There is vanlife and then there is living in a motorhome – and both of these things are very, very different.
I first came to realise this as I was trying to squeeze all our life’s belongings into the tiny drawers of our new home-on-wheels (all the while giggling at my Instagram-inspired naivety regarding this unique way of living).
My partner Xavier, an outdoor sports photographer and avid adventurer, and I had been searching for weeks on end to find the perfect dwelling that would suit our pockets and lifestyle, but when I first stepped into Moomin (named after a Dutch cartoon hippopotamus, because she is just as curvy and completely white on the outside) I had no idea just how much she would colour in our day-to-day lives.
Xavier and I had been in New Zealand for about 6 months when we decided to make the move into a motorhome – a nomadic, adventurous and at times challenging lifestyle.
Originally from South Africa, we both grew up in ever-challenging circumstances and learned how it contributes
