast 10y ago

Camping up top. Google landrover camping.

codeduck 10y ago
Camping in Africa sounds amazing, right up until there's a hyena sniffing around the other side of the tent canvas. Then it's not so much fun any more.
- maxerickson 10y ago
  You've missed their meaning. https://www.drivesouthafrica.co.za/images/home/slides/landy-camper_1.jpg https://www.drivesouthafrica.co.za/images/home/slides/landy-...
  - codeduck 10y ago
    No, I know what it looks like. A hyena will hop up onto the bonnet of that landrover and sniff / gnaw at the canvas up front, and if there's something inside it wants good luck.
    - RogtamBar 10y ago
      Hiding a 12ga inside a car bodywork is easy peasy lemon squeezy and slugs from that reliably put down grizzly bears, which are I believe the toughest land predator currently in existence.
      - fps 10y ago
        Trying to cross international borders legally with a firearm for self-defense is really difficult if not impossible. If you talk to Overlanders or international ocean cruisers, almost none of them carry weapons. Trying to sneak or bribe your way across a border with a weapon is a pretty serious crime. [1] http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-65646.html http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-65646.html
        overcast 10y ago
        I doubt buying a shotgun in Africa when you land is a difficult situation.
        codeduck 10y ago
        You would be wrong.
  - RankingMember 10y ago
    Seeing that just makes me imagine someone stealing the truck and driving away with you still in the tent on top.
jsaxton86 10y ago
They were worried about safety, so they wanted to sleep in something more secure than a tent.

gambiting 10y ago

My dad had a custom-made LR and two people could very comfortably live out of it for any length of time. It even had a water tank with a heated shower head if you were feeling lavish. The tent was on the roof so it should have been safe from most animals: http://imgur.com/a/tUrAX http://imgur.com/a/tUrAX

draker 10y ago
Is that a Camel Trophy Discovery?
- gambiting 10y ago
  I wish, but no - it was a replica made by a specialist LR garage in Poland. My dad bought it for an expedition to Kazakhstan in 2014, but unfortunately, cancer had other plans. I've inherited the LR but sold it shortly after because I had no use for it.