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A charity tour for orphan children

Trudy and Dirk Regter from the Netherlands go on a world tour in a 1915 Ford Model T, covering all continents of the world. They are making this trip with the aim of raising money for orphans worldwide.

To date, they have driven 64,000 miles across 31 countries and have raised more than $45,000 spent on children's projects in Colombia and Bolivia. An earlier trip by Dirk in 2007 from Beijing to Paris in the Model T raised more than $140,000, of which 2 children's projects were built in Mongolia. The last part of their world tour,about 10,500 miles, takes them back home to the Netherlands via Asia. If you support the purpose of this journey, you can take ownership of some of these 10,500 miles of this final leg.

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  • ← The last days with Steef en Greetje in New Zealand.
    New Zealand goodbye →

    Posted on 18 March 2018 by DirkJan

    Report 18 March
    By Steef

    To the reader

    This is my last report because it is the last day of this memorable journey for us.
    When we were with Eddie Buckley on March 13, I was moved by a statement from their oldest daughter Lilith. She looked with Trudy in her “memory book”. A book filled with photographs of small events from her short life. Half of it was still empty. Trudy said “these are still empty” to which Lilith said “I need more memories”. I need more memories. Then I thought of our journey and the memories it brought to us, many memories.
    The smell of the Landrover, the feeling of the smooth steering wheel in my hand, the panoramas, the hospitable people, the climate and our view of the back of the Model T. Our journey together with Trudy and Dirk as a small part of their great company was adventurous and challenging. With four of us we have traveled all those kilometers in harmony for which we want to thank them. In the English translation, some mistakes will undoubtedly have crept. As long as the reader understands what we wanted to tell, our goal has been achieved.
    The sequel is now in the hands of the next team. We wish them a lot of success and creativity.

    a junction

    Steef and Greetje Reilingh.

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    2 Responses to

    1. Karen Roorda says:
      20 March 2018 at 14:06

      Bedankt voor de mooie foto’s en de beeldende, poëtische teksten!
      Groeten, Karen Roorda

      Reply
    2. Bert & Peggy Creemers says:
      21 March 2018 at 23:05

      Beste travellers ,

      Goed om te zien dat er een klik was met de Buckley’s. Goede terugreis voor Steef en Margreet
      gewenst. Hopelijk gaat de douane het niet al te moeilijk maken voor Dirk en Trudy en hopelijk
      geen bosbranden daar onderweg.
      See you soon ,

      Peggy en Bert

      Reply

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