Bongo Books
A Bongo book by Chris Payne (get it here)
“There’s nothing quite like the great outdoors, that sense of freedom, adventure, and wellbeing. Spending a few days getting away from it all and sleeping under the stars. Appreciating the comfort of your memory foam mattress unoccupied (you hope) back home. Pooing what feels like a brick (because your diet’s consisted of little decent food in the last few days) in a shared toilet block (if you’re lucky) with no Wi-Fi to at least occupy your occupancy of the facilities whilst trying to ‘go’ as quietly and as not smelly as possible. Maybe sitting in a tent or sheltering in a beach side café waiting for the rain to stop, convinced (with that sense of British stiff upper lip and pride) that your family will become a more wholesome unit for experiencing everything good our great Nation can offer instead of spending a fortnight at Disney World.
“So, you can understand our enthusiasm in deciding to buy a Mazda Bongo thus becoming part of a grey imported secret club, cult, sect, which looks beyond those small minor discomforts that merely camping offers and opens a whole new world that is ‘VAN LIFE.’ which includes all the crap elements of camping with the added stress of vehicle malfunction.”
More people who write about their Bongo adventures. Check out this book by Richard Harris. (More…)
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… and this book by Pat Heaven: Blog Off in a Bongo – One woman and her dog: Campervan Travels around the British Coast.
A travelogue of a woman’s 18-month journey around the entire coast of Britain in her Mazda Bongo campervan.
Bags of Love – Flags and other personalised items
Clothing
Evolution of the Bongo T-Shirt
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New Dawn Conversions also have some T Shirts, including an excellent Bongo ‘thumbs up’, but you may have to ask, as they don’t show them on their website. facebook page
Keyrings
Mazda Bongo Friendee Keyrings (from Car Keyrings)
Model Bongo
Bongo enthusiast and eBay seller, Kai Barron, sometimes gets small model Bongos in various colours:
(Sometimes bidding ends and items may show as being relisted – so follow those links)
Latest listings from Mister Barron
Screen Covers
Fuel Lagoon now produces screen covers for Bongo vans
Rainbow Screens also produce insulated screen covers. Link to Bongo screens. A variety of colours and designs, or custom design yourself.
Wanderbug – thermal window blinds made for any van.
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