prelude
16th June 2017, 06:25 AM
Gents,
Just a report, I guess it is unlikely that any of you will ever attend in europe but hey :) here's trying!
I am currently at the (claimed) largest overland expo in the world, the abenteuer und allrad messe (german for adventure and all wheel drive). Since this is my first time I am easily impressed I guess but impressed I am! A lot of the worlds larger and smaller vendors, though mostly with a european base, are represented here. What can I say about the messe (expo), it is very nice to see 250+ vendors in one spot to do some serious comparison and even outright pitch them against each other :)
The coolest thing however is the camp area. From wednesday afternoon a large area of land, right by a river, is opened up for visitors and my word. That is an event all in itself. There are, without exaggeration up to a thousand vehicles here with a few thousand like minded people. All globe trotters in the most diverse set of vehicles and builds I have seen, and probably will see in my life. From tatra and MAN kat.1 trucks to people with (I'm trying not to laugh :P) prius hybrids are represented. (if it starts raining, someone will need to skull drag that thing out of this field...)
One can literally walk from the beginning to the end over defenders, by far the most represented vehicle, followed by the 70 series landcruiser. p38's though, I have seen only two. My own and a brit. A great many people visit just the camp ground never to set foot in the messe, just to meet other overlanders. The skies fill with blue smoke from fires and bbq's. The spirit is... just... wow :)
The facilities are way up there. Portable loo's get cleaned and emptied at least twice a day, hot decent showers for a few bucks, drinkable water is free, there is fresh baked bread at the entrance for normal bakery prices and so on.
If anyone is ever near here around the messe, I can really recommend it. My intention is to attend more often from now on. I'll buy you a pint, or two if you do happen to be around.
Cheers! from a warm and positively great bad kissingen germany!
-P
Just a report, I guess it is unlikely that any of you will ever attend in europe but hey :) here's trying!
I am currently at the (claimed) largest overland expo in the world, the abenteuer und allrad messe (german for adventure and all wheel drive). Since this is my first time I am easily impressed I guess but impressed I am! A lot of the worlds larger and smaller vendors, though mostly with a european base, are represented here. What can I say about the messe (expo), it is very nice to see 250+ vendors in one spot to do some serious comparison and even outright pitch them against each other :)
The coolest thing however is the camp area. From wednesday afternoon a large area of land, right by a river, is opened up for visitors and my word. That is an event all in itself. There are, without exaggeration up to a thousand vehicles here with a few thousand like minded people. All globe trotters in the most diverse set of vehicles and builds I have seen, and probably will see in my life. From tatra and MAN kat.1 trucks to people with (I'm trying not to laugh :P) prius hybrids are represented. (if it starts raining, someone will need to skull drag that thing out of this field...)
One can literally walk from the beginning to the end over defenders, by far the most represented vehicle, followed by the 70 series landcruiser. p38's though, I have seen only two. My own and a brit. A great many people visit just the camp ground never to set foot in the messe, just to meet other overlanders. The skies fill with blue smoke from fires and bbq's. The spirit is... just... wow :)
The facilities are way up there. Portable loo's get cleaned and emptied at least twice a day, hot decent showers for a few bucks, drinkable water is free, there is fresh baked bread at the entrance for normal bakery prices and so on.
If anyone is ever near here around the messe, I can really recommend it. My intention is to attend more often from now on. I'll buy you a pint, or two if you do happen to be around.
Cheers! from a warm and positively great bad kissingen germany!
-P