My personal travels and stories

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Toscane by Van

This was a little springtime trip in 2019. Through a random combination of events, I could combine a job of driving a special 4x4 van to Edelweiss' HQ in Tirol. Edelweiss found this rare van in Belgium, close to where I live, and I helped arrange…
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The Gambia – Toubab MC

Ever since I went home earlier two years ago, and never made it beyond Dakhla in the old firetruck, I've wanted to go back and at least experience The Gambia for a bit. This year I finally made it happen and booked a ticket for about two weeks…

Winter Van Trip 3

We faced the cold again for the annual winter, with the dog this time!
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Bosnia-Hercegovina by Van

Bosnia, it's a country that seems to bring up similar images for a lot of people: war-torn, crumbling and besieged cities summarize most of it. We were even asked to be careful of any fighting. I had on the other hand read a lot of good about…
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Gola Pljesevica & Zeljava Airbase

The Croatian-Bosnian border area near Bhiac and Plitvice is an interesting place, a lot seems to be going on and happening in different areas. Most people go to this area to visit the world famous Plitvice National Park with it's extremely…
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Croatia by Van

When heading for the Slovenia-Croatia border, i'd heard my friend Chris, who I met in Australia working on a farm together with his friend Mikkel, was going to be in Croatia with his girlfriend at about the same time as us. It seemed…

Slovenia by Van

From Eastern Italy we drove into the Soca valley in Slovenia, supposedly renowned for its beauty. Straight away things seemed different here: as the area is popular for outdoor sports with tourists, wild camping seemed much harder (boulders…

Italian Dolomites by Van

This year's big trip with Jolien was planned right after my Alps By Scooter tour. We've gone South-west, North, so this time it would be (South-) East, from Tirol through the Alps and Dolomites to the Balkan. No big plans were set, we'd see…

Van Trip to England & Wales

I recently managed to combine a little work trip with an excursion to England and Wales, along with Jolien and Milo the dog. Here's how it went. We did a lot of driving to get to our first point of interest, but after our first morning…