Friends turn van into 'apartment on wheels'
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Tired">Tired</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="paying">paying</span> <span word="ever">ever</span>-<span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="hotel">hotel</span> <span word="rates">rates</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="costs">costs</span>, <span word="four">four</span> <span word="friends">friends</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chongqing">Chongqing</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="gear">gear</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="fitting">fitting</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="camper">camper</span> <span word="van">van</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="bedroom">bedroom</span>, 24-<span word="square">square</span>-<span word="meter">meter</span> "<span word="apartment">apartment</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="wheels">wheels</span>" <span word="is">is</span> <span word="basically">basically</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="five">five</span>-<span word="seat">seat</span> <span word="cargo">cargo</span> <span word="van">van</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="foldable">foldable</span> <span word="containers">containers</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="extended">extended</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="seating">seating</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tables">tables</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="exterior">exterior</span> <span word="resembles">resembles</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ordinary">ordinary</span> <span word="Foton">Foton</span> <span word="van">van</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="everything">everything</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="overnight">overnight</span> <span word="stop">stop</span>.</p><p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="fully">fully</span> <span word="laid">laid</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="campers">campers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="kitchen">kitchen</span>, <span word="bathroom">bathroom</span>, <span word="living">living</span> <span word="room">room</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="bedrooms">bedrooms</span>.</p><p>"<span word="It">It</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="accommodate">accommodate</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 12 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pinch">pinch</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Qiu">Qiu</span> <span word="Yong">Yong</span>, 35, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="designer">designer</span>. "<span word="Road">Road</span> <span word="trips">trips</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="destinations">destinations</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="ridiculously">ridiculously</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="swarms">swarms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span>," <span word="Qiu">Qiu</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="trip">trip</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Sanya">Sanya</span>, <span word="Hainan">Hainan</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Chongqing">Chongqing</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="October">October</span>, <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weeklong">weeklong</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span>, <span word="made">made</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="determined">determined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="accommodation">accommodation</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Hotel">Hotel</span> <span word="rates">rates</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sanya">Sanya</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="triple">triple</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="normal">normal</span> <span word="rates">rates</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="more">more</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="room">room</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="normally">normally</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="suddenly">suddenly</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> 4,500 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($740) <span word="one">one</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="room">room</span>," <span word="Qiu">Qiu</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Helped">Helped</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="friends">friends</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="matters">matters</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> 270,000 <span word="yuan">yuan</span>. <span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="that">that</span>, 190,000 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="van">van</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="containers">containers</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="remaining">remaining</span> 80,000 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="remodeling">remodeling</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p>
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