Malcolm Collins/Botswana Bob

[Botswana Bob]

1. Name: Full Name : Malcolm Collins/Botswana Bob

2. Birthday and Age: 13 May 1979... 30 Years young

3. Town and Country of residence: Gaborone, Botswana - On Contract

4. Home Language: English

5. Occupation/Business: Head of Forex Trading

6. Family status: Married, 1 Daughter

7. Membership - Other 4X4 Clubs and Forums: A few Bike forums

8. Current 4x4: 2006 Nissan Murano (Not really and off-roader is it )

9. Current Mods:

10. Mods on wish list:

11. Vehicle on wish list: 2001 Nissan Patrol 3.0 TD

12. Previous 4x4's: None

13. Last 3 offroad or overland destinations: New to this, but just came back from Khama Rhino Sanctuary in Serowe (Botswana) over the easter week-end and the Murano faired all right...

14. Your favourite destination: Want to get up to Kobu Island on the Makgadikgadi Pans

15. Other hobbies: Avid Cricket fan and player, Also into my motorbike track days before I moved up to Bots 2 Years ago

16. GPSr and Map Data used: Garmin

17. Rate your 4X4 and overlanding experience: Novice+ , completed a few 4X4 courses with the Land Rover owners club.

18. Online Photo Site:

19. Photos of you and your Vehicle: Coming Soon

[tour de frans]

Welcome here Malcolm.

[Dr Chris]

Hi Malcolm,
Welcome from a relatively new boy too, and it is nice to hear you are based in Botswana.
Please could you keep us updated on events as I continue to remain concerned about the changes envisaged for costs etc., given that last year we were told the costs of RSA travel tourists to the game reserves would escalate exponentially?
Apparently the tourism industry was discouraging individual or singular tourists with 4x4 camping ideals, (and in particular ex RSA) and focussing on international and/or group tourist trade but with a hefty cost penalty?
Get a patrol and it looks as if there are some nice good vehicles around right now but you will need some real advice from the clever members especially when it appears that there are a number of engineers too - maybe a good barometer of the vehicle's success story? I have many debates with my sons about the patrol, (two of whom are engineers as well), and we are all in agreement that the petrol model seems the better buy?
Regards,
Chris van Selm

[G-MAN]

Malcolm

[JohnBoyZA]

Hallo Malcolm and welcome!

[Mayhem]

Hi Malcolm
Nice to see other biker's on this forum (race classic bike at Killarney for fun) and welcome to our world of Patrol's
regards
Dennia

[Botswana Bob]

Thanks everyone, good to on board

[JG Shields]

Welcome Malcolm!!! (It sounds good)

[Herrie]

Welcome Malcolm

[Botswana Bob]

Thanks for the welcome guys....

i will find out a bit more info on the tourist levy for the national parks and keep you guys posted...

Hi Malcolm
Nice to see other biker's on this forum (race classic bike at Killarney for fun) and welcome to our world of Patrol's
regards
Dennia

Yeah, miss my bikes terribly..... Had a 2004 Honda VTR SP2, loved the sound of that V-twin engine coming out of the twin Yoshi pipes.... and my wife had an Yamaha R6, also and awesome machine for going around Phakisa