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About This Book
This book is the culmination of extensive real-world experience and hundreds of hours of research. We've merged what worked for us with the best solutions adopted by the wider camper community to give you the most solid and complete information possible. For years, we've shared our own journeys, inspiring countless individuals to embrace the nomadic lifestyle.
Now, this guide empowers you to do just that: meticulously plan for a sustainable life on the road. While most practical-minded people adapt well, some mistakes are inevitable—they're part of your growth. This book aims to minimize those missteps, saving you valuable time, money, and your sanity on your new adventure. Even if you're resourceful, the sheer scale of a lifestyle transition can be stressful. Our goal is to reduce that stress, guide you, and provide answers to questions you might not even know to ask.
The book is structured in two parts: the first covers the full technical side in depth—everything you need to know to get your build right from the start. The second part features a variety of version examples we’ve created for ourselves from 2021, year of the first version, showing different ways these principles can be adapted depending on needs, budgets, and lifestyles.
About the Author
I'm Nicolás Perelstein, 28 years old, and I left home a decade ago. I've lived, studied, worked, and learned languages across Argentina, Italy, Malta, Australia, and Belgium, immersing myself in diverse cultures along the way.
I hold a Master's degree in Public and Institutional Relations from UADE and spent several years in digital marketing. During my travels, I often work in hospitality (hotels, restaurants, etc.), as it offers quick employment and allows me to interact with tourists in multiple languages.
I'm passionate about technology: cameras, drones, and editing software for both video and photos. Creativity is at the heart of every step I take. In Australia (2017), I converted my first truck and traveled over 10,000 km across the country. Today, from Brussels (2021), I'm working on my third build, and I've meticulously documented the entire process to create this very guide, explaining step-by-step how to approach each aspect of building your own home on wheels.
Meanwhile, I'm building a nomadic lifestyle, always seeking creative ways to grow and turn my dreams into reality. My journey in the van world has taught me that creativity is essential to shaping your daily life.
What would you do if you achieved financial independence and could live anywhere? Where would you sleep? Feeling insecure in certain spots made me innovate, like creating an internal ladder to prevent anyone from climbing onto the roof while I slept. Scraps of wood became an extra kitchen board when the bed wasn't needed. This is how you craft solutions aligned with your journey and your vibe. We discuss travel in every sense and much more within the DoraDiceHola community. I truly believe that achieving self-sustainability and emancipation is the main goal of our era.
Today's professional world allows for nomadic life with financial independence. But in this guide, we focus on energy independence, because we need to know who governs us: is it a utility company, or is it the sun that fuels us?
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