Preparation
15 февраля 2020 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Boattrip to Denmark
22 февраля 2020 г., Германия ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Ready to take the boat to Denmark
Entering Sweden
22 февраля 2020 г., Швеция ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
We arrived in Sweden, and everything is going fine til now. Time for a food stop and after that we are heading to Jonkoping where will find a place to sleep.
Nightstop @ Skillingaryd
22 февраля 2020 г., Швеция ⋅ 🌧 2 °C
Planning the route for tomorrow, follow the 26 up to the the north, and then the E45 to ostersund.
Tosti’s at 70 km/h
23 февраля 2020 г., Швеция ⋅ 🌧 2 °C
Good morning, first time in my life preparing tosti’s at 70 km/h but the taste is fantastic. Have a safe day
Generator Problem in Jonkoping
23 февраля 2020 г., Швеция ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
This morning we got surprised wit a generator problem. With the great assistance of Mercedes Benz NL support was quickly arranged. A broken wire caused the problem. Excellent service from the localЧитать далее
ПутешественникGlad to hear it was only a minor issue and you are back in the game! Just took Melusine to her garage; while driving Ejnar and I thought of you all the time over the OM 352 engine roar...
Coffee @ frederiksberg
23 февраля 2020 г., Швеция ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Passing Frederiksberg we discovered a small coffee stop. What do you think, a dutch couple is running this cafe. Great service, nice coffee with a tasteful and for the first time an Elk (Eland)Читать далее
Nightstop @ Vilhelmina
23 февраля 2020 г., Швеция ⋅ 🌙 1 °C
After an exciting day, we finished in the area of Vilhelmina. No light pollution at all here, never saw so many stars in the sky. We enjoyed an excellent meal, finished the dishes and we are nowЧитать далее
ПутешественникHave a good night! Ejnar stated, he would dream of "both fire trucks"! With you in our thoughts all the time!
What a great start of the Monday
24 февраля 2020 г., Швеция ⋅ ☀️ -2 °C
We started early this morning following the E45 up to Vilhelmina. Fantastic weather. What a great start for a Monday
Repairstop @ Arsana
24 февраля 2020 г., Швеция ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C
During our morning inspection we noticed that our spare wheel frame started to move, probably caused by the intense tension and load of the spare wheel. We got in contact with Dack AB based in ArsanaЧитать далее
Switching over to spike @ Hallviken
24 февраля 2020 г., Швеция ⋅ ☀️ -2 °C
Due to the permanent snow on the road we stopped @ hallviken and prepared our tires with titanium spikes. After we where ready Rob did a brake test and the effect was excellent. Just 50 km to go andЧитать далее
Icedrifting @ Vilhelmina
25 февраля 2020 г., Швеция ⋅ ⛅ -10 °C
Today is the ice drifting event @ vilhelmina. The temperature -20 degree C . We have decided not to join the whole event and leave on time to Bodo in Norway where want to take the nightboat to theЧитать далее
ПутешественникRob, Thijs, seems that you are going east when all the others are heading to Bodo. All okay with you and the truck?
Trip to Bodo
25 февраля 2020 г., Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ -8 °C
Today we entered the polar circle, the destination was Bodo in Norway, where we will take the night ferry to the lofoten. A wonderful trip, blue skies and icy roads. Especially when we approached theЧитать далее
ПутешественникGlad to hear that everything is fine! Looking at the photos, I am sure you enjoy every single minute of this great experience. Roll on!!
Arriving at the Lofoten
26 февраля 2020 г., Норвегия ⋅ 🌧 3 °C
After a challenging seatrip where a number of people needed puke bags (heavy sea) we arrived early this morning at the lofoten. I travelled a lot but never saw such a massive island. Thousand wordsЧитать далее
Landed in Narvik
26 февраля 2020 г., Норвегия ⋅ 🌧 2 °C
Today we experienced the Lofoten area, for me one thing is sure ‘I certainly will return’ one day is just to short to experience this beautiful area. My GoPro camera made overtime today. The roadЧитать далее
ПутешественникDan volgend jaar weer Thijs en dan ga ik wel mee :) Alleen dan zonder tijdsdruk!
ПутешественникKomt goed Brenda, en we gaan zeer zeker nog een aantal modificaties aan de truck doorvoeren
ПутешественникWat voor modificaties volgens mij zijn jullie zeer goed voorbereid. Mooie foto's trouwens. Goeie reis verder en veel plezier
Challenge of the day
26 февраля 2020 г., Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
The challenge for today is to make picture with a least 10 Asian people, due to safety reasons we found 9 other foreigners who wanted to make a team picture with us. Just kidding, amazing how easy itЧитать далее
ПутешественникSo, I guess it is time to take an open can of Surströmming along in the cab for 200 km. Or is this task not a part of the challenge this time???
From Narvik to Alta
27 февраля 2020 г., Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
Today we drove from Narvik to Alta. The team challenge for today was changing copilot with another team, the best way to add new friends. I changed with team 36 , Irina, Chris and Lea who are drivingЧитать далее
From Alta to Honningsvag
28 февраля 2020 г., Норвегия ⋅ ☀️ -11 °C
Today we left Alta and headed North to Honningsvag. Every day I say to myself this is the most beautiful I have ever seen and then there is the next day with even more beautiful views. Today we passedЧитать далее
To the Nordcape
29 февраля 2020 г., Норвегия ⋅ ⛅ -4 °C
We left Honningsvag this morning for the final part North. Yesterday evening again an even better view on the amazing polar-lights. We arrived this morning at 08:00 @ the assembly point were we allЧитать далее
Driving to Inari Finland
29 февраля 2020 г., Норвегия ⋅ ☁️ -3 °C
Today we left the North-cape and drove to Inari in Finland where we are staying the night. Due to the low temperatures our engine will continuing this night on idle. Tomorrow we will continue ourЧитать далее
ПутешественникIs de stand kachel niet aan het koelsysteem.van de auto aangesloten voor verwarming van de olie?
Underway to St Petersburg
2 марта 2020 г., Россия ⋅ ☁️ -10 °C
We left Murmansk and today we continue our journey to St Petersburg, 1000 km to go. Due to the fantastic Internet connection here our updates will be less frequent, so don’t worry :)
At the momentЧитать далее
ПутешественникFeels good to see your marker on the chart again!!! The Baltics are great, too. Keep on enjoying the adventure!
Visiting St Petersburg
3 марта 2020 г., Россия ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
We left this morning our night stop and continued the last 250 km to Sint-Petersburg. Halfway we stopped at a nice cafe for a coffee (pic.2) Around one we arrived in Sint-Petersburg where we parkedЧитать далее
Hara Sadam ‘Russian Submarine base’
4 марта 2020 г., Эстония ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
After a perfect breakfast we left our ‘blessed’ night-stop (pic. 01) and headed to find the decommissioned Russian submarine base @ Hara. The attached pictures are giving a clear view that it isЧитать далее
ПутешественникViewing those great photos and reading about your adventures, it is easy to understand, I had to hold back Heidi, not to hide in your truck Friday evening... All the best and keep on truckin'!!!
Visiting the KGB museum in Tallinn
5 марта 2020 г., Эстония ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
This morning we started with a breakfast at the campfire. We left the team meeting event and made a stop in Tallinn to visit the KGB museum located @ the top floor of the Estoria hotel. VeryЧитать далее
Driving to kaliningrad russia
6 марта 2020 г., Литва ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Exactly 10 years ago I woke up in Dubai, and now we are driving to Kaliningrad Russia.Traveling and Exploring the world is nice.. I need to get start thinking what the special destination will be overЧитать далее
ПутешественникLike pilots. Super.