Races against aids
When preparing an expedition like we do you are faced with quite a bit of work, stress etc. But besides this, there is also the fun part, like spending a Sunday on a racetrack and being treated like a VIP.…
MP3’s and bodywork
Gosh, we are busy. I guess we have never been as busy as we are now. Our heads are running over with things to do, things to buy, things not to forget and… mmmmhh what did we forget. To keep…
Only one week to go…
To be honest we cannot believe that we will be on the road in one week from now and that we have 35000 kilometres ahead of us. Why.. because we are extremely busy and have no time to contemplate. We…
Camera training and stickers on the bus!
After a rather short night we got up early. Today would be the day. Today would be the day that the car would change into an expedition camper. Today the stickers would be put on the camper. How exciting! We…
shop till you drop
Today we did our last bit of shopping, were busy cleaning the house and worked on the interior of the car. In the eve, michel went to a friend for some help with installing programs on the new HP laptop!…
packing and cleaning
Its now about 2:16 in the morning and we haven’t finished cleaning yet. There seems to be no end to it all. We are very excited as we are leaving in 12 hours time and the adrenaline keeps us awake.…
Departure time!
Beep, beep, beep… It’s 8 o’clock in the morning when our alarm goes off. Way too early to get up but today is the big day. The day we are going to leave to China. After only a couple of…
Internet in Paris
As soon as we arrived in Paris we had our first task to complete, writing a column for the newspaper Spits. this meant finding an internet cafe in the metropole Paris. There seem to be only a few so after…
The man with the golden heart
A couple of days ago, the day we left to be exact, we had already a great experience. When searching for a campsite we asked a man who was walking his dogs if he knew a campsite in the area.…
drivetheplanet meets the Arc The Triomphe!
Today we drove into the city center of Paris to film on the champs e’lysees. This meant driving around the arc the triomphe better known as the most difficult roundabout in Europe. With sweat in our palms we entered the…
From Amersfoort to Beijing