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Advice on our roadtrip
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We're 2 friends living in Antwerp, Belgium, trying to achieve ultimate freedom. So we'd like to see as much as we can now we're young. We're 2 students, so we don't have all the cash of the world. We are planning on making a roadtrip for an undetermined time starting from Belgium across Europe, as basic as possible. We're not afraid of camping in the wild and working hard labour anywhere and everywhere. So how we see it is as followed: we want to travel as basic possible, working for food and water and perhaps a roof above our heads or a place to put up our tent. We would like to help people in whatever way we can. In exchange they could provide us with these necessities. We would like to see as much as possible, all the beautiful places in the world. Not just the popular places, but also the forgotten ones. We don't want to be tied down to one place or time. We stay till the urge is there to move on to an other place. So we start here in Belgium and want to travel across Europe from June till November/December and then go to Zell am see and work for someone we know. We would like to know which direction and places we should see in the time before we go to Zell am see. June-November/December we would like to travel North (Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, ...). And then from May we would like to go South (Spain, France, Morocco, Mediterranean area, ...). We think a car would be our best option to cover all these distances. Is there a car you would recommend? What kind of car can handle some miles? A car with some space and can cover most terrains. What are the specifications to look for in a second hand car? Is there something we should look out for, anything we shouldn't buy? Are there any places we should know about that offer these kind of opportunities? Any tips are welcome, since we have little or no experience on these matters.
We're 2 friends living in Antwerp, Belgium, trying to achieve ultimate freedom. So we'd like to see as much as we can now we're young. We're 2 students, so we don't have all the cash of the world. We are planning on making a roadtrip for an undetermined time starting from Belgium across Europe, as basic as possible. We're not afraid of camping in the wild and working hard labour anywhere and everywhere. So how we see it is as followed: we want to travel as basic possible, working for food and water and perhaps a roof above our heads or a place to put up our tent. We would like to help people in whatever way we can. In exchange they could provide us with these necessities. We would like to see as much as possible, all the beautiful places in the world. Not just the popular places, but also the forgotten ones. We don't want to be tied down to one place or time. We stay till the urge is there to move on to an other place. So we start here in Belgium and want to travel across Europe from June till November/December and then go to Zell am see and work for someone we know. We would like to know which direction and places we should see in the time before we go to Zell am see. June-November/December we would like to travel North (Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, ...). And then from May we would like to go South (Spain, France, Morocco, Mediterranean area, ...). We think a car would be our best option to cover all these distances. Is there a car you would recommend? What kind of car can handle some miles? A car with some space and can cover most terrains. What are the specifications to look for in a second hand car? Is there something we should look out for, anything we shouldn't buy? Are there any places we should know about that offer these kind of opportunities? Any tips are welcome, since we have little or no experience on these matters.
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This sounds like a dangerous adventure. But in any case, I have some good experience with Toyota Prado 4WD (a customized version with double diesel fuel tank) this vehicle also comes with Turbo, I really don't know if you can get it in Europe.
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And it will save you tens of thousands of dollars. They're like $50 at the most. Why wouldn't you have one already?!
You never know when someone's going to toss a cigarette butt that hits your car the wrong way. Or hit you with a molotov.
Using this site you can find people who are willing to let you crash with them for a few days sometimes for free, or sometimes in exchange for helping with some chores. I personally am a little too paranoid to use it, but I do have friends who have hosted people and used it when traveling overseas - and they had good experiences with it.
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Check the legal requirements for your trip. Certain countries require you to carry things such as a fire extinguisher, high visibility vest, spare tyre, puncture repair kit, jack, etc. France is notorious for this.
Germany requires you have winter tyres between (roughly) October and March. Border checks when conditions get cold are common on major routes. 4mm tread is a must on each tyre for this.
When checking out a second hand car, one useful test is to have someone follow you and check the exhaust whilst driving. Black clouds when accelerating can point to an oil leak. If you don't know much about cars, get a mechanic to check it over before you buy.
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Subaru is nice but nothing like 4WD is needed when traveling in western Europe except the spare tire which is always a good idea. If the Europe trip also includes the European countries of the former Sovjet then it is a different story, but considering some of those countries are sketchy to travel in because of crime the best advice is to stay away - a road trip through Africa would be safer.
For a low budget tour of Europe I'd go for a diesel van like a Toyota HiAce or similar. They do not bring great fuel economy but they can be had for cheap and are pretty fool proof if they get a check up. A van has room enough to be slept in if necessary, but it should be noted that doing that won't be legal in all countries. Also note that some vans come with three seats which can be handy.
Enough about the car :-)
I wanna suggest swapping the time schedule with regards where to go in which time of the year. Going north in the winter and south in the summer will mean visiting the north when it is cold and dark and the south when it is often too hot to comfortable be traveling and sleeping in the outside. Northern Europe and especially Scandinavia is magically in the summer with warm long summer days and comfy very short summer nights.