Living Static Vanlife in a Popular Seaside Resort

A common belief is that vanlife is inconvenient, chaotic instability. In this video, I hope to show that vanlife is whatever we make out of it. There is no requirement that just because we live in a car, we must drive to a new place every day. If one can live in an apartment, one can live in a car on the same street.

Living in a car, however, often makes it hard for us to remain static, because we can choose to go to new places and spice up our lives with big adventures. But this is out of choice. I have stayed for longer periods of time smack in the middle of big cities like Paris and Berlin on prime locations, without paying rent, parking fees, nor campground fees. In this video I will show you how I can live a seemingly normal static life in a touristic and posh place like La Grande-Motte.

Links to resources such as parkings and water is listed below.

ABOUT MARTIN
Me and my vagabond cat Barsky live full-time in a van (heavily modified Hobby Vantana K60 Fs, more like an RV/motorhome) since 2018. We are nomadic and travel constantly to explore new places and new countries.

VAN PARKINGS
43°33'30.3"N 4°05'52.1"E (https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.558414,4.097791)
43°33'32.5"N 4°05'34.6"E (https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.559021,4.092935)
43°33'33.8"N 4°04'09.9"E (https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.559382,4.069417)

RESOURCES
Water taps:
43°34'09.2"N 4°04'34.7"E (https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.569208,4.076317)
43°33'47.5"N 4°03'37.8"E (https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.563203,4.060491)
43°31'23.7"N 4°08'20.3"E (https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.523244,4.138980)

Water, public toilet and electricity:
43°32'50.0"N 3°58'49.9"E (https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.547230,3.980520)

Electrical sockets (not verified to work):
43°34'05.5"N 4°04'26.8"E (https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.568204,4.074109)
43°33'28.7"N 4°05'11.1"E (https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.557960,4.086419)

Municipal campgrounds (emptying the cassette toilet):
43°31'51.3"N 3°55'26.1"E (https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.530902,3.923928)
43°32'25.7"N 4°08'00.3"E (https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.540475,4.133429)

MUSIC/AUDIO
darkzanite - Reggae Loop (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/75237)
Romanov_Studio - My Name Is Rock (https://tunetank.com/track/5oi)
CloudSystem - Heat Waves (https://tunetank.com/track/59l)
Roadtomusic - Fun Maker (https://tunetank.com/track/5du)
Evan Splash - When Summer Ends (https://tunetank.com/track/5s)

GEAR
Vlogging, DJI Pocket 2 (acquired 2022)
Aerial/drone, DJI Mini 2 (CE/European, acquired 2022)
Mic, Shure MVL (lavalier crap mic, acquired 2022)
Laptop, Razer Blade Stealth 13 (acquired 2020)
Editing software, Adobe Premiere Pro v23
Plugins, Neat Video
PC screen recorder, TechSmith Snagit 2021

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