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Couple Leaves Fixed House, Converts Bus into Giant Motorhome with Pool, Deck, Four Rooms, Solar Energy, and Satellite Internet and Now Plans to Travel All Over Brazil and Then Go Around the World
The idea of leaving everything behind to live in a converted bus as a home seems like a distant dream for many, but for Marta and Júnior, it has been their routine for years. The couple traded their fixed address for a two-story motorhome named Arara Azul and transformed the vehicle into a true mansion on wheels, with a spacious living room, complete kitchen, luxury bathroom, pool, and even a deck to enjoy the sunset.
Since 2018, they have been living on the road in a bus designed to be a real home, with plenty of comfort to host children, grandchildren, and friends. After traveling a good part of Brazil and visiting neighboring countries in smaller models, the couple decided to build this new project, more spacious, with solar energy, satellite internet, and the structure to travel all over the country and, in the future, take a trip around the world.
Living Room and Kitchen of an Apartment Inside a Bus
As soon as you go up to the upper level, the impression is that you are entering an apartment, not a bus. The living room is large, with a comfortable sofa, television, and a china cabinet with a climate-controlled wine cellar, fitted with locks and special closures to prevent anything from breaking while the vehicle is in motion.
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Next comes the kitchen, which was designed for Marta to feel at home. There is a giant refrigerator, larger than many in city homes, five-burner cooktop, spacious granite sink, custom cabinets, built-in spice racks, and several hidden compartments to store pots and utensils.
Everything was designed to make the most of the bus space and maintain organization during travels.
Luxury Bathroom and Spacious Bedroom on the Second Floor
The corridor leads to a bathroom that completely breaks away from the traditional cramped image of a motorhome bathroom.
The couple installed a shower, bathtub, gold fixtures, and well-distributed cabinets, creating an environment of high-end home bathroom inside a bus. The focus was to avoid splashes on the floor, preserve the wood, and maintain a sense of comfort.
In the main bedroom, the highlight is the spacious bed, with several cabinets and built-in wardrobes, space to store blankets, pillows, and clothes.
Since the bedroom is on the second floor of the bus, windows on both sides ensure good ventilation and a cooler atmosphere. The idea has always been to combine mobility and comfort without sacrificing a good night’s sleep after a long day on the road.
Deck on the Roof and Pool Inside the Bus as Seen in the Video Below from the Sítio da Erika Channel
One of the most surprising aspects of this mansion on wheels is the combination of deck on the roof and pool inside the bus. Up there, a staircase leads to a deck-style balcony used as a leisure area.
When the bus stops at a beach, park, or different city, the couple opens the hatch, sets up a table, chairs, and umbrella, and enjoys the view as if they were on a private terrace.
On the lower part of the bus, comes the cherry on top: a complete pool installed in one of the lower compartments. The space has a mini-fridge, machinery room with sand filter, LED lighting in various colors, and a decorative wall that gives it a gourmet area feel.
Having a pool installed inside a bus has become a symbol of the couple’s lifestyle, who do not give up refreshing themselves even during intense heat on the road.
Four Convertible Rooms to Host the Family
Although the bus has a fixed main bedroom, the internal configuration allows for up to four different rooms inside the vehicle.
The living room sofa converts into a bed, the balcony area transforms into another sleeping space, and even the pool area can be adapted to accommodate more people when children and grandchildren come to catch up.
Marta is keen on having a bus prepared to host the family during holidays and special dates. The logic is simple: if the house is now on wheels, it needs to have enough structure to be a meeting point.
Thus, the environments were designed to be flexible, with retractable furniture and areas that change functions according to the need.
Solar Energy, Satellite Internet, and Connected Life on the Road
To gain autonomy, the couple equipped the bus with a robust battery system and solar energy, allowing them to use the refrigerator, lighting, pool pumps, and some devices without always relying on external power outlets. The electrical system has been concentrated in the lower area of the bus, along with other technical systems.
For connectivity, they chose satellite internet, using a Starlink-type device. With this, the husband can continue working on the road, even in remote areas, and the couple stays connected practically anywhere. The bus has become a home, office, hotel, and meeting point, all within the same mobile structure.
From the First Motorhome to the Two-Story Bus
Before this mansion on wheels, the couple went through a learning journey. They started with a smaller vehicle, then migrated to a single-story bus, and only then reached the current two-story bus, much more spacious and comfortable. With each project, they included improvements they missed from the previous trip.
That’s how it was, for example, with the pool. During a season in Uruguaiana, with temperatures above 40 degrees and significant drought, they realized that a place to cool off would make all the difference.
In a subsequent motorhome, they tried a bathtub but found it too small. In the next step, they decided that the new bus would have a real pool, and the idea became a reality even with many people saying it wouldn’t work.
Living on the Road in a Bus and Planning a Trip Around the World
Since 2018, the couple has traveled about 70% of Brazil and visited countries like Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivia in other vehicles, always embracing the lifestyle on wheels.
Now, with the most complete bus they have ever had, the plan is to calmly finish exploring Brazil and then take on a trip around the world, revisiting places where they made friends and discovering new paths.
For them, life is too short to be lived in just one fixed address. Between videos on social media, meetings with followers, and friendships made along the way, their routine mixes work, travel, family, and a lot of travel again.
The Arara Azul Motorhome serves as a business card and a home, showing that it is possible to live comfortably even when the garage changes cities almost every week.
And you, would you have the courage to leave a fixed house to live in a bus like this and hit the road all over Brazil?
Maravilhoso. Vocês estão de parabéns. Além do bom gosto e praticidade. Uma firma de viver linda. Marta quando você brigar com o Júnior tranca ele na frente da casa , o resto é seu. Ou coloca ele de castigo no teto. Rsrsrs. Parabéns. Felicidades.
Claro q moraria. Nem na minha casa eu tenho esse conforto todo. Já quero providenciar pelo menos a banheira. Kkkk. C
Moraria até no meu pequeno gol,só me falta dinheiro pra me manter.
Lindo o ônibus, cheio de ótimas ideias , nota 10 , já a narradora do vídeo um desastre , repetiu a palavra chic umas 13x , vocabulário péssimo , concordância verbal terrível , um belo ônibus que merecia alguém melhor apresentando algo tão legal.
Não achei não. Uma moça que ficou admirada pela beleza de algo que talvez nunca tenha visto. Não entendo essa mania de crítica destrutiva. Era melhor não ter falado . A pessoa carrega uma mágoa e incerteza. Se você tivesse colocado em palavras uma melhor maneira de apresentação teria sido mais elegante.