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Marrakesh Madness: 3 tips
Is Marrakesh the real Morocco? Is Marrakesh worth visiting? What to expect as a tourist in Marrakesh: all your answers and three tips from a full-time traveler! How to get to the Marrakesh medina When we arrived in december with our van in North-Morocco, the weather wasn’t great. We changed our plans, so we picked up my sister from the airport in Casablanca and we drove the same day straight to a campsite in Marrakesh, because we longed for some sunshine and adventure. ☀️🌍 From our campsite (Le Ferdaous) we got a 25 min shuttle to the centre of the…
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Morocco: hospitality or tourist scams?
Our experience with tourist industry in Morocco Morocco so far: They welcome you with open arms… And ask money in return. So far hospitality hasn’t been free for us. Men on the streets try to help you find the market/restaurant/city centre and when you don’t pay attention, you have to pay money. A few days ago we parked at a camping, but it was closed. As if by fate a man walked by and invited us at his ‘home campsite’ for 100 Dirham. As a comparison: parking lots are 20 Dirham and the campsite we stayed at the night after…
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First week in Morocco!
Vanlife in Morocco: come prepared. Tips, tricks and our experience New country, new chapter, new adventures. ❤️ We wanted to come prepared to Morocco, but if you’re a traveler you will know: every country comes with its own manual. During our last week in Spain we have been SO excited to go to Morocco. We wanted to do stuff right, so we took the time (and money😭) to buy a new battery and install it (our old one couldn’t handle the fridge) and we put a new water tap in our kitchen (the old one kept leaking). We did one…
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Downside of vanlife: saying goodbye
Cons of fulltime travel: saying goodbye to people and places A sad reality of vanlife: once you’ve met people, chances are big you have to say goodbye very soon again. You become friends quicker than normal because of so many shared experiences, but having to say goodbye and to continue on also becomes a bit harder. With Andy and his lovely dog Maya we had the opportunity to travel almost a month together, but yesterday our roads parted. He had to go back to England and we have to go further south so we’ll be in Morocco on time. 🙃 …
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Hidden gem: Toll Blau
Easy walking trail in Spain – dogs allowed Toll Blau: maybe it’s my photography skills, but I couldn’t fully capture the beauty of this place. With mountains high on both sides of the path, it feels like a canyon. There is a small river winding it’s way through the rocks, parallel to the path. If you want a peaceful nature walk, Toll Blau is for you. Walking route Toll Blau is accessible by a dirt track, but good enough for our big van. You can hike from one parking to another and make a big hike out of it, but…
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Finding our rhythm in vanlife
Things are finally falling into place. Those who have followed our journey since the beginning in December ‘22 (when we started building), know this statement really means something. A little more than a month into vanlife, and I finally felt peaceful, something that rarely happens to me (Eline). All those little things that made vanlife quite unendurable at the start, are now fixed, solved or dealt with: – Our solar panels charge enough now to last it through the day (the freezer is still taking too much energy, but we can manage)– The first few weeks I couldn’t sleep when…
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Our rough start in vanlife
How to start vanlife? A rough start in vanlife is almost guaranteed, but -with some help- we got the hang of it. The first three weeks of our journey didn’t feel vanlife-y; we couldn’t find spots to stay for more than one day; we went to McDonalds three times a week (we didn’t dare use our Porta Potti), but most of all: we hadn’t met any people yet.❤️🩹 Here, in Peñíscola (see photo), we met Mill and her dog Maus. Mill told us about how to find good parking spots, about not caring too much about all the rules and…
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10 days before vanlife
Starting a new chapter isn’t easy. It’s letting go, hoping for the best and just going for it. This is what I wrote 10 days before starting vanlife in 2022: Our journey is almost about to begin, and we can’t wait until we are living the vanlife life.✨ But for now we are just scared. Scared we won’t make it, scared the van will breakdown and scared of leaving everything we know. Most of the times you see (or at least, we do) vanlifers on Instagram who have it all figured out. A van that’s perfect, fun remote jobs and…
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Two days in Rome
Is Rome worth a visit? How long are the waiting lines for the Colosseum in winter? Is Rome too touristy? Read all our answers, tips and experiences right here!
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Is Athens worth a visit?
An honest review of our one day in Athens as fulltime travellers… It’s so addictive to see all the big cities when doing vanlife. You’re heading past the city anyways, so why not make a quick stop so it’s off your bucket-list? And when you’re there, you really can’t miss the…-fill in the blanks. So how about Athens?
