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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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    A warm welcome

    Posted on 28 February 2018 by DirkJan

    Report February 28
    By Steef

    Half past eight, it’s still raining a bit. And a small blue / gray bird is scurrying around our feet. There is a beautiful trip through a lush landscape. As always, we choose the yellow or white roads. Many pictures of the area are not made, the rain keeps us from it. Only the many creeks and rivers that we cross regularly are a joy to watch. Greedy they slurp all the rainwater flowing from the slopes, carrying branches and trunks in their flow. Long dripping moss hang on the trees.

    still raining

    clouds and cows

    raindrops

    gravel road

    high river

    moss

    On a muddy gravel road Dirk decides to remove part of the windshield.
    If we want to continue driving afterwards, the Ford refuses. With an umbrella in hand, the fuel tank must be refilled. A boy on a quad and three dogs stops curious.
    Two cows walk past. Then we can continue.

    no petrol

    one man and 3 dogs

    Occasionally the card is consulted. At Lake Rotoroa we have lunch in an open house. Swans float on the still water, the clouds hang low.

    a dry place

    tree art

    postboxes

    Lake Rotoroa

    The more north we come the drier it gets. Hop fields appear along the way.
    At the end of the day we drive up the yard of Jim and Kyra Wareing.
    Here a welcoming reception awaits us a delicious meal and a warm bed.

    hop

    hopflower

    happy Dirk

     

     

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    2 Responses to A warm welcome

    1. Bert & Peggy Creemers says:
      5 March 2018 at 12:56

      Hoi Steef,Dirk Trudy en Margreet,

      Niet zichtbaar voor jullie maar wij volgen de korte verslagjes al vanaf dag één. Dit laatste verslag is weer een mooi stukje proza. Wellicht zien jullie nog kans bij de Buckley’s langs te gaan ( of in ieder geval in de buurt te komen ) Prachtig kamperen op eigen terrein met uitzicht op LakeTaupo en ontvangst met barbeque. Eddie Buckley is een oldtimer liefhebber (voor de mechanica bij uitstek !) Kijk maar wat jullie er mee doen.Zij zullen er alles aan doen om het jullie naar de zin te maken.De family woont dus op een heuvel aan de rand van het meer met wat vee ( kleinschalig )
      In ieder geval hopelijk voor jullie wat minder nat weer !

      Bert & Peggy

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    2. Tiny says:
      7 March 2018 at 19:16

      Hallo allemaal,

      Steef, wat schrijf jij geweldige verslagen! Je moet blijven! Zo mooi. Dat wil ik niet missen!
      Het is zo geweldig jullie foto’s te zien en verslagen te lezen.
      Wat een mooi land: zo gastvrij en zo’n gevarieerde natuur!
      Schitterende foto’s: zulke mooie kleuren. Wat een mooie indrukken van de kust, de meren, het binnenland.

      Na de vorstperiode hier nu warme dagen. Met een kopje koffie buiten en en kroelende poes in de zon.

      Groetjes Tiny

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