{"id":575,"date":"2011-04-09T09:03:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T08:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilmundo.ch\/?p=575"},"modified":"2011-04-09T09:03:53","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T08:03:53","slug":"soooooold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilmundo.ch\/?p=575","title":{"rendered":"SOOOOOOLD!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our campervan is sold!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After only 1 day on internet we had our first interested buyer e-mail us. We called him back right away, he said he needed to talk to his wife and he\u2019d contact us again. We hoped non-stop for 36 hours, then the next evening he phoned again and we suggested to drive to their place to show them the van. At 10h the next morning the deal was closed by a handshake. And at a darn good price too!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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You see 5 months ago when we were looking for a van we realised there was a lot of the backpacker category: beat up vans selling for around 4000$, dating 1982 to 1987, not upkept, with loads of mileage on them, sometimes a 2nd<\/sup> engine, and probably a mechanical trouble down the road. So when we saw our van at Jim and Evie\u2019s, we knew it was ours. We also knew we were paying a good price for it (but there was this other couple on their way to seeing it, we had to get it, otherwise they would have for sure), but we were in love.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All that to say, we thought we may lose a bit on the selling….. Of course you\u2019ll get less money after 18000km, <\/span><\/span>but there are a lot of vans for sale in Perth at the moment, and someone scrolling through the ads doesn\u2019t know the good condition of our car.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Anyway: we lead a good life!! The people buying from us are not backpackers but a local couple close to retirement, so they do appreciate the reliability and well….are paying for it <\/span>J<\/span><\/span> All the cleaning, polishing and washing was worth it!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So now we\u2019re getting a good price for the car, we have money to keep travelling for a little while. And on the way to Canada, what better stop over then visiting a couple islands in the south Pacific? He he….<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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On Wednesday morning (so early it should actually still be called Tuesday) we are flying off to Vanuatu. What is Vanuatu? A very small country….they probably do have a delegation of 2 or 3 people at the Olympic games parade along with all those small countries like Tonga, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Where is that? It\u2019s a group of islands neighbouring New Caledonia, somewhere north east of Cairns in the South Pacific. This is actually where the New Zealander who invented bungee jumping got the idea from: every year young men jump from a tower made of bamboo and lianes with only their feet tied to a self made rope, it\u2019s a part of their initiation. And guess what? This event takes place in April and May each year….so we may even get to see it. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Message special for Mom: no worries, canibalism officially ended in 1887 there, we\u2019ll be fine. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One of the other special things about Vanuatu is the diving. It seems there are wonderful corals and numerous wrecks, one of them being the biggest in the world, called SS Coolidge. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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After Vanuatu we\u2019ll be heading to Fiji. Re-he he…. And after that to Honolulu.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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La vie est dure….<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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