Damn, the UN spoiled our statistics. We were going to prove that all Scandinavians you meet on African roads have names starting with a J. Now we can’t anymore because the UN employed Michael from Denmark. Anyway, we didn’t meet Michael on the road but in the Addis Hilton. What WE did in the Addis Hilton is another story. On the photo you can see Jarle and Johan representing 100% of Scandinavians we met on African roads (www.cape2cape.no). Behind them you can see Betsy. Betsy does not start with a J but Betsy isn’t Scandinavian. She is from South Africa. See how good our statistics were if it wasn’t for the UN.
We also have prepared a little quiz for you. If you answer the question correctly you can win a valuable prize. To start, see the other photo of Betsy and tell us in which device she hides a water tank. It’s well disguised, and no, it’s not the shovel. If your answer is right you may win yourself a set of 5 pens to be donated by Ethiopian children.
Jarle tried to convince us that a car needs a name. According to him, this is particularly true for a 34 year old Land Rover and is absolutely necessary in case a 34 year old Land Rover is yellow in colour. Ok, we sort of agreed but we are bad in giving names to things that don’t respond when you call them. So we were glad that Jarle came up with a name that seemed an almost perfect choice: St. George. What a holy name! You really need a saint on such a trip especially in a senile Land Rover. It’s also the name of an Ethiopian beer with very stylish yellow labels. We are still working on a sponsorship contract (will let you know in case we are successful). At the moment it’s still rather us sponsoring the brewery.