Preparations and testing
So now off to the bivouac in King Abdullah's Sport City, where the crew had already brought the cars from the port. Everything is being prepared, triple checked and inspected. ...


Published: 02.01.2022











What does a service truck like our 'Dakar hotel' with built-in shower, toilet, kitchen, and sleeping places need a lot of?
Right! Especially diesel and water. Diesel? No problem here
like sand in the desert - and that's for 10 cents / liter! Petrol: about 40 cents) - but water? We have a 1000l tank on the trailer and another 600l at the back of the cabin.
In the end, water was more expensive than diesel - after several misguided tours, we ended up at a car wash - with a better garden hose, which was also pretty short for the filling nozzle on the roof. So up and hold this stupid hose for 1 hour until the tanks were finally full. Great occupation...
Or another occupation: hours of programming the satellite phones - because there is no mobile network in emergencies - only 3- or 4G along the roads.
In the evening finally a non-alcoholic Holsten..
