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This is the locker where my 32" duffel is stored when the truck is moving. There's plenty of room for all my stuff. I just wish someone would have given me more information on the layout before I came. Maybe they did and I just missed it. Had I known the exact layout I would have brought the duffel, a day bag and a carry-on rucksack. The day bag would be kept out in the truck in the overhead storage and I would have placed those things in the duffel that I wouldn't be needing every day. In the carry-on rucksack I would have placed my sleeping bag and mattress, my towel, my alarm clock, a change of clothes and other things I would want while I was in the tent at night. Even two smaller bags would have been better than one 32" duffel, but I brought what the information in the material provided to me by the tour company told me to bring. Or so I thought at the time I was packing. Maybe the people who wrote the information for the trip have never even seen an overland truck. How would I know?
Our 2014 Overland trip in Africa with Oasis Overland: www.oasisoverland.co.uk/
Read all about our time in Africa on our travel blog: www.thisworldrocks.com/category/destinations/africa/
the journey over, the train lays over, stinking up the train shed with diesel fumes. The smell of Southern Cross Railway Station reminds me of going to elementary school.
It's the inside of our overland truck. Oddly, there's no one inside but me. Notice the layout. It's very conducive to community. It's also very conducive to storage. The lockers are located underneath the seats and go down a good 3 feet. I have a 32" duffel that fits in the locker standing up. I share a locker with Tyler, another tourist who hails from Canada. For the storage of our day gear there is a shelf above the seats with netting to keep the day stuff from falling on your head and killing you. The windows are plastic and role up and down with a little help from a few of the passengers. In the front of the area you see is "The Beach", a flat surface with a window that has the area above it cut out so that people can get on their knees and stick their heads out above the top of the truck to look forward to see what's going on. It's called the The Beach because you can get a good sunburn or tan by sitting on The Beach for a whole sunny day with the canvas removed that covers The Beach. The whole setup is designed for maximum community and maximum viewing so that the occupants can role down the road and wave to all the thousands of children that wave at us.
Buitenlanding bij Vriezenveen. Ik kom net wat hoogte tekort voor de wolkenstraat die zich ' upwind' vormt.
Drawn by yours truly. Inspired by a close encounter with a hippo on Lake Naivasha a couple of days before. I wonder if its still there...?