Who are we?
Hi,
We are Simon and Lore, 23 and 25 years old, both from Bruges, Belgium. We've met each other four years ago during our studies. Simon always was a bit of a explorer as he climbed Mont Blanc when he was only 13 years old. From that point on he couldn't stop travelling and went biking in Kirgizië, hiking in Marokko, studying in Suriname, travelling through South Afrika and India, .... but he never stopped fantasising about that 'one big trip'.
For me, Lore it was not that easy. I was born wtih a genetic disease , Cystic Fibrosis,wich in general means that the respiratory system and digestive system does not work properly and diminishes over time. This means, lots of medication, inhalation therapy, fysiotherapy, Sport, hospitalisation,... and travelling is a real challenge. But as everybody in my environment was going abroad for their studies, internship, making big travels, ....i have to admit, I was a bit jealous.
So during the years, the desire got bigger to do something big, so see something extraodenary, .... To go to Africa!
So two full years we prepared everything for our big journey :
From Belgium to capetown, South-Africa in 8 months, with our 27 year old VW camper. Total of 30 000 km.
We don't just do it for ourselves, but we combined our project with the Belgian CF organisation, so that other patients can also make their dreams come true!Because I, as a CFpatient myself know what a diffirence an organisation as this one can make. Every kilometer we travel, we hope to find people who are willing to sponsor and all the contributions go directly to the CF organisation.
Most of this site is written in Dutch, But we think, hope you get the generall idea, no?
If you want to follow our Blog - Photos, just click Here
We are Simon and Lore, 23 and 25 years old, both from Bruges, Belgium. We've met each other four years ago during our studies. Simon always was a bit of a explorer as he climbed Mont Blanc when he was only 13 years old. From that point on he couldn't stop travelling and went biking in Kirgizië, hiking in Marokko, studying in Suriname, travelling through South Afrika and India, .... but he never stopped fantasising about that 'one big trip'.
For me, Lore it was not that easy. I was born wtih a genetic disease , Cystic Fibrosis,wich in general means that the respiratory system and digestive system does not work properly and diminishes over time. This means, lots of medication, inhalation therapy, fysiotherapy, Sport, hospitalisation,... and travelling is a real challenge. But as everybody in my environment was going abroad for their studies, internship, making big travels, ....i have to admit, I was a bit jealous.
So during the years, the desire got bigger to do something big, so see something extraodenary, .... To go to Africa!
So two full years we prepared everything for our big journey :
From Belgium to capetown, South-Africa in 8 months, with our 27 year old VW camper. Total of 30 000 km.
We don't just do it for ourselves, but we combined our project with the Belgian CF organisation, so that other patients can also make their dreams come true!Because I, as a CFpatient myself know what a diffirence an organisation as this one can make. Every kilometer we travel, we hope to find people who are willing to sponsor and all the contributions go directly to the CF organisation.
Most of this site is written in Dutch, But we think, hope you get the generall idea, no?
If you want to follow our Blog - Photos, just click Here