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We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

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We are young travel bloggers from Poland who did not have a lot of money but we wanted to see the world. We bought an old van for $600, painted it, took tents and supplies of food and just took off.

In 6 years we visited more than 50 countries and we traveled more than 150.000 km on 5 continents. We never paid for accommodation (we sleep in the van and in tents) and we eat what we cook. Here’s a short story, in pictures.

UPDATE: Since many of you were asking how we manage to travel spending only $8 a day, we wanted to explain it a bit further for you. The main cost is the fuel – that’s why other people travel with us and share fuel costs. We travel slowly and often stay in one place for a few days, so we save on fuel. Also lots of people are ordering a postcard from our trip – they get a postcard from a beautiful place, and we get the money for one liter of fuel.

We do not pay for accommodation because we sleep in the van or in tents – on beaches, cliffs, mountains. Often, strangers invite us to their homes. Poles living abroad often help us. The food we buy in supermarkets and eat what we cook – we do not pay for restaurants. For example, in Australia we ate kangaroo steaks because it was the cheapest meat.

When the car breaks down – we repair it, beacause during the trip we have learned how to do this. And when we need mechanics help, they very often do not take money from us because they are impressed with our trip and want to help us and be a part of our adventure. We have our own electric shower and 150l water tank on the roof so we don’t pay for showers. Sometimes we just use rivers or lakes. Between continents we transport the car on the ship. It is very simple.

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We sometimes have sponsors – when we have to spend a lot of money on something. For example, the transport of car across the ocean to Australia and the US – sponsors paid for it in exchange for their advertising on the van. Logos on a car is advertising for such companies, which helped us to transport the car through the oceans. Our blog is the most popular travel blog in Poland – now we work as bloggers and thats how we earn money. And thanks to that we can be still on the road because we just need a laptop and internet to work. We published two books about our trips and they give us some money. We do photo sessions for companies or doing advertising clips in exotic locations and companies pay us for it. We sometimes also work as graphic designers and IT specialist (online).

More info: busaroundtheworld.com | Facebook

We are young travel bloggers from Poland who are traveling around the world in an old van

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Image credits: Wojciech Lewandowski

We wanted to travel but we did not have a lot of money so we bought old van for $600 and converted it to a travel car

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We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

We took tents and food supply and just took off

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

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We visited over 50 countries on 5 continents in 6 years and we drove over 150.000 km

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

We saw the beautiful mountains of Grand Canyon..

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

And mesmerizing fields of lupins in Iceland

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

We bathed in hot springs in Iceland…

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

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Looked at incredibly green fields in Iceland…

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Made selfies in the most beautiful places…

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Climbed to the top of huge rocks in Norway…

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Relaxed in Venice, Italy

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Photographed wild sheep in Iceland

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

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Rode camels in Sahara

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Saw this beautiful house in Iceland

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We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Visited the monument valley, USA

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Saw The Valley Of Fire, USA

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Dinned with the view of Grand Canyon

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

And celebrated Christmas in our van

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

We never pay for accommodation. We sleep on beaches, cliffs or in the mountains

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

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Image credits: Paweł Jagiełło

We don’t pay for restaurants also, we eat what we cook

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Our old car breaks down very often, but we learned how to repair it during the trip

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Because we sleep in the wild, we always meet a lot of wild animals

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Like this wild emu, who is trying to race our car

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Blog about our adventures became popular in Poland, and people began to join us

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

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Readers of our blog and accidentally met people join us and share fuel costs

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Other cars sometimes also join us

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

All the time we meet people who change our point of view

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Finally, we got engaged in the Sahara desert

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

…and we are still on the road!

We Visited Over 50 Countries With Our Van Spending Only $8 A Day (UPDATED)

Image credits: Paweł Jagiełło

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Karol Lewandowski

Polish travel blogger, writer, traveler, author of www.busemprzezswiat.pl (Travel Blog of the Year in Poland).

Polish travel blogger, writer, traveler, author of www.busemprzezswiat.pl (Travel Blog of the Year in Poland).

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VermonN 8 years ago

Holy mother of all ducks i so want to do this :)

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SnowMo 8 years ago

Hey Vermon come and join us! https://www.facebook.com/events/1225905424090628/

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PiotrJeziorowski 8 years ago

8$ a day and 150.000 km in 6 years, don't be silly. It's barely cost of fuel...

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MikeZysman 8 years ago

Yes, but they have sponsors and are not including the money/ in-kind donations given to them by the sponsors.

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Ghele 8 years ago

Hi, in know this people. This true, 8$ is full coas, but it is per person. They are usually travelling in 6 person. So 6x8=48$ ;)

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Ghele 8 years ago

Hi, i know this people. So it's true, 8$ was full cosat of travel, with fuel and eat (without buy car forexample). But it's tricky. It is 8$ per person. They are driving in full car. Not only the couple from biggest part of fotos. They are traveling in 6 person. 6x8=48$ ;)

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TùngCao 8 years ago

fuel in some country is cheaper maybe

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MartaTajsiak 8 years ago

I've done 25000 km on a bicycle over 2.5 years. 2/3 of this time in Latin American countries, which are considered cheap. It was fully self-funded trip, so every penny counted. Most of the time I slept in tent and ate whatever can be cooked on camping stove. And yet it was extremely hard to keep the cost down to $10/day. So if it wasn't for the sponsors, the cost of this guys' trip would never be $8/day. Good storytelling and beautiful pictures are essential for a travel blogger who wants to get sponsors and make living out of his travels. But I wouldn't take this stories too serious, they are good for a bed-time read.

12points

MauriceLP 8 years ago

As they said, they could cut down the cost by inviting more people into the van, so splitting up the fuel and food cost through i think up to 6 people. gues what, you maybe can manage to get to 8$ a day, and as she said they stay longer at one place, which reduces the fuelcost per day again...

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HosseinGhayour 8 years ago

Guys great job great story great pictures and great journey :-) :-) it takes lots of courage to do what you do.

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EvaKlevska 8 years ago

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HeidiMedina 8 years ago

Hey guys. I think what you're doing great and completely support you but I also feel you're not being completely honest by saying you're doing it for $8 a day. Anything that someone else has given you to get you through your trip is money, such as your sponsors, the mechanics fixing your van, people buying a postcard for gas, etc. Do you have an actual figure showing the cost per day with all expenses? Because if someone wanted to replicate what you are doing, they would need those figures. Just be curious and making a point. Love your blog and you guys :) Keep up the fun adventures.

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ChristineJagger 8 years ago

Yeah, ok...so are they in a court of law are they? They have put an update of how they got where they were why do they need to prove it to you?

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NancyParker 8 years ago

The photos are great and the adventure looks fun, but there is no way they did this on 8$ a day. Maybe they spent that amount on food only, but there is a LOT of stuff in that van that cost money. 8$ a day cannot include fuel costs. Gas is cheap where I live and it still costs 25$ to fill my very old minivan.

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AnnaJansen 8 years ago

I somewhat agree. but then replicating the trip is not the point and not the way to have a similar experience. It seems that these guys learned to make their way along the road. Everyone will make their own choices and will have different stories to tell, thats the beauty of travelling!

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AniAsnever 8 years ago

You forgot to mention the (hundreds?) of corporate sponsors who paid for that trip. How many are advertised on that van? Unbelievable.

5points

DaveYu 8 years ago

exactly what i was thinking. that van isnt crossing oceans without a little help $. but you have to have a gimmick to have a story to tell

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VanjaRadulovic 8 years ago

This is all nice really but i just don't get how the hell did you drive from Grand Canyon in USA to Norway or Sahara? Your car knows how to swim? I know there is a boat option also but that costs, it's not cheap. Fuel costs for 150000km? Maybe you have a 007 car...i belive you are hippies, but I don't belive you are poor (meaning, always have someone at home to send you some money). Just saying, life isn't that pink. You look great anyways! :D

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NancyParker 8 years ago

They paid to ship the car. I agree with you about their money situation. Furthermore, what does the $8 cover? Looks like food only.

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LaurentBianchin 8 years ago

How much did you get from the sponsors? You forgot to mention it...

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AlexMadeincockney 8 years ago

everything from "sponsors" (its not sponsors at all - we WORK for them, like you work for someone) we spent on things like shipping van from one continent to other. We made a big sacrifice to travel like this so please respect it. More info on busaroundtheworld.com

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zozi 8 years ago

good for you :) im so jealous:( try to be iranian and you have to spend a lot of money and time just to get a visa ifff they give you one

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IvanIvanovich 8 years ago

don't worry Baby, being Ukrainian is almost the same but I am finding the way to travel. You can do it too;)

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MunizaTariq 8 years ago

It's not possible to do all that on just $8 a day. One has to buy the raw material for the food they were cooking add to it the cost of the fuel they were using for cooking. That alone would amount to at least $10 a day for two people. Who are they trying to fool??!!

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StefanHadjianastassov 8 years ago

I left the rat race in 2001 and I am still traveling, so I know a thing or two. No way to do it on $8 a day. (If counting all expenses, including transporting the van between continents, with absolutely no money from sponsors or freebies)

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CorinaTusinean 8 years ago

Quick math, 8$ a day 365 days a year for 6 years =17520 that's not exactly a low number. I'm tempted, but in some countries including my own that is a laaarge sum ( minimum wage for working 8h/day is about 200 euro a month so roughly 200-220$). It's an awesome dream, but not every has mechanical skills or can blog, so it's very frustrating to see this "everyone can do it" pretense. Not everyone can ditch family and responsibility, if everyone would quit working to travel the economy would collapse. Still, awesome travels, wish it could be me.

2points

BillHawks 8 years ago

Amazing! Q: Where do you shower? :)

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IvanIvanovich 8 years ago

I don't think it is that important at all. You can shower anywhere you want starting from public baths and ending showering in McDonald's restroom sink;)

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PetrDoležal 8 years ago

do they have facebook page?

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HidirSahin 8 years ago

Come on guys... All of you know that they have counted the money they have spent from their on pocket.. Simple calculations 8 * 365 * 6 :) This is not enough for the gas alone :) They have had sponsors, friends, family who gave away money just to advertise sth or just help them to realize what they have wanted to. This is a happy story which tells life is good when you realise your dreams ;) Yea no clear picture about the total amount they have spent. So picture is clear if you wanna do something similiar be sure that you can count on someone or have already arranged the funds ;) Good job ! Congrats for being an inspiration for the whole world !

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PéterMehes 8 years ago

Amazing, but if you would switch the van to bicycles, you would see and experience 10 times more while saving the fuel cost as well. Not to mention pollution reduction and the healthyness of your body..... :)

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Ketika ranjan (Ketika) 5 years ago

What a fabulous post and it was very impressive as well. Well done.

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Jaes M. 8 years ago

Grabe!!!!!

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Michel Guntern 8 years ago

Great story.

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Manjunath Hs 8 years ago

Really a great job guys u guys r inspection for me once I want to meet you guys great job all the best ,please try to visit INDIA, I will get u guys to lot of places of wonder's

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WorkingNomad 8 years ago

How can they afford to ship that vehicle between continents and pay for import fess etc? Sorry they are full of BS.

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Flueraru Dragoş 8 years ago

maybe you will read the article first?

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BrittanyHartford 8 years ago

This is amazing! Take me with you :)

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WayneBeesley 8 years ago

Where there's a will ...... There's a way - positive amazing journey well done

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KatyKern 8 years ago

I am not sure focusing on the dollar amount per day is the point of what they are doing. Yes, there are people and companies that help out with travel costs. But they are travelling the world, writing about it and photographing their travels. What a dream! Focus more on the experience than the monetary value. I would love to do something like this, in a VW bus or bug, and teach yoga along the way. I have a few more years before I can even think of doing this but even if I do it one summer, I'd be happy to take the plunge and adventure across this planet meeting new people, exploring places I've never been and focusing on the beauty of exploration. WAY TO GO, guys!

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ChikiAybar 8 years ago

Hola hermosas imagenes !!!! Vinieron a Argentina hermoso pais . Saludos

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AliceMarinescu 8 years ago

No one noticed this article is sponsored by turkish airlines?!?! their travel its an utopia for most of us, 8$ per day it cannot be true....

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DaniMontana 8 years ago

How much did they spent on gas? 8000 bucks or 10.000?

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SnowMo 8 years ago

Anyone wanna join us on our adventure? Its only 22 000km but its worth checking out... https://www.facebook.com/events/1225905424090628/

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ClaudiaRotter 8 years ago

I love it!! Makes me wanna hit the road straight ahead!!

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RaghavendraVarma 8 years ago

Really you made my day thank you for giving this awesome idea i vll try in my country.

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ByungminKwon 8 years ago

Come to Korea~~South Korea

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MikeField 8 years ago

"we eat what we cook"... duh?? why WOULDN'T you eat it???

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MikeField 8 years ago

The ultimate leeching story.. $8 my @$$...

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SaherArshad 8 years ago

What about Visa?

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SolomiaShalayska 8 years ago

It's just amazing!!!

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JuJu 8 years ago

Guys i am so freaking impressed i just love you!!!!

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ZuzannaGromek 8 years ago

Hey guys, are you going to share your story and photos on "Kolosy" in Gdynia? I would love to see your speech!

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OlegAndrijevskiy 8 years ago

Can i translate this material and post it on my web site with link on this page?

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MariuszGłuch 8 years ago

Awssome :)

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DianaMeleșteu 8 years ago

where was the picture with the description 'all the time we meet people who change our point of view' taken?

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MonikaŚwięcka 8 years ago

take me with you :)

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KalinDaskalov 8 years ago

We ddidnt have a lot of money so we bought a van for 600$ ?Sorry not having a lot of money is not being able to afford to buy something and repaint it and tune it and buy tents...sorry.

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KalinDaskalov 8 years ago

You can suck on someones d**k for only 8 dollars a day. Sorry but that would be freakin impossible I understand they eat what they cook but...cmon....8 dollars..haha ok.

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KiranShah 8 years ago

Omg I wish u could do that

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Gittebieke 8 years ago

WoW, that's amazing! Enjoy the trip!!!

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TimChan 8 years ago

This is awesome

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SherriJarlis 8 years ago

Pretty much my life long dream!

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SherriJarlis 8 years ago

This is awesome! I wanna do it!

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BiancaFazacaș 8 years ago

Were they in Romania?

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EvaFlame 8 years ago

This is awesome guys! I would love to do something similar

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EvaFlame 8 years ago

Awesome. I would defo love to do something similar. Well done guys!

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NeekoRiveros 8 years ago

I'm up for this. I love to travel and can keep spirits up, anyone else?

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MirceaT 8 years ago

Kudos!

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IweMuiser 8 years ago

That's awesome! And what about road taxes and insurance?

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FannuCaro 8 years ago

So... you crossed the ocean on your van. OK

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Jessica 8 years ago

People are dumb

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Arjan 8 years ago

Thanks for some clarification on the $8,- its just clickbait and the trip is pretty expensive. Nice trip though, hope you enjoy the rest of it, but please loose the selfie stick!

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fredericeeckman 8 years ago

Nice trip, but how did you manage to bring the car on the american continent without exploding the budget ? :(

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ThunderTeaSleepBooks 8 years ago

Beautiful life experience! It's sad that more people don't chose to this. Sounds very fun! Congratulations! :)

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KellieWaddingtonCancglin 8 years ago

Surely beats the 9-5 ... what an incredible journey!

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KellieWaddingtonCancglin 8 years ago

Do it if you can! What an incredible journey! Sure beats the 9-5.

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JulienMcFlyHabileSen 8 years ago

8 Dollars per day? How many did you spend to bring the car in Iceland and in Australia and in the US?

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Aine 8 years ago

Hi there! I've been to Iceland 6 times, but never in the hot spring river you guys were swimming in... Could you tell me where that is?

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DanutaStarwars 8 years ago

Beautiful adventure!

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LiviuPopica 8 years ago

absolutely stunning, what is the total cost untill now? i think you must pay to take a boat to USA, this is inspiring to others, thank you very much!

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DžeinaEgle 8 years ago

Super ! I love the low-cost concept you have. And the true passion for exploring! Keep on going ! Visit Latvia some day ;)

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VictorVakaras 8 years ago

I travel around my flat on less than 8 dollars per day.

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EvaKlevska 8 years ago

So, fuel, tourist visas, highway fees, ferry fees and bridge fees... don't cost anything on your planet?

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SethShy 8 years ago

This is amazing!!! Logistically, how were you allowed to drive across all those borders? Do you have some sort of international license? International car registration? Thanks for the info!

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Alexwho'slookingforheroes 8 years ago

Super! Tak trzymać! Dajcie znać jak będziecie w Londynie! Pozdrawiam!

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FrancescaHall 8 years ago

How did you cross the ocean with your van? Started in Poland but visited the grand canyon....

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PéterMehes 8 years ago

Amazing, but if you would switch the van to bicyles, you would see and experience 10 times more while saving the fuel cost. Not to mention the pollution reduction and the healthyness of your bodies..... :)

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FrancescaHall 8 years ago

How did you cross the ocean with your van?? From Poland... Went to grand canyon...

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Quant 8 years ago

Guys come one, of course they take on sponsors, noone would ever be able to pay for this themselves, short of being a millionaire, at which point you take your private jet rather than a van. Also, they don't hide that fact or pretend otherwise: http://www.busemprzezswiat.pl/wspolpraca/sponsoring/ However, admittedly those 8 dollars/day should not be posted in this article, that may be the averaged food cost ;)

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Jessica 8 years ago

Sponsors for what? They aren't inspiring anything.

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GalinaMarinova 8 years ago

What do you eat and how much does it cost?

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GalinaMarinova 8 years ago

what do you eat and how much does it cost?

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MelissaChristoffersen 8 years ago

I'm confused.. did this van have wings? Iceland - Sahara- Grand Canyon?

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KarolLewandowski (Post author) 8 years ago

Between continents we transport the car on the ship ;)

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MatiasRobespierre 8 years ago

Wow, what a trip. It made you feel like you must travel the world and meet some places. Beautiful pics ^-^

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StefCio 8 years ago

Wszystkiego Najlepszego. Pozdro.

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LeksheyLaso 8 years ago

how much mileage does your car give?

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KarolLewandowski (Post author) 8 years ago

With us over 150.000 km, but odometer was broken when we bought the car - we think that total mileage is about 1.000.000 km

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ArielaHornstein 8 years ago

sounds amazing. good fr you. I wish I could do that as well:)

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AlexMadeincockney 8 years ago

Why u think u can't do this? I think u can!

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JanaAurora 8 years ago

these stories makes me allways happy:)

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PrateekChawla 8 years ago

Awesome!!! How did you take the van across the continent :)

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TalaatAshraf 8 years ago

Great Post, I have a question though :) How do you manage to take the van with you between different continents ?

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KarolLewandowski (Post author) 8 years ago

on the ship ;) - it's very easy, there are many companies doing that

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VermonN 8 years ago

Holy mother of all ducks i so want to do this :)

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SnowMo 8 years ago

Hey Vermon come and join us! https://www.facebook.com/events/1225905424090628/

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PiotrJeziorowski 8 years ago

8$ a day and 150.000 km in 6 years, don't be silly. It's barely cost of fuel...

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MikeZysman 8 years ago

Yes, but they have sponsors and are not including the money/ in-kind donations given to them by the sponsors.

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Ghele 8 years ago

Hi, in know this people. This true, 8$ is full coas, but it is per person. They are usually travelling in 6 person. So 6x8=48$ ;)

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Ghele 8 years ago

Hi, i know this people. So it's true, 8$ was full cosat of travel, with fuel and eat (without buy car forexample). But it's tricky. It is 8$ per person. They are driving in full car. Not only the couple from biggest part of fotos. They are traveling in 6 person. 6x8=48$ ;)

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TùngCao 8 years ago

fuel in some country is cheaper maybe

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MartaTajsiak 8 years ago

I've done 25000 km on a bicycle over 2.5 years. 2/3 of this time in Latin American countries, which are considered cheap. It was fully self-funded trip, so every penny counted. Most of the time I slept in tent and ate whatever can be cooked on camping stove. And yet it was extremely hard to keep the cost down to $10/day. So if it wasn't for the sponsors, the cost of this guys' trip would never be $8/day. Good storytelling and beautiful pictures are essential for a travel blogger who wants to get sponsors and make living out of his travels. But I wouldn't take this stories too serious, they are good for a bed-time read.

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MauriceLP 8 years ago

As they said, they could cut down the cost by inviting more people into the van, so splitting up the fuel and food cost through i think up to 6 people. gues what, you maybe can manage to get to 8$ a day, and as she said they stay longer at one place, which reduces the fuelcost per day again...

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HosseinGhayour 8 years ago

Guys great job great story great pictures and great journey :-) :-) it takes lots of courage to do what you do.

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EvaKlevska 8 years ago

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HeidiMedina 8 years ago

Hey guys. I think what you're doing great and completely support you but I also feel you're not being completely honest by saying you're doing it for $8 a day. Anything that someone else has given you to get you through your trip is money, such as your sponsors, the mechanics fixing your van, people buying a postcard for gas, etc. Do you have an actual figure showing the cost per day with all expenses? Because if someone wanted to replicate what you are doing, they would need those figures. Just be curious and making a point. Love your blog and you guys :) Keep up the fun adventures.

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ChristineJagger 8 years ago

Yeah, ok...so are they in a court of law are they? They have put an update of how they got where they were why do they need to prove it to you?

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NancyParker 8 years ago

The photos are great and the adventure looks fun, but there is no way they did this on 8$ a day. Maybe they spent that amount on food only, but there is a LOT of stuff in that van that cost money. 8$ a day cannot include fuel costs. Gas is cheap where I live and it still costs 25$ to fill my very old minivan.

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AnnaJansen 8 years ago

I somewhat agree. but then replicating the trip is not the point and not the way to have a similar experience. It seems that these guys learned to make their way along the road. Everyone will make their own choices and will have different stories to tell, thats the beauty of travelling!

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AniAsnever 8 years ago

You forgot to mention the (hundreds?) of corporate sponsors who paid for that trip. How many are advertised on that van? Unbelievable.

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DaveYu 8 years ago

exactly what i was thinking. that van isnt crossing oceans without a little help $. but you have to have a gimmick to have a story to tell

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VanjaRadulovic 8 years ago

This is all nice really but i just don't get how the hell did you drive from Grand Canyon in USA to Norway or Sahara? Your car knows how to swim? I know there is a boat option also but that costs, it's not cheap. Fuel costs for 150000km? Maybe you have a 007 car...i belive you are hippies, but I don't belive you are poor (meaning, always have someone at home to send you some money). Just saying, life isn't that pink. You look great anyways! :D

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NancyParker 8 years ago

They paid to ship the car. I agree with you about their money situation. Furthermore, what does the $8 cover? Looks like food only.

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LaurentBianchin 8 years ago

How much did you get from the sponsors? You forgot to mention it...

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AlexMadeincockney 8 years ago

everything from "sponsors" (its not sponsors at all - we WORK for them, like you work for someone) we spent on things like shipping van from one continent to other. We made a big sacrifice to travel like this so please respect it. More info on busaroundtheworld.com

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zozi 8 years ago

good for you :) im so jealous:( try to be iranian and you have to spend a lot of money and time just to get a visa ifff they give you one

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IvanIvanovich 8 years ago

don't worry Baby, being Ukrainian is almost the same but I am finding the way to travel. You can do it too;)

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MunizaTariq 8 years ago

It's not possible to do all that on just $8 a day. One has to buy the raw material for the food they were cooking add to it the cost of the fuel they were using for cooking. That alone would amount to at least $10 a day for two people. Who are they trying to fool??!!

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StefanHadjianastassov 8 years ago

I left the rat race in 2001 and I am still traveling, so I know a thing or two. No way to do it on $8 a day. (If counting all expenses, including transporting the van between continents, with absolutely no money from sponsors or freebies)

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CorinaTusinean 8 years ago

Quick math, 8$ a day 365 days a year for 6 years =17520 that's not exactly a low number. I'm tempted, but in some countries including my own that is a laaarge sum ( minimum wage for working 8h/day is about 200 euro a month so roughly 200-220$). It's an awesome dream, but not every has mechanical skills or can blog, so it's very frustrating to see this "everyone can do it" pretense. Not everyone can ditch family and responsibility, if everyone would quit working to travel the economy would collapse. Still, awesome travels, wish it could be me.

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BillHawks 8 years ago

Amazing! Q: Where do you shower? :)

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IvanIvanovich 8 years ago

I don't think it is that important at all. You can shower anywhere you want starting from public baths and ending showering in McDonald's restroom sink;)

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PetrDoležal 8 years ago

do they have facebook page?

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HidirSahin 8 years ago

Come on guys... All of you know that they have counted the money they have spent from their on pocket.. Simple calculations 8 * 365 * 6 :) This is not enough for the gas alone :) They have had sponsors, friends, family who gave away money just to advertise sth or just help them to realize what they have wanted to. This is a happy story which tells life is good when you realise your dreams ;) Yea no clear picture about the total amount they have spent. So picture is clear if you wanna do something similiar be sure that you can count on someone or have already arranged the funds ;) Good job ! Congrats for being an inspiration for the whole world !

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PéterMehes 8 years ago

Amazing, but if you would switch the van to bicycles, you would see and experience 10 times more while saving the fuel cost as well. Not to mention pollution reduction and the healthyness of your body..... :)

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Ketika ranjan (Ketika) 5 years ago

What a fabulous post and it was very impressive as well. Well done.

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Jaes M. 8 years ago

Grabe!!!!!

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Michel Guntern 8 years ago

Great story.

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Manjunath Hs 8 years ago

Really a great job guys u guys r inspection for me once I want to meet you guys great job all the best ,please try to visit INDIA, I will get u guys to lot of places of wonder's

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WorkingNomad 8 years ago

How can they afford to ship that vehicle between continents and pay for import fess etc? Sorry they are full of BS.

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Flueraru Dragoş 8 years ago

maybe you will read the article first?

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BrittanyHartford 8 years ago

This is amazing! Take me with you :)

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WayneBeesley 8 years ago

Where there's a will ...... There's a way - positive amazing journey well done

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KatyKern 8 years ago

I am not sure focusing on the dollar amount per day is the point of what they are doing. Yes, there are people and companies that help out with travel costs. But they are travelling the world, writing about it and photographing their travels. What a dream! Focus more on the experience than the monetary value. I would love to do something like this, in a VW bus or bug, and teach yoga along the way. I have a few more years before I can even think of doing this but even if I do it one summer, I'd be happy to take the plunge and adventure across this planet meeting new people, exploring places I've never been and focusing on the beauty of exploration. WAY TO GO, guys!

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ChikiAybar 8 years ago

Hola hermosas imagenes !!!! Vinieron a Argentina hermoso pais . Saludos

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AliceMarinescu 8 years ago

No one noticed this article is sponsored by turkish airlines?!?! their travel its an utopia for most of us, 8$ per day it cannot be true....

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DaniMontana 8 years ago

How much did they spent on gas? 8000 bucks or 10.000?

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SnowMo 8 years ago

Anyone wanna join us on our adventure? Its only 22 000km but its worth checking out... https://www.facebook.com/events/1225905424090628/

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ClaudiaRotter 8 years ago

I love it!! Makes me wanna hit the road straight ahead!!

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RaghavendraVarma 8 years ago

Really you made my day thank you for giving this awesome idea i vll try in my country.

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ByungminKwon 8 years ago

Come to Korea~~South Korea

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MikeField 8 years ago

"we eat what we cook"... duh?? why WOULDN'T you eat it???

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MikeField 8 years ago

The ultimate leeching story.. $8 my @$$...

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SaherArshad 8 years ago

What about Visa?

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SolomiaShalayska 8 years ago

It's just amazing!!!

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JuJu 8 years ago

Guys i am so freaking impressed i just love you!!!!

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ZuzannaGromek 8 years ago

Hey guys, are you going to share your story and photos on "Kolosy" in Gdynia? I would love to see your speech!

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OlegAndrijevskiy 8 years ago

Can i translate this material and post it on my web site with link on this page?

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MariuszGłuch 8 years ago

Awssome :)

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DianaMeleșteu 8 years ago

where was the picture with the description 'all the time we meet people who change our point of view' taken?

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MonikaŚwięcka 8 years ago

take me with you :)

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KalinDaskalov 8 years ago

We ddidnt have a lot of money so we bought a van for 600$ ?Sorry not having a lot of money is not being able to afford to buy something and repaint it and tune it and buy tents...sorry.

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KalinDaskalov 8 years ago

You can suck on someones d**k for only 8 dollars a day. Sorry but that would be freakin impossible I understand they eat what they cook but...cmon....8 dollars..haha ok.

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KiranShah 8 years ago

Omg I wish u could do that

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Gittebieke 8 years ago

WoW, that's amazing! Enjoy the trip!!!

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TimChan 8 years ago

This is awesome

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SherriJarlis 8 years ago

Pretty much my life long dream!

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SherriJarlis 8 years ago

This is awesome! I wanna do it!

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BiancaFazacaș 8 years ago

Were they in Romania?

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EvaFlame 8 years ago

This is awesome guys! I would love to do something similar

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EvaFlame 8 years ago

Awesome. I would defo love to do something similar. Well done guys!

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NeekoRiveros 8 years ago

I'm up for this. I love to travel and can keep spirits up, anyone else?

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MirceaT 8 years ago

Kudos!

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IweMuiser 8 years ago

That's awesome! And what about road taxes and insurance?

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FannuCaro 8 years ago

So... you crossed the ocean on your van. OK

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Jessica 8 years ago

People are dumb

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Arjan 8 years ago

Thanks for some clarification on the $8,- its just clickbait and the trip is pretty expensive. Nice trip though, hope you enjoy the rest of it, but please loose the selfie stick!

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fredericeeckman 8 years ago

Nice trip, but how did you manage to bring the car on the american continent without exploding the budget ? :(

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ThunderTeaSleepBooks 8 years ago

Beautiful life experience! It's sad that more people don't chose to this. Sounds very fun! Congratulations! :)

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KellieWaddingtonCancglin 8 years ago

Surely beats the 9-5 ... what an incredible journey!

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KellieWaddingtonCancglin 8 years ago

Do it if you can! What an incredible journey! Sure beats the 9-5.

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JulienMcFlyHabileSen 8 years ago

8 Dollars per day? How many did you spend to bring the car in Iceland and in Australia and in the US?

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Aine 8 years ago

Hi there! I've been to Iceland 6 times, but never in the hot spring river you guys were swimming in... Could you tell me where that is?

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DanutaStarwars 8 years ago

Beautiful adventure!

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LiviuPopica 8 years ago

absolutely stunning, what is the total cost untill now? i think you must pay to take a boat to USA, this is inspiring to others, thank you very much!

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DžeinaEgle 8 years ago

Super ! I love the low-cost concept you have. And the true passion for exploring! Keep on going ! Visit Latvia some day ;)

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VictorVakaras 8 years ago

I travel around my flat on less than 8 dollars per day.

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EvaKlevska 8 years ago

So, fuel, tourist visas, highway fees, ferry fees and bridge fees... don't cost anything on your planet?

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SethShy 8 years ago

This is amazing!!! Logistically, how were you allowed to drive across all those borders? Do you have some sort of international license? International car registration? Thanks for the info!

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Alexwho'slookingforheroes 8 years ago

Super! Tak trzymać! Dajcie znać jak będziecie w Londynie! Pozdrawiam!

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FrancescaHall 8 years ago

How did you cross the ocean with your van? Started in Poland but visited the grand canyon....

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PéterMehes 8 years ago

Amazing, but if you would switch the van to bicyles, you would see and experience 10 times more while saving the fuel cost. Not to mention the pollution reduction and the healthyness of your bodies..... :)

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FrancescaHall 8 years ago

How did you cross the ocean with your van?? From Poland... Went to grand canyon...

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Quant 8 years ago

Guys come one, of course they take on sponsors, noone would ever be able to pay for this themselves, short of being a millionaire, at which point you take your private jet rather than a van. Also, they don't hide that fact or pretend otherwise: http://www.busemprzezswiat.pl/wspolpraca/sponsoring/ However, admittedly those 8 dollars/day should not be posted in this article, that may be the averaged food cost ;)

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Jessica 8 years ago

Sponsors for what? They aren't inspiring anything.

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GalinaMarinova 8 years ago

What do you eat and how much does it cost?

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GalinaMarinova 8 years ago

what do you eat and how much does it cost?

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MelissaChristoffersen 8 years ago

I'm confused.. did this van have wings? Iceland - Sahara- Grand Canyon?

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KarolLewandowski (Post author) 8 years ago

Between continents we transport the car on the ship ;)

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MatiasRobespierre 8 years ago

Wow, what a trip. It made you feel like you must travel the world and meet some places. Beautiful pics ^-^

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StefCio 8 years ago

Wszystkiego Najlepszego. Pozdro.

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LeksheyLaso 8 years ago

how much mileage does your car give?

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KarolLewandowski (Post author) 8 years ago

With us over 150.000 km, but odometer was broken when we bought the car - we think that total mileage is about 1.000.000 km

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ArielaHornstein 8 years ago

sounds amazing. good fr you. I wish I could do that as well:)

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AlexMadeincockney 8 years ago

Why u think u can't do this? I think u can!

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JanaAurora 8 years ago

these stories makes me allways happy:)

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PrateekChawla 8 years ago

Awesome!!! How did you take the van across the continent :)

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TalaatAshraf 8 years ago

Great Post, I have a question though :) How do you manage to take the van with you between different continents ?

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KarolLewandowski (Post author) 8 years ago

on the ship ;) - it's very easy, there are many companies doing that

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