After nine months on the road, we now have
lost count of the amount of people that start-
ed a conversation with us, just because they
liked the appearance of Balthasar. Quite a
few of them invited us to park in front of
their house. Like Ron & Doreen from Can-
ada, who still send us lovely emails asking
‘if the camper is working well on our trav-
els.’ Or Meghan from Telluride, Colora-
do who walked up to our table in a café to
check if ‘that badass truck’ belonged to us,
after which she offered us hot showers and
warmed us with a few bags of her home
blended tea. Or the two Canadian brothers
who’s only task was to fix our tire but who
kept on giving small extra parts we might
need on the way, and even some fresh trout
which they’d caught just that morning.
So our lesson is to go for something personal
instead of something that ticks all the boxes.
Especially since the perfect overland vehicle
doesn’t exist anyway. And because there are
many ways to reach your destination. We
have seen people driving the same roads in
a Duro (a Swiss army vehicle), classic Volk-
swagens and even doing the Pan-Am in a
tuk-tuk. You don’t always need a 4x4 to get
to places. And you certainly don’t need all
terrain tires to meet beautiful people.
If this vehicle is going to be your home in the
world for the coming years and takes you
wherever you want to go, make sure your
home is welcoming the world into it as well.
Because we all know, charm goes a long
way. Alongside proper German engineering
of course.
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