A Break from the Bus Build: Honeymoon in South Africa and Paris – S03E06

We didn’t want our time in Crete to come to an end, but we were excited for our next destination as we were off to see our family and friends in South Africa.South AfricaWe only make it out to visit SA every 3-5 yrs, so much of this stint was spent enjoying quality time with… Continue reading A Break from the Bus Build: Honeymoon in South Africa and Paris – S03E06

Our Choices for a Zero Waste Bathroom

We spent a long time trying out different low waste, eco-friendly bathroom toiletries until we settled on products we love. Everybody has different skin types, hair types and personal preferences, so not all of these may be right for you, but we thought we’d take some time out of our beautiful stay in Crete to… Continue reading Our Choices for a Zero Waste Bathroom

A Break from the Bus Build: Honeymoon in Paris and Crete – S03E05

We worked as hard as we could to get our floors down before leaving for our honeymoon. We managed to get about 75% of the floors down, all that is left to do is the very front and back subfloors of the bus. In the front area we need to build the floor up first,… Continue reading A Break from the Bus Build: Honeymoon in Paris and Crete – S03E05

Bus Build: A Bigger Undertaking Than We Imagined – S03E04

With the batteries charged up again we were able to start the bus!  We were so glad that this was a simple fix. From here on out, while we are building out the bus, we decided to always unhook the batteries (not just switch them off) while the bus is stationary for months on end… Continue reading Bus Build: A Bigger Undertaking Than We Imagined – S03E04

Bus Build: Putting Down Subfloors for our Bus Conversion – S03E03

We had carefully planned out how to cut the plywood in order to secure the subfloor down to the metal frame in the floor. Because the inside width of the bus is 8 foot 2 inches, we wouldn’t be able to use a standard 8 foot piece of plywood. See the video and blog post… Continue reading Bus Build: Putting Down Subfloors for our Bus Conversion – S03E03

Bus Build: Adding Floor Insulation to our Bus Conversion – S03E02

Our bus won’t start, NO!!!! Well, something has drained the batteries, so while we wait for them to charge up we carry on with work.Before we can put our subfloors down we wanted to make sure we insulated the floors where possible.We had kept some of the floor insulation that was in the back of… Continue reading Bus Build: Adding Floor Insulation to our Bus Conversion – S03E02