As the final part in the trilogy of our van saga draws to a close we have a lot of thinking to do. Three weeks after the date of the crash, where is our van, where are we now and what is next?

It’s time to talk with our mechanic, how bad is it really? Now that we have got the van moved somewhere safe and have had various heartbreaking conversations with both insurance parties, it's time fight for them to fix or van. Or is it?

It was August 9th 2020. After months of planning, building, loving, living, pouring every penny and every ounce of sweat we had into our beautiful van, we stood back and said, wow we’ve actually finished everything we planned for this build, finally! We were parked up on a street nestled between two parks down by the canals where we finally felt safe and like we had a home base while we did London life. Then three hours later someone not paying attention crashed into our home and we may be losing everything.

What keeps us committed to living in a van? What is it really like for us as city vanlifers? This blog touches on these points and our best reasons for choosing this lifestyle in spite of the struggles.

What was it that first got us thinking about van life as a realistic life choice? When we tell people we live in a van their first question is usually... why? This blog post is an introduction to our initial reasoning behind van life, but its only the beginning of a much bigger story.

When you've spent years pre-occupying your brain with the daily grind, it can be quite confronting to spend so much time in your own head while long term travelling.

So here we are on our final day in Quito, Ecuador, writing about all the choices that brought us here.