MaartensWorld

After the ride

The travel bug never sleeps

  1. 01

    Thailand

    After completing my ride around the world I got married and tried to settle down in Thailand. But due to Thai politics and social mentality I did not want to stay there. The house we built with our own hands was sold.

    Tip smiling on the bow of a blue boat on a lake full of pink water lilies
    Getting married in Thailand with Tip

  2. 02

    Bolivia

    We moved to Bolivia, South America. Here we built a house again and started a motorcycle touring company that did amazing adventure-tours.

    Maarten sitting in deep sand next to a yellow Suzuki motorbike stuck up to its axle, shrugging, with dunes behind him
    Adventure tours in Bolivia. Hard work.

  3. 03

    Thailand to the Netherlands

    After 10 years the travel bug infested us again, so we moved (back) to Thailand, rebuilt an expedition-camper and drove it to the Netherlands in a 9 month adventure.

    Watch the trip on YouTube

    Maarten next to the blue Isuzu expedition camper with Thai number plates, beside a painted elephant and its rider in India
    In India

  4. 04

    Back to Thailand

    We made it back just before Covid messed up more of our travel plans, so we built yet another house. I am getting good at it.

    Watch the build on YouTube

    Aerial view of a white house with dark shutters and a carport, a pond and fields, surrounded by trees in Thailand
    The last house in Thailand, fully self-sufficient

  5. 05

    Now

    But the travel bug does not stay dormant long, so now we are back in Europe, living in a camper, stirring up trouble wherever we can.

    A white camper with bikes on the back, parked on a sandy beach by a blue sea, with Tip standing at the water
    Living in a camper is like having a beach-house, a mountain-chalet and a farm-cottage all in one.