A couple of clips of us driving down Ezousa Valley. The second was a week after the first, and it had obviously rained a bit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VBbabL7nTM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYZV2OPUfY
Ezousa Puddles
Ezousa Puddles
Web Designer / Developer. Currently working on Paphos Life.
Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
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OMG! This route is definately NOT recommended for tourists in little rental 2WD saloon or hatchback cars in the November to March period...
AL
AL
Gone but not forgotten...
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We're going to give it a miss for a while now too.
Web Designer / Developer. Currently working on Paphos Life.
Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
Re: Ezousa Puddles
I hope you have not lost your grille!
My first job was working in the deep jungle of Gabon - there were just about 10km of tarmac - rest jungle and beaches - paradise if you like adventures (and don't mind insects and worse) - see some photos below.
What we quickly learned when crossing large and deep standing water is to drive rather slowly into and through it - the bow waves created when going too fast rip out the grille from most car models. We often had to go and wade into the ponds to retrieve these missing grilles - my Pajero in the end ended up with a Landrover one that fitted nicely width-wise and only needed to cut off two bars in height (last pic). The improvement in looks was remarkable - I was able to sell it for a good price!
It must be said that my friends Toyota was far more reliable than my Pajero that spent most of the week in the garage getting fixed for the next weekend trip... Happy days.
My first job was working in the deep jungle of Gabon - there were just about 10km of tarmac - rest jungle and beaches - paradise if you like adventures (and don't mind insects and worse) - see some photos below.
What we quickly learned when crossing large and deep standing water is to drive rather slowly into and through it - the bow waves created when going too fast rip out the grille from most car models. We often had to go and wade into the ponds to retrieve these missing grilles - my Pajero in the end ended up with a Landrover one that fitted nicely width-wise and only needed to cut off two bars in height (last pic). The improvement in looks was remarkable - I was able to sell it for a good price!
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One obvious difference between the Toyota Landcruiser and the Mitsubishi Pajero in your final photo is the superior ground clearance that the Toyota offers.
However, there is one vital add-on missing on both vehicles, when they are used for deep water crossings! We are talking high level snorkel air intake plenums and tubes...
Without this feature, a bow wave could easily allow standing water to enter the standard air intake at the top front of the engine bay. Nasty for a petrol engine, but catastrophic for a diesel...
Great photos! Thanks for sharing!
AL
However, there is one vital add-on missing on both vehicles, when they are used for deep water crossings! We are talking high level snorkel air intake plenums and tubes...
Without this feature, a bow wave could easily allow standing water to enter the standard air intake at the top front of the engine bay. Nasty for a petrol engine, but catastrophic for a diesel...
Great photos! Thanks for sharing!
AL
Gone but not forgotten...
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You are absolutely correct on both accounts - there was limited stock of available cars as all needed to be shipped-in on a barge from Port Gentil - the place were we lived and worked was not connected to any national road grid. So cars were passed on from employee to employee - or sent to the junk yard when the engines were wrecked due to water sucked into the engine. We had our cars flooded a few times but were always quick to switch off the engine in time to avoid the worst...
My other friends Pajero, a short wheel based model, was also better suited to the off-road terrain than my long wheel based one - in the pic below you see him cross a bridge built by the French, presumably for a train - although there was no sign of any anywhere close.
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My other friends Pajero, a short wheel based model, was also better suited to the off-road terrain than my long wheel based one - in the pic below you see him cross a bridge built by the French, presumably for a train - although there was no sign of any anywhere close.
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The short wheelbase Pajero is the one we had in Oman back in 1986. Great for getting us up the mountain tracks, and to Shell Beach, and exploring the wadis and souks / jingly restaurants!
Happy days, indeed... AL
Happy days, indeed... AL
Gone but not forgotten...
