Our Car

We have a car.....Introducing our 1997 Suzuki Escudo / Vitara (which doesn't have a name yet)

It became clear shortly after moving here that we needed to get hold of a vehicle to get around both in Mwanza and the surrounding area.  Buying a car here is an interesting experience.
First you find the car.  Then test drive it Mwanza style.  This involves taking the car to the bumpiest road you can find and driving it flat out to see if the suspension actually works and if anything falls off the car.  If it still works after this test drive (and there isn't oil all over the engine at this stage), the next step is to have a long discussion about the possible price.

Finally once a price has been agreed you take the cash out of your pockets (where you've been hiding it all along), buy the car and remove it from the garage immediately before anyone has an opportunity to remove the good parts on your car to switch to the next car that they want to sell, and replace them with old worn parts.

Charles, one of our co workers at Bridge2Aid helped us find a suitable vehicle, checked it over and haggled to get us a good price.  We couldn't have done it without you, Charles!  Asante kushukuru!!