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I just bought a campervan to travel my home country of Scotland. I’ve spent the last 3 years living in Japan and with my partner, converted both a van and a bus into campervans and travelled all over the country doing full-time vanlife while sharing our adventures on our 2 Japanese language KZbin channels.
In 2011, I moved from Scotland to the Middle East and have lived and worked overseas pretty much ever since then. I’ve hardly seen anything or been anywhere in my home country Scotland and I’ve never even visited places like the Scottish Highlands, the Isle of Skye or the NC500.
I am a huge fan of campervan travel and alternative living, having spent over 600 nights living in vans, it’s my favourite way to travel due to the incredible freedom, adventure and the affordability.
In this video, I share with you more about the reasons why I bought this van, and also give you a full van conversion tour. The campervan is a 2001 Toyota Hiace high roof van. It was originally used by the Royal Mail and then purchased by the previous owner and self-converted into a DIY campervan. In my opinion this is the perfect size for a camper van since it’s possible to stand up inside but it can also fit into regular parking spaces.
Although the van is already converted, in order for it to be an off-grid living van, it requires some campervan DIY, especially when it comes to electrics and plumbing. Over the next few months, I’ll be sharing more about this van, any DIY I do, and most importantly sharing my road trip adventures as I finally get to travel my beautiful home country of…. SCOTLAND!
JAPANESE KZbin CHANNELS
🎬 BAPPA SHOTA: / @bappashota
🎬 BAPPA LIFE: / @bappalife
JAPAN VAN TOURS
🚐 DIY Converted Van Tour: • 【車内紹介】素人が激安バンを車中泊仕様にDIY
🚐 DIY Converted Bus Tour: • 今住んでる手作りで作った警察バス(キャンピン...
🍿 WATCH NEXT:
HOW MUCH DID MY VAN COST: • How Much Did My New Ca...
DRIVING MY VAN FOR THE FIRST TIME: • Driving My Campervan F...
TAKING THE UK'S LONGEST FERRY: • Taking The Longest Fer...
SHETLAND ISLANDS: • I Travelled To The UK’...
SCOTLAND'S WHISKY ISLAND: • Visiting The World's W...
EXTRA CONTENT ON PATREON:
🎬 Get access to exclusive uncut and bonus videos, behind-the-scenes content and sneak peeks into future projects - / ruthaisling
🏴 My Scotland Google Map: geni.us/L7sek2P
💌 Free Scotland Travel Guide: ruthaisling.com
MY OTHER SOCIALS:
📸 INSTAGRAM - / ruthaisling
🎥 FACEBOOK - / ruthaisling
📱 TIKTOK - / ruth.aisling
🌍 WEBSITE - ruthaisling.com
MY FAVOURITE TOOLS & GEAR:
🚽 Trelino - The best van toilet (Use code RUTHAISLING for a discount or gift): geni.us/lC0UmdH
🔋 Bluetti - My favourite van portable batteries (Use code BLUETTIRA for 5% discount): geni.us/ewxrm1v
🚐 GoBoony - My favourite van rental site: geni.us/YxVpAj1
🎵 Epidemic Sound - Music in my videos: geni.us/a1Qq
✈️ Safety Wing - My go-to flexible travel insurance: geni.us/yBV4Xey
WHO AM I?
If we haven't met before... Hi, I'm Ruth 👋 and I recently bought a campervan to travel my home country of Scotland after living overseas for 12 years. I’ve hardly seen anything or been anywhere in Scotland and now is the time to change that!
P.S. Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from.
0:00 - Who am I?
00:21 - Why I bought this van
02:58 - Van Tour: Outside & Vehicle Specifications
04:53 - Van Tour: Inside (Living & Kitchen)
08:40 - Van Tour: Inside (Storage)
09:54 - Van Tour: Back Door
10:12 - Van Tour: Electrics
11:25 - Scotland Travel Plans