• Netherlands

    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.…

  • Netherlands

    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…

  • Netherlands

    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…

  • Netherlands

    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…

  • Netherlands

    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!…

  • Netherlands

    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.…

  • Netherlands

    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…

  • France

    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…

  • France

    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.…

  • France

    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…