Drawers sometimes have something magical about them. You never really know what to expect when you look in it. Often you put things in and do not see them again for many years. Some of them keep small treasures there. Memories. In others, the chaos prevails.
I have three drawers in my bus. And there has accumulated a lot on the countless trips in the last twenty years. For example: a honey yellow amber from Lithuania. A dried chilli from southern France. A thin plastic tube with a gram of gold from northern Finland. An autograph of Lionel Messi on a bus ticket. A considerable collection of bottle caps: 56 beers from 18 countries. Or a shepherd's pipe, which I bought at the Scottish Hatsdog Championship.
Fixbag storage nets
Why I write this: The storage space in a small camping bus is always an issue that you have to deal with. Where do I pack something? How do I get organized? And how can I use the little space better? Questions that are more often asked when traveling with five people. A little more than ten years ago, I discovered an outstanding solution for me: luggage nets.
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Oliver Luck
Time as goal: For 20 years in Bulli through Europe
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Just as they used to be in the D-trains and are now used as storage on sailboats. I have them mounted on the side walls and ceiling of the bus and use them as a wardrobe, for towels, for books or for sleeping bags. And on every trip, I've been amazed anew, which can be easily accommodated with the help of the many nets in such a small Bulli.
What's this? Narrow-mesh, elastic tensioning nets, which can be ordered from various suppliers in various sizes. In it, especially clothes, diapers or towels can be stowed away.
Who needs it? All those who travel in camping buses and motorhomes and have little space, but want to keep order.
What does this cost? You pay 14 euros for a net measuring 40 x 34 centimeters.
Camping coffee pot made of stainless steel
A few years ago in the easternmost east of Poland in the Biaowiea National Park: in the morning at about five o'clock the breath of the forest floated in small clouds above the ground. The musty mist of old leaves mingled with the scent of pine and moss. Even far after dawn, only a few rays of sunlight found their way through the dense foliage. "This is the best time to be in the forest," whispered Aleksander, park ranger in one of Europe's last primeval forests, "when nature wakes up and the orchestra begins to play, listen!" The monotone call of the pipe swirl. Here, two Dreizehenspechte fought, there built a white-backed woodpecker beak into a trunk. Add to that the rustling of the leaves in the wind and the creaking of the trunks. And a freshly brewed coffee from the pot. It did not take more that morning to start the day happy.
For ten years now I have this double-walled jug made of stainless steel. Coffee or tea will keep you warm for two hours. The outer wall remains cool anyway. This allows you to touch anything without burning your hands. Quick disassembled. Easy to clean. Easy and good. Many encounters and talks on the road - as in Poland back then - actually started with a cup of coffee from this pot.
What's this? A Frenchpress pot made of stainless steel for tea or coffee.
Who needs it? Ideal for RV travelers and campers, as the pot can not break.
What does this cost? Nearly 20 euros.
2-in-1 mosquito net cap
Far in Northern Lapland, in Inari, a village 300 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle in the Finnish Nothern, there are two ways to get rich: Either you win the lottery or you find a huge lump of gold. Both are almost impossible, say the men with the floppy hats and the wildly proliferating and colored by the nicotine yellow beards. These should protect in summer against the attacks of blood-sucking mosquito swarms and warm in the cold months. There is nobody here who does not smoke. Many always light their cigarette on the stub of the previous one. Also because of the mosquitoes. Once the rivers are ice-free, the men spend their time in the polar wilderness. Because they need the water to wash the precious metal out of the earth. Therefore, the gold diggers know only two seasons: the winter, which can last seven months, and the gold season. More than 400 claims that can be leased to the state are dug. Here, in the land of seeds and reindeer, are the largest deposits of loose gold in Europe.
Many treasure hunters come with great hopes. But the goldmine camps are often nothing more than a pile of discarded caravans with washed out pans, rusty shovels, and lots of empty vodka bottles. Bee-sized mosquitoes buzz through the air. The fast luck looks different. And what would be unthinkable elsewhere in Finland is commonplace in this area: the mobile phone has no reception. Nobody wants to live longer here. Also because of the mosquitoes. And so I was very glad to have gotten a cap with a mosquito net for the head before this trip through the Finnish late summer. This is how you hear the bloodsuckers, but the face, neck and neck are protected. A must for every Scandinavia camper.
What's this? A beanie with a close-meshed mosquito net for travel, which takes up little space and is durable.
Who needs it? All who do not like mosquitoes.
What does this cost? 14 euros.