About Us

We decided to take a sabbatical leave so that we can explore the world ourselves, see what beauty there is and enjoy it before we grow old. We travel together with our cat Binkie and use a converted camper van, a Mitsubishi L300 4×4 to get around.  We come from the Netherlands, Europa.

In a windy Moroccan desert

Kilian

Nice to meet you! I was born in the Netherlands where I lived, studied and worked. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and worked for international companies as Alcoa (aluminium extrusion profiles), Sapa (die and tooling design, manufacture) and Bosch (CVT transmission design).

I converted a commercial van into an overland camper and now I stopped working to give myself a chance to see the world and to drive some of the world’s “dangerous roads”. Together with my wife and our cat we started travelling in a small camper van. Currently, my skills include chauffeuring, cooking, repair and maintenance of the van and navigating.

My hobby is mountain biking, I have been doing that since 1991. Trail grades that I can comfortably ride are classified S2 but I make small excursions to S3. I prefer to ride long (day) tours on natural trails in the mountains. Perhaps because I come from a flat country, the mountains are calling me. Anyway, I really enjoy being in the mountains, it feels at home.

Marcia

Hi there! Just like my husband Kilian, I was born and raised in the south of the Netherlands, even in the same city. Although when we met, I was living in Germany, and had never met Kilian in the past 34 years. I moved back to the Netherlands to be with him. I’ve studied environmental technology and for almost twenty years I’ve worked as an environmental inspector for the local government. Which meant that I visited industrial companies to check if the (Dutch) environmental rules were followed. I’m a cat lover and for years I was a volunteer for the local animal shelter as a kitten foster carer. That’s how we got Binkie, he was the one I couldn’t let go.

Me and Binkie taking it easy

My job description now involves: taking care of Binkie, checking out where we want to go, keeping the van somewhat clean and tidy, doing laundry in rivers and getting the groceries. Unlike Kilian, who is very active, I’m more the lazy type and not ashamed to admit it! Reading a book in my hammock while eating a piece of chocolate is a very good way to spend the day, as far as I’m concerned.  I do like to go hiking and will go on the occasional (short) mountain bike ride, preferably only going downhill. As far as I’m concerned we have a van for going uphill 😉

I do like adventurous activities. Tara canyon zipline.