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    Where to go?

    Tuesday 08 April 11:30 pm ‘Elles … are you still awake? ‘mmmhh, not really.. what is it? ‘Where are we going?’ ‘China, you dumb fool’ ‘Yeah, I know that, but where do we go when we leave the first day?’…

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    Engine finished!

    Yesterday morning i got the message that Hot Rod finished the revision of the engine! A message I really looked forward to as it meant that we could drive around in the camper again and make sure it is ready…

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    Couch potatoes….

    Today, we didn’t do a lot … ! Yesterday we came up with the plan to end the busy (very positive in terms of potential sponsorships) week in the pub with a very relaxing heineken beer. I can say it…

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    Reïncarnation

    If buddism or Hinduïsm are right in terms of reïncarnation… I would definitely come back as a ‘pizza’. Not the classy, well formed Italian, wood oven quatro stagioni pizza or the thick cheese crusted bacon and pepperoni medium sized American…

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    Bullbar in progress

    I made a quick visit yesterday to the fire department of Zeist. Currently they are working on the bus and are busy installing ‘the bullbar’. Its absolutely great to see how they manage to produce such great work out of…

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    Another Busy day

    This has been an awesome and also very busy day. We have set the departure date on May 17th. Knowing this we could make a time schedule for all the things we still have to do before we leave. 1)…

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    Easter eggs!

    Easter is all about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. But when walking through the city and flicking through catalogues, all you see is the Easter bunny smiling away and turning the whole thing into a party?! I still wonder who…

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    Vaccinations

    For a journey like this you need vaccinations. As we have travelled before we only needed a few. I needed the typhoid vaccination and Elles required the hepatitis b and and the typhoid vaccination. The problem is that with a…

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    Tyres and Murphy’s Law!

    Tuesday we visited one of our sponsors Kenwood. When we left I noticed that Elles had a flat tyre. As we were close to her car dealer we changed the tyre and brought the flat one to her dealer. We…

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    Queensnight 2003

    April 30th in the Netherlands is well known for Queensday. It commemorates the birthday of our former queen, Juliana. The ‘party’ starts the night before on the 29th at six pm. In every major city there is a free market…