When I was in Tarifa, Spain (see Tarifa the place for van life) my neighbours were a family of 3 living in a big blue bus. Meet Danny and Cristyn and their kid Felix. They spent 5 months last summer in the UK converting this old bus into their travelling home and now they live here. […]
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Tarifa, Spain. A place for van life
I got off the boat from Morocco (See: 3 months in morocco by campervan) and randomly stopped in the nearest town, Tarifa, in the South of Spain. I met a load of other vanners and stayed for a few weeks. I love this place. Let me show you some of Tarifa. Come here if you’re in a van! […]
How to get from Spain to Morocco by campervan – in 4 steps
I crossed from Spain to Morocco in my van on Christmas day (after my christmas breakfast – see video). This was a bit different to all the other European crossings that I’m used to so I thought I’d do a post to help anyone who wants to do this in a van or vehicle. There […]
Vanlife – Christmas breakfast video
After Portugal (see post) I found a nice lake in Spain (Embalse de Barbate) to spend some of Christmas day. Here’s a 3 minute video of Christmas morning in my van: I spent the other half of the day getting to Morocco – I will make a separate post on this. So this was my second […]
Exploring the North West of Spain by van
I got the ferry to Santander from the UK (see my video on leaving the UK) and spent 11 days exploring this North West bit of Spain, finishing in the north of Portugal. So let me take you on my journey – in 20 photos: 1. San Vicente del la Barquera I camped by the beach […]
The glacial lakes of Northern Spain – 19 photos
I was driving west just north of the Picos De Europa Mountains in Northern Spain (Asturian region) and headed to some lakes that I thought looked interesting on the map. I found out when I got there that these are the Covadonga lakes – two stunning glacial lakes sitting at an altitude of 1134m in the mountains. […]
Goodbye Spain – here are some my favourite bits
I love Spain but it’s time to zoom out of the map and say goodbye. This country is so easy to free-camp, it has been a great introduction to van living. Here are some of my favourite bits from the past 2 months in Spain and Portugal: The two week rave The monkeys in the […]
Where to free-camp in Barcelona
We’ve free-camped pretty much every major city in Spain but the last and by far the most challenging city to drive around and free-camp was Barcelona. Having spent a full afternoon driving around the city, beach and port to look for parking we decided that free-camping in the actual city is near to impossible. We […]
Wild camping with flamingos
We’re slowly making our way out of Spain, up the coast, with Barcelona as our last planned stop to see a friend. We were intrigued by a little strip of land on the map. It looks like an interesting wild camping spot so we went and had a look. This whole area forms the delta […]
Spot of the month (april)
We’ve been ignoring the list of ‘Europe wild-camping spots’ (see post) recently to find our own places. I was excited to find such a great spot from looking for clues on the map (e.g. dead-end grey roads through a lake) and driving to it. It is always hit and miss but I think I’m starting […]
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