Hi Michael:
Hmmm. I note that your recommended vehicle runs on diesel. I wonder if the
road-side gas sellers will have diesel in bottles and jugs too.
Cheers,
Mark
P.S. I'm presently re-reading all my Patrick O'Brian books too. :^)
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From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net on behalf of Michael Marr
Sent: Mon 06/06/2005 10:02 PM
To: Triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Western Africa (Non-LBC)
Having read the official State Department write-up on Benin,
(http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1066.html), I would
suggest that an M2 Bradley AFV (http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/M2_Bradley)
might be the vehicle of choice. It can handle the poorly maintained roads,
would be relatively impervious to collisions at night, and the 25mm chain
gun and TOW anti-tank missiles would be more than a match for a
car-jacker...
As the old rhyme goes:
"Beware, beware the Bight of Benin, for few come out though many go in."
Michael Marr
1960 TR3A
Napervill, IL
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