Hello everybody,

I read a fair amount of topics of the 6 first pages of this forum and first of all: thanks to everyone for all the experiences shared.

I'm a french guy living in Joburg for almost 4 years. My time in South Africa is sadly finishing and with my fiancee we have the crazy idea to spend our honey moon crossing Africa.

The plan is to leave Joburg in August and to be in Paris 90 days later (maximum.... our jobs won"t wait us more....).

We both have a fair experience of Africa as we worked in different countries of the continent. But such a trip needs a really good preparation and I take all the experts advice I can find.

The car is a Land Rover Discovery II TD5. Year 2000. Mileage: 170.000 Km. Condition: pretty good.

I have a good mechanic here in Joburg who can help me to prepare the car for such a trip.

The planned itinerary is the following:
Botswana - Zambia - Malawi - Tanzania - Kenya - Ethiopia - Sudan - Egypt - ferry to....Greece? Turkey? and then European countries until Paris

I have a planned detailed itinerary that I will post later when it will be more concrete to have your thoughts.

So far I have some technical questions:
-> my car is registered in SA, I have a temporary residence permit in SA : can I get the carnet de passage in SA?
-> I don't plan to sell the car once in France: what does it mean on a financial perspective? My deposit for Carnet will be kept? Is that all?
-> If I have Carnet de Passage does it mean that I won't pay any taxes at borders for my car?
-> Is it possible now to get Ethiopia and Sudan visa in Nairobi? And Egypt visa in Khartoum?
-> Is is true that there is a weekly liaison by boat to cross from Sudan to Egypt?
-> I read some recent comments of people who shipped the car from Alexandria to Athens with Grimaldi company. Anyone heard of this?
-> Is my plan doable in 90 days (I know I won't "enjoy" all the beauties of the countries I crossed but I accept that)
-> what kind of preparation would you advise for the car?

I'm only at the beginning of planning so I'm sure I forget a million things. Please feel free to open my eyes on anything I wouldn't have thought

thanks a lot

Pierre