How??
Who in their right mind decides to pack up and spend their retirement living in a truck and travelling the world? How did our dream start and eventually evolve into this new lifestyle? What did we do to make it happen?
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Truck
Our truck is our full time home on wheels ready to take us all over this wonderful world. It is 100% self sufficient allowing us to live off the grid and travel to the most remote of places (at least that is the plan!). Want to know more?
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Us
Two everyday Australians with a passion for travel and a desire to see, experience and live in as much of this world as possible before we get too old! Life is way too short and the world is wide. Like to find out who we are?
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Planning
Setting off to travel the world on a full time basis doesn’t just happen overnight. From selling all your possessions, the logistics and paperwork, to buying the things you need for your new life. What things do you need to consider?
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As of today we have been living in Cherkasy for a month, so what has it been like? Well the month has flown by, which has to be a good sign! We have a comfortable 2 bedroom apartment that is only a few minutes walk to the main street where there are plenty of shops and restaurants. Most importantly, it...
After our brief stopover in Doha we arrived in Kiev, Ukraine. We had a few days in Kiev, spending the time wandering around the neighbourhood, visiting cathedrals and doing some food shopping. Eating out is so cheap however that cooking was never going to happen! We have eaten out for dinner every night and found cheap snack type places for...
We flew to Ukraine with Qatar Airways who use Doha, Qatar as their hub. They offer one free nights accommodation in a 5 star hotel in Doha, with the option of a second night for $100 US, so we decided to break the trip and spend two nights there. The night prior to the flight Elizabeth had a brainwave and...
We had never really thought about how one could own and register a vehicle in a country that they do not reside in. This was going to be a major hurdle for us to overcome if we wanted to build a truck in Ukraine, or anywhere other then Australia I would think. After our own investigations that pretty much led...
I (Elizabeth) have just returned from a 5 day visit to Krug’s factory in Cherkasy, Ukraine. It was great to meet Dmitriy and the team and to take a look at their factories and some of the builds that are underway at the moment. It is very clear that they pay attention to the details and deliver a quality product....
Around October 2017 the process began to design Matilda and there have been many, many Skype calls with Dmitriy from Krug Expedition since then! The initial discussions were primarily around high level costs and the legalities of owning and registering a truck as Australians (see this post for details). Once both of these things seemed viable the design process started....
