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A charity tour for orphan children

Trudy and Dirk Regter from the Netherlands go on a world tour in a 1915 Ford Model T, covering all continents of the world. They are making this trip with the aim of raising money for orphans worldwide.

To date, they have driven 64,000 miles across 31 countries and have raised more than $45,000 spent on children's projects in Colombia and Bolivia. An earlier trip by Dirk in 2007 from Beijing to Paris in the Model T raised more than $140,000, of which 2 children's projects were built in Mongolia. The last part of their world tour,about 10,500 miles, takes them back home to the Netherlands via Asia. If you support the purpose of this journey, you can take ownership of some of these 10,500 miles of this final leg.

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    September 10 – day 81

    Posted on 10 September 2012 by Michiel

    It’s desert day today, we have a whole day to cross a desert which is a 130 km drive, an extremely bad road. Dirk told us that the roads in Mongolia are very good compared to this! Because of the shaking, the fuel filter of the Land Rover has broken of and diesel in leaking, we were lucky that it happened when we reached our destination Marsabit where we could buy a new one. Just before we reached the town and were out of the desert we passed a few craters with the edges populated by baboons, a beautiful sight. We have found a good hotel (Araburo Guest House) where we could wash off the dust with a nice hot shower.

    Casper & Arnaud

    baboons
    baboons
    crater
    crater
    Model T in action
    Model T in action

    eagle
    eagle
    camels carrying water
    camels carrying water
    bakkie doen
    bakkie doen

    in the desert
    in the desert
    emptyness
    emptyness
    Dirk and Naty, dust cowboys
    Dirk and Naty, dust cowboys

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    Posted in Africa, Kenya, news, reisverslag | 1 Comment

    September 9 – day 80

    Posted on 9 September 2012 by Michiel

    We are in Kenia, for us it’s the third country, for Dirk and Trudy the eleventh. We’re going to have a tough ride ahead of us, especially for the cars, the roads are terrible, extremely big holes, rocks and some kind of gravel washboard that shakes the cars almost into pieces. We have our first flat tire and because of the shaking a door lock of the Land Rover came loose. Both problems are quickly fixed and we arrive in a small town at the edge of the desert in a place called Turbi. We sleep in simple cabins next to the police station, the police men are very helpful in providing a guard for the night. After a few beers we go to bed, exhausted.

    Casper & Arnaud

    showing off
    showing off
    Naty in the T-Ford
    Naty in the T-Ford
    mates
    mates

    first flat tire
    first flat tire
    dust road
    dust road
    driving into the desert
    driving into the desert

    camels again
    camels again
    broken lock
    broken lock
    bird
    bird

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    September 8 – day 79

    Posted on 8 September 2012 by Michiel

    We drive today to the border town Moyale, slowly the nature get dryer and the green hill we saw in Ethiopia are gone. It’s a short distance to the border, so we arrive well on time, we even have time for a extended lunch. Then it’s time to cross the border. We set a new record, within a half hour all the stamps are set, including the one for the cars!
    We have to search for a hotel but after a while we found a good and friendly place, the ladies over there cook some water for us to take a hot shower, very nice.

    Casper & Arnaud

    painted hut 2
    painted hut 2
    painted hut 1
    painted hut 1
    camels
    camels

    camels crossing the road 1
    camels crossing the road 1
    camels crossed the road
    camels crossed the road

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    Posted in Africa, Kenya, news, reisverslag | 1 Comment

    September 7 – day 78

    Posted on 7 September 2012 by Michiel

    This morning Dirk found, after a thorough check, that the steering axe of the T-Ford is broken, it needs to be welded and after a few hours of working on the car we are ready to go. Today it’s Arnaud’s turn to sit next to Dirk in the T-Ford, a real fun experience. The road was supposed to be good but the Chinese had the road under maintenance so large stretches were gravel and lose sand. When we arrived in the town Mega we decided that it was time to call it a day, Naty had found out that the latest part to the border it a bit dangerous to drive in the late afternoon. So tomorrow we’re going to wake up early to arrive at the border on time.

    Casper & Arnaud

    termites
    v
    Land Rover
    Land Rover
    house
    house

    fixed
    fixed
    dust
    dust
    crushed
    crushed

    broken
    broken

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    Posted in Africa, Ethiopia, news, reisverslag | 1 Comment

    September 6 – day 77

    Posted on 6 September 2012 by Michiel

    Na drie dagen met twee land rovers gaan we weer op pad met de T-Ford, we beginnen de dag echter met een bezoek aan de Konso stam. We gaan naar een dorp vlak in de buurt van ons hotel, een gezellig uitziende gemeenschap waar de hutjes vlak bij elkaar staan gescheiden door smalle steegjes. Het dorp is ongeveer 600 jaar oud, de bewoners houden dit bij door elke achttien jaar een boom te planten, een soort van kalender. Een grappig ritueel voor jonge mannen is het optillen van een zware steen en deze vervolgens over de rechterschouder te gooien als blijk dat zij krachtig genoeg zijn om te mogen trouwen. Wanneer dit lukt, wordt een geschikte partner uitgekozen door de ouders. Na dit bezoek gaan we echt op pad, 100 km onverharde weg, een ware aanslag voor de T-Ford, onderweg gebeurt er iets verschikkelijks; een vrachtwagen volgeladen met goederen komt ons met hoge snelheid tegemoet rijden, wij maken ruimte zodat hij ons makkelijk kan passeren, echter door de hoge snelheid en een steil aflopend taluut, raakt hij van de weg. In eerste instantie kan de chauffeur de wagen onder controle krijgen maar na een tweede slinger slaat hij voor onze ogen over de kop. De cabine is volledig verwoest, gelukkig komen beide inzittenden er met de schrik en wat schrammen er goed van af. Trudy verleent eerste hulp en waarna er een bus stopt besluiten we verder te reizen. Een hachelijk avontuur, voor hetzelfde geld, had hij de T-Ford of de Land Rover kunnen raken!

    Casper & Arnaud

    Konso kids
    Konso kids
    dried out river
    dried out river
    Picture please
    Picture please

    Two sisters
    Two sisters
    Dirk greeting the children
    Dirk greeting the children
    Konso house
    Konso house

    Konso girl 2
    Konso girl 2
    Konso girl 1
    Casper can marry according to the Konso culture
    Casper can marry according to the Konso culture

    livestock under the house at Konso tribe
    livestock under the house at Konso tribe

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    Posted in Africa, Ethiopia, news, reisverslag | 3 Comments

    September 5 – day 76

    Posted on 5 September 2012 by Michiel

    Back to Konso, we drive from Jinga and halfway we’re going to visit a local market. There are two tribes who come together to sell there goods. They are all dressed in there traditional clothes, a colourful spectacle.
    Tonight we going to sleep early because tomorrow we’re on the road again, in three days we reach Kenia.

    Casper & Arnaud

    at the office
    at the office
    Dirk replaces a wheel of the T-Ford
    Dirk replaces a wheel of the T-Ford
    at the market 5
    at the market 5

    tribes woman
    tribes woman
    Dirk with tribes woman
    Dirk with tribes woman
    at the market 4
    at the market 4

    at the market 3
    at the market 3
    at the market 2
    at the market 2
    at the market 1
    at the market 1

    locals
    locals
    bakkie doen
    bakkie doen

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    September 4 – day 75

    Posted on 4 September 2012 by Michiel

    Today we visited the Mursi tribe, these people live quite isolated in the inlands of Ethiopia so we have a tough drive over bad roads and several rivers. We drive with the Land rover and a hired Toyota Landcruiser, the hired chauffeur in the Landcruiser is not well prepared for one particular river crossing, the car slides back into the river as he is trying to ride uphill. Trudy is still in the car! With some help of a bulldozer they are towed out of the mud. Seeing that we set the Land rover in low gear with the diff lock on, 50 cm of water and after that steep uphill through the mud, not any problem for our car!
    The surroundings are beautiful, the drive through a national park and see a lot of wildlife; dik dik (a very small kind of deer), birds and even a turtle crossing the road (I almost flatten it). After tree hours we reach the Mursi tribe, the men are decorated with scars and the women wear big disks in there lips. They are almost completely depended of tourism and the only thing they say is: photo photo. Every picture you take costs 5 bir a person (25 euro cents). It’s a shame we didn’t learn anything about there culture but altogether it was a very special day.

    Casper & Arnaud

    groupphoto with the tribe
    groupphoto with the tribe
    the driver
    the driver
    landscape
    landscape

    the one with Trudy
    the one with Trudy
    the one with the guys
    the one with the guys
    couple
    couple

    woman
    woman
    guy with kalashnikov
    guy with kalashnikov
    guy with kalashnikov
    guy with kalashnikov

    family in front off hut
    family in front off hut
    towing out of the river
    towing out of the river
    stuck in the mud
    stuck in the mud

    turtle
    turtle
    eagle
    eagle
    the team
    the team

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    September 3 – day 74

    Posted on 3 September 2012 by Michiel

    We slept well in our luxurious hotel in Konso, we chose this place to store the T-Ford for a couple of days for we are going to visit some tribes and the roads to get there are not suitable for the old Ford. We drive to Jinga and meet a lot of kids on the way, who do the strangest things for a bit of money, even walking on sticks!
    We sleep in a simple but fine hotel with warm water, nice!

    Casper & Arnaud

    99999.9
    99999.9
    Casper brushing his teeth
    Casper brushing his teeth
    walking with Ari kids
    walking with Ari kids

    iron smither
    iron smither
    girls
    girls
    pottery
    pottery

    baking the injera
    baking the injera
    making the injera
    making the injera
    stick boys
    stick boys

    brushing the teeth African style
    brushing the teeth African style
    huts
    huts

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    Posted in Africa, Ethiopia, news, reisverslag | 1 Comment

    September 2 – day 73

    Posted on 2 September 2012 by Michiel

    Today we go from one resort to another, from Arba Minch to Konso, a relative short distance over a good road. Underway we meet a troop of baboons and a drunken police officer, the only one so far who want to see my international drivers licence.

    Casper & Arnaud


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    September 1 – day 72

    Posted on 1 September 2012 by Rozemarijn

    Saturday september 1 2012,

    We drove a large distance today, from Hosanna to Arba Minch, a spectacular drive over bad roads with large potholes and river crossings. This is driving throughAfrica! The land rover did not have any problems but for the T-Ford it was sometimes tricky, but Dirk and Trudy managed very well as you can see on the photos. We arrived in the late afternoon in a beautiful resort with spectacular view over the lake and its surroundings.

    T-Ford in action
    doing the laundry
    dress for the rain

    early morning coffee
    in the dust
    local transport

    people
    river
    spectacular view from our hotel

    T-Ford crossing the river 1
    T-Ford crossing the river 2
    Ford crossing the river 3


    Casper & Arnaud

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