— I always liked traveling, exploring and overlanding. During our five years as expats in the UAE, we bought two Land Rover Defenders and ventured into the mountains of Oman and the desert ‘Rub al-Khali’ almost every weekend and certainly during vacation time.

— In the Middle East, we drove for weeks through the desert without seeing any other human being. During our eight years in Asia, we also travelled extensively. However, one of our most recent drives took us through the Sahara with our expedition truck. The Outer Hebrides was therefore not our biggest expedition to date, but certainly a very memorable one, also due to its fantastic landscape, fauna and flora.

— We love Scotland the mainland and the isles. Having covered the Inner Hebrides and the Cairngorms (a Scottish Highland) last year, we definitely wanted to explore the Western Isles.

— We read a lot of travel guides to the Hebrides and used Google Earth to plan this adventure.
Of course you would pack different clothing for the north of Scotland than you do for when you drive through the Sahara. Other than that: fill the tanks and the fridge, buckle up the kids and just drive.

— My kids are growing up always traveling and moving around. They love it if a plane or the expedition truck starts jiggling or when it gets bumpy.

Plus, they enjoy meeting children from different backgrounds and cultures.

Usually rather sooner than later, the question comes around: ‘where are we going next, Daddy’?

— In the Hebrides, we truly enjoyed the many untouched beaches. Since you can camp where you find a suitable spot, we were usually looking for a lonely campsite and avoided usual camp grounds, with the exception of dumping and refilling.

— We have so many other destinations on our travel bucket list. We will however come back to the Outer Isles as they touched our hearts and our souls in a really profound way.