It was supposed to be only a few minor, undramatic repairs.
\nMeanwhile it looks more like a reconstruction of the bus …<\/p>\n
So, here are the latest news from me and my bus. The bus for my travelling raw food caf\u00e9.
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In mid-April I packed my backpack and set off for Portugal. To pick up there, so the plan, my repaired bus. In about 3 weeks, I thought, I would be back in Germany to collect my stuff, and could then take care of some minor rust spots, door seals and the like, and start the conversion.<\/p>\n
Then – an email from the mechanic. “Call me, there’s a little more to fix.”
\nOn the short way from the location of the bus to the workshop, apparently the engine had run hot; the one fan cooler that was still working had jammed and some cable had started to fry as a result. The car almost burned down.<\/p>\n
Luckily, it did not. The mechanic was not injured. And luckily it was him driving – and knowing what to do in that situation. If it would have been me, that would probably have been the end of our short journey together.<\/p>\n
The “little more” then turned out to be the head gasket, timing belt, fan cooler … and, little by little, so far, support joints, diesel injection pump, camshaft etc etc were added …<\/p>\n
In short: way to go. There is a lot of work to be done before I will be able to hit the road again.<\/p>\n
So, i keep travelling with my backpack. How good that it is almost summer and I can get along with my few taken clothes over the next months.<\/p>\n
At least, my life does not get boring \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
And it is gifting me with so much!
\nAdventure!
\nDear friends supporting me, giving me a lift to those places i cannot reach by bus or walking (i. e. most of the places in the Alentejo), and hosting me in a tent.
\nAnother place, a caravan, i am now staying in, for an affordable rent.
\nLots of movement for my body, walking.
\nAnd so much sun and fresh air on my skin – so good!<\/p>\n
Here and now – everything is good. Just different than I had imagined. ALIVE! I continue to enjoy the journey, the adventure, and am curious what will come of it.<\/p>\n
Because this whole thing not only takes time but also money: I keep asking for your further support. Money donations<\/a>, sharing my funding campaign<\/a>, needed spare parts, the help of a capable car electrician, … all this will help me to continue with this project … and to first get the bus back on the road … and then, hopefully soon, my traveling raw food caf\u00e9<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was supposed to be only a few minor, undramatic repairs. Meanwhile it looks more like a reconstruction of the bus … So, here are the latest news from me and my bus. The bus for my travelling raw food caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[721,947,949],"tags":[1059,1060],"class_list":["post-22716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-free","category-happy","tag-crowdfunding-en","tag-update-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyhealthyrawfree.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}