The adventures of The Orange Backpack
Our orange backpack just loves to travel. He enjoys Asian cuisine, dreams of an African safari or heads to Paris for a city trip. Of course we’re happy to tag along and share his travel stories and tips with you on this blog! The one constant on all our trips? The Orange Backpack: backpack, camera bag and daypack in one, and with us since our very first trip.
We’re Maartje and Sebastiaan, the content creators behind The Orange Backpack and travel buddies since our tenth date. We’re part-time homebodies and part-time globetrotters, with the emphasis on the latter: we spend about half the year in our camper, on a multi-stop trip or out on a road trip somewhere. In 2021 our travel crew grew with our mini traveller, and these days there are two of them. That’s why we also share tips on travelling as a family. You might know us from Libelle or De Telegraaf, or you’ve read our work in vaNLife Magazine or Kleine Globetrotter.
Born in 1989 · 49 countries
Maartje’s enthusiasm and curiosity know no bounds, and she’s now ticked off 49 countries. She loves museums, nature, food, hiking and history, and has a real soft spot for castles, royal jewels and ancient Egypt. She used to be a lawyer, but traded law for her passions and more time with the family. She writes regularly for Kleine Globetrotter and has talked about our life on the road in De Telegraaf and the VrijeMeid podcast.
Born in 1988 · 44 countries
New travel plans, specialty coffee, craft beer, cuddling cats and hikes in the mountains: that’s what makes Sebastiaan’s eyes light up. He loves creating, innovating, exploring new cities and trying out interesting tech. He’s been to 44 countries and is nowhere near done. Adventurous road trips through stunning landscapes are his favourite, ideally with the whole family in the camper. He shared our travel stories on the PapaMoetMee podcast.
Things you might not know about us
- We took our first trip together after just three weeks of dating. Our tenth date was at Angkor Wat.
- We built our first two campers ourselves.
- Both kids did their first camper trip as babies. Abel was just eight weeks old, and he has never celebrated a birthday in the Netherlands.
- You don’t get recognised on a cliff in Portugal every day. Sebastiaan did: by a Polish couple who’d followed all our Mexico tips.
- We’d barely started blogging when our first collaborations came along, on our trip through Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.
- Sebastiaan has tested a fair few portable espresso makers.
What we write about
Adventure, fun, road trips, comfort, sustainability, nature and discovery. That’s what our travel stories are all about.
Work with us?
Curious who we’ve worked with, and where we’ve been featured or written ourselves? You’ll find it all on our collaborations page.
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