Hello fellow travellers
Hello Guys...
Sorry to read about your current mechanical problems...they sort of reflect our tour around Europe and North Africa last year...within 12 months we had 3 rebuilds on the transmission on our German built van, new clutch (fitted amongst the chickens in Morocco), replacement brakes flown by lear jet from Italy (hence the cost!), 6 new tires in Germany as ours were not roadworthy and a totally rebuilt boiler at no small cost (these repairs were the tip of the iceberg)...After 12 months our final breakdown was 400 miles from the ferry at Santander (which would take us home to Portsmouth) and do you know what...all we ever talk about is what a great trip it was!!
Being believers in ying-yang, we arrived in the States in May and bought an old RV for £10K in LA, travelled via all the Western National Parks up to Alaska and dreamed of our dream trip to China...we searched the internet for a suitable vehicle and found the company in Suffolk where you bought the Beast...it looked perfect for our future adventures...we could not believe it when we saw the Beast parked 10 vans away from us on the spit at Homer...you were obviously out doing stuff and hence we were unable to talk to you...but we managed to locate your blog via
WWW..your trip sort of mirroring our travels to date...
We took the ferry from Haines through the Inside Passage via Juneau and Ketchikan, BC, Washingston State, Oregan and are currently in Idaho about to head south to Texas, New Mexico and Arizona..
We have only met 1 other British couple on our travels...who have being travelling around the US for the last 10 years off and on in a 5th wheel that sounded like it got pretty much wrecked in Alaska...
We hope your luck changes with the Beast and if you are travelling through Arizona/New Mexico/California towards the end of the year maybe we will get a chance to hook up...
Keep on trucking..
Best wishes on your epic adventure..
Tara and Dave and RV Monty...