We travel the World in a classic Land Rover Defender 130, 300TDI camper
Presentation in Etten-Leur: Traveling to the Horizon We, Sonja and Gert Jan have decided to make our life of our passion for traveling.With our Land Rover Defender camper, Milady Landy, we want to travel around the world and last year we made a trip through Southern Europe and Morocco.On September 1 and 3 2020, we … Read more We tell about our travels
We are Sonja and Gert Jan, we have decided to travel full-time, together with our sturdy Land Rover Defender camper. We are parents of 4 beautiful adult children, Michiel, Suzanne, Gerben and Rindert. We have been in love since April 1, 1981 … Sonja was originally a Dutch teacher and nowadays the co-driver and sometimes … Read more About us
Vincent van Gogh in Etten-Leur (and Brabant) In our hometown Etten-Leur, more and more attention is paid to the periods he spent here with his parents, his father was a minister in the protestant church of Etten. For those who want to follow Vincent’s footsteps, the Van Gogh church and the Vincent van Gogh house … Read more We follow Vincent Van Gogh
After crossing from Morocco (see Leaving Morocco after 28 weeks (video)) to Spain, we fully enjoy the pleasures of European life. Groceries in the supermarket, driving on good roads and a drink on a terrace. Despite Covid-19 and the associated limitations, it is still wonderful to be able to move freely knowing that we can … Read more The southern Regions of Spain
We arrived in beautiful Andalucia via the port of Algeciras, Spain from Tanger Med in Morocco.The beautiful weather gave us a nice view on the rock of Gibraltar. We chose not to take the highways and stick to local roads seeing beautiful landscapes and towns along the Mediterranean coast.
On Thursday 25th June 2020 we saw a Facebook message of the German embassy in Rabat that a ferry would be organised from Tanger-Med to Algeciras for German citizens. After contact with the Dutch embassy we managed to get on the list for the ferry of 3rd July 2020. We started travelling towards the north. … Read more Leaving Morocco after 28 weeks (video)
South of the town of Beni-Melal and the lake of Bin-El-Ouidane, near to the town of Tilouguite, the Michelin map of Morocco indicates “la Cathedrale (rochers)“.We were made curious by this indication on the map and went looking for the Cathedral.It turned out to be a very interesting and rough ride through the Atlas Mountains … Read more la Cathedrale of Tilougite (video)
Goodbye to the desert dunes of Erg Chebbi On Thursday 11 June we leave Hassi Labied, the small village at the bottom of the dunes of Erg Chebbi where we stayed for almost 3 months. Hassi Labied, together with the more famous Merzouga, houses and entertains thousands of tourists in and around the desert dunes … Read more We can travel again
This video gives details of how I connected the fuel line of the Wallas XC Duo cooker&heater to the main fuel tank of the Land Rover Defender.This method can also be used for other cookers and heaters such as Eberspacher, Webasto or Chinese alternatives.
Pipeliner on Tour Until October 2019, I was an active member of the BIG, a Flemish-Dutch association of companies, institutions and persons who are professionally or commercially interested in the field of above and underground pipelines. I am still a member, but not so active anymore … However, the BIG has asked me to write … Read more Column in BIG-magazine