This giant MAN RV from Switzerland is on the last leg of an aborted North American tour. It's various previous odysseys are covered in the owner's website, bluedove.ch. The site is all in German, so may pose a challenge to follow (for me included). The owner decided to cut short his tour in northwestern Ontario, having seen enough of endless Canadian bush.
By clicking on the pictures on the web site various galleries open up showing how the rig was built and the trips they have made.
From the web site I did learn that the MAN is a model TGM 18.340 4X4 BB. It has a torsional frame that allows the box body to flex independently of the cab. The inside of the body is quite spectacular.
The RV body was built by F. Woelcke GmbH + Co KG of Heimsheim, Germany.
And now for something completely different.
Spotted in a Walmart parking lot a pair of aged Mercs, with little if any interior finish appear to be for those who really want to rough it. They are early Westphalia conversions of the late 1970s or early 1980s era. Mercedes Benz introduced this van line 1977 and ran it essentially unchanged until 1986. Thomas Cook Travel had a stable of these for rent, and it is possible that these are from that fleet.
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