Camper Designs

January 4, 2010 Written by admin
Camper Designs
Using GoogleSketch we designed our pop up camper. We wanted to make the pop up camper liveable without the top popped up for situations when we would be camping in really bad weather or unsafe locations. Thus the challenge was to make it modular so that in emergencies we could still cook and sleep in [...]
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Israel 2006

August 22, 2006 Written by admin
We crossed into Israel from Jordan at the Eilat border crossing. We were expecting to be  searched from top to bottom so went early. We passed through without any hassles. It was painless and quick. We camped on a narrow strip of sand between a main road and the beach,  right adjacent to the ‘no camping’ [...]
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Jordan 2006

August 21, 2009 Written by admin
Jordan is a small country, bordering with Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. The impact of the influx of Palestine refugees, combined with the loss of trade with Iraq its main trading partner has had a significant impact on its economy. It is ruled by a Monarchy, the current one being King Abdullah 2. [...]
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Egypt 2006

May 20, 2006 Written by admin
The British may have invented bureaucracy but the Egyptians perfected it. And we met it full on at customs and immigration when entering into Egypt. Something we had done on each entry into every country but Egypt was different.  We had heard stories about how difficult it is to bring a car into Egypt and [...]
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Sudan 2006

April 19, 2006 Written by admin
Sudan is the largest country in Africa, covering over 2.5million sq. km. Southern Sudan is hot humid and tropical while northern and western Sudan are vast desolate areas of stunning desert. Due to the war in south and eastern Sudan, travel is restricted and getting a Sudanese visa is extremely difficult and for many impossible. [...]
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Ethiopia 2006

March 17, 2006 Written by admin
We crossed into Ethiopia, where the customs officials checked all our Landcruiser details carefully. More carefully in fact than any of the other countries we had entered so far on our trip. Travelling in Ethiopia is challenging and certainly not for the faint of heart and yet it offers some of the world’s most ancient [...]
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