Andy Adcock
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Surely this is a wind up !!!
I'd never considered it but you could be right, Syria anyone?
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Surely this is a wind up !!!
The thought did occur to me. The posting style, with stuff like "I guess thats a no from you lot haha" suggests that the OP is, frankly, engaging in attention-seeking trolling. No serious responsible birder would write in such terms.Surely this is a wind up !!!
I am meeting him in Nigeria from the journey south.
There are quite a few overlanders in west Africa at the moment. This said, most of them are stuck in Kinshasa at the moment because much of the Angola border is shut at the moment due to the Ebola outbreak, it'll probably be over by the time we get there though.
I mean, just because all you old fuddy duddies aren't up for an adventure doesn't mean younger people can't have one.
Best wishes from this old fuddy duddy. But hey, back in my day, I wouldn't have classed flying half the journey and scrounging a lift from some Swiss guy for the bits in between as an amazing adventure
I don't quite understand how you got to the assumption of just crossing the panhandle Jos, but you are quite mistaken. There are 'good enough' roads in the south of the country, between Likasi and Kikwit and north to Kisangani so getting around will doable, but of course challenging for various reasons. I suggest you do your research, before jumping to conclusions as you keyboard warriors too often do.
I don't have the time/money to return to the countries I have already visited (around the coast from Benin-Senegal), but my friend has and hasn't already been to said countries so is doing that bit without me. I'm going to ask for this thread to be deleted, as it no longer serves its purpose of finding people who are interested in the trip, as I have fulfilled that search myself. Cheers for the ignorant and un-needed comments.
I am perfectly fine (as an old dude) with anyone doing a great adventure like yours sounds like, but you gave factually wrong info about your aims / plans:
"I'm thinking of a trip to the DRC. With over 1000 bird species, 21 endemics, its an incredible risk but it'll be an adventure. It would be for several months and using our own vehicle. Anybody up for the challenge?"