Sending a van to Africa?

[Beetie]

Africa is a really bad place to drive through in a lorry - Loads of hijacks at gunpoint. One company used to do it and they used to have people with them in the cab with machine guns depending on the load as security.........

[Nj]

Funnily enough I spoke to the lady who runs the Uk side of things yesterday and she said I was crazy to consider driving. I don't think she meant it in a "man you're crazy, you'd be so tired but what a story" kind of way. I think she meant it in a "you'd probably not return alive" kind of way. yoiks!
Apparently the van is staying there too for the use of the community so I just need to work out one way shipping. They've done it before apparently without a container from Greenock to Lagos but don't have the same contact that arranged it last time.