BiancaSparkes

Will do and tyhanks for the great contact

Thank you so much for your reply and I will need a lot of advice in terms of the spare parts and tools to take with. I think we will be doing pretty pff rods sections - Lake Turkana for example and that is what we think we may need to the DIFF lock for, The roads in Kenys also seem to be pretty hair-raising judging by the forums I have read so far. I wil certainly be back on this page again with some serious quesitons for some serious Nissan Patrol owbers and fans. Bianca

I would like to find out if you would have any contacts at NISSAN MIDDLE EAST in regards to sponsoring us UAE residency visa's so we can apply for a carnet de passage and drive from Dubai to Cape Town, down the East Coast of Africa. Before we leave (April 2012) we will be raising money for charities close to our heart and donating the money to these charities so we not only get to do the journey of a lifetime, but we get the opportunity to give back! We have financially covered all the costs of this trip, and do not need financial sponsorship. What we need is to have UAE residency in order to apply for a carnet de passage, which will enable us to drive our vehicle through every border w/o having to pay import tax. We will return to Dubai with the vehicle and get our money back on return. We will have a website with all sponsorship information and we can brand out vehicle with our sponsor's logo. I am currently completing a presentation that I can send to you for further information. Please let me know if you are interested and I will forward this on. Kind regards Bianca Sparkes +971 50 554 1678 Has anyone done this kind of trip already? Did you find another way around needing UAE residency and getting the Carnet de passage? Would you know of any other company that could sponsor us? Any info you can give would be great? One MORE thing, our Nissan Patrol did not come with DIFF lock, to get this (is it definitely needed?) we have been quoted AED 7,500 Thank you