NEW HORIZONS nov2024
Spain to Morocco
LET'S GET HOT!
It’s adventure, they said. It’s so much fun, they said. You can totally off grid, they said. You see so much of the world, they said. 😳😁
Upside down with my head in the bench my world consists of water pipes and electricity. On the other side of the Mediterranean Sea we see Africa. The promised continent. Where all the adventure awaits us. But for now we’re very happy. Our water boiler died (again, second time) and receiving a great replacement is a moment of total happiness. This morning 2 packages arrived with all the right materials. And as a technician you can’t be more happy. Let’s get to work and have hot water again.
And yes, as a cyclist we never had hot water. And yes, you don’t need hot water as an adventurer, a world explorer, a hardcore outdoor explorer. But our cyclist friends don’t use social media so if you all keep quiet everything will be ok 🤫🤐☺️.
INTO AFRICA
This is a very boring movie. But for us it’s the best. We’re leaving Europe behind and start the next chapter of our adventure. Africa. Visited many times but never with a 12 ton big machine. Stupid idea or not? Here we come.....
CHEFCHAOUEN
The blue city. Beautiful and also a very interesting history. Today it’s also a city with Instagram streets. Never heard about the phenomenon before. In the small alleys beautiful girls are standing as a statue to be photographed by semi professional looking young men.
World is changing. No idea if it’s for the best or not. Anyway, it’s still a beautiful place.
RIF MOUNTAINS
We expected the worst. We experience the best. On our 30 year old Michelin map there is no road, only a track. And although the road is bumpy, it’s tarmac and it’s there! So we have a great ride through the Rif mountains. Home of the Berber people. The road through the mountains has changed completely compared to a few years ago. The Moroccan government is investing heavily in this area and as a result we are seeing more and more development. Of course it is still the area where drugs are easy to get. But if you are not interested in it, like we are, the atmosphere is very relaxed. One moment we are in the mountains and the next moment on the coast. And in the meantime we continue to run and hike a lot.
VEGETARIAN FISH
In India we learned that fish is the vegetable of the sea so we eat vegetarian. The biggest disadvantage of an expedition truck is that you have a complete kitchen on board and you don't really have to eat 'outside'. But if you do you miss one of the most important aspects of a culture, the food. So get out of the box and eat outside together with the locals.
TO THE DESERT
From the coast we drive south. On our way to the desert. At first we drive through completely new places that are not even on the map. But soon they make way for small villages and a little later they turn into emptiness.