Four months on the road in his camper made Dani a devotee of essentials-only living, and temperate Nicaragua made it easy to keep that up. But with occasional wet weather, he decided to experiment by building a traditional palm palapa as a shelter for the camper. Wanting his new setup to be compact, as sustainable as possible, and inexpensive to operate, Dani relied on locally-sourced materials, like teak wood provided by friends in the area, and metal joints made by a local welder.