Meet Beruška , the latest addition to our little team. After scouring the classifieds, the internet, and finally the streets of Salvador, for a Toyota Land Cruiser, we became convinced that these cars just don't exist in Salvador and prepared to move on to the next city, by bus. Just then, guess who shows up - none other than the beautiful Beruška herself, and parked in the parking-lot of our apartment nogal. What followed next was a series of skillful negotiations (with Danilo, Nanda's brother doing most of the talking obviously), a check-up at the local Toyota mechanic followed by many, many hours watching and learning as they opened our baby up, kitted her out, and, it has to be said, discovered some unexpected issues, which went some way in terms of countering the discount we
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