For adventures into the unknown

The first time we experienced this custom-built motorhome was at a trade show. At every demonstration of its unique features, a big crowd would gather around to “ooh” and “aah” at Motorhome-World’s creation.

Now, a few months later, we’ve had the opportunity to take a closer look at “Big Al”, which is short for Alexandra David-Néel – but more on the name later.

You can’t get a real feel for a big rig like this when it’s standing on a showroom floor: you need to get it out into the open, into nature, where it’s meant to be!

The man behind the project is Dennis Bouwers from Motorhome-World. We visited him at his factory in Atlantis, from where we would take the vehicle out for a day.

“Big Al” was designed for well-known writer and TV personality Patricia Glyn. Painted a wonderful greenish colour, it’s unique among motorhomes in that the passenger side of the body has a massive hinged panel that folds down (at the