Many Israeli settlements and outposts are originally composed of caravans ( "caravan"; pl. Also used as the diesel option in Nissan Homy and Caravan vans. This area also offers leisure activities and has large caravan and holiday sites. Van is a 2003 Ford Windstar and Minny appears to be a 1996 Dodge Caravan. Van means a type of vehicle arose as a contraction of the word caravan. Mechanically, the Nissan Caravan and the Nissan Homy were identical. It was a junior model to the larger Nissan Caravan. It shares its platform with the Nissan Caravan. On all but the base-trim Caravan, seven-passenger seating became standard. The second generation Nissan Urvan/Caravan, the E23 series, was introduced in August 1980. Raynald responded by looting a caravan of pilgrims on the Hajj in 1185. September 2008 saw the arrival of the tenth Grand Caravan. The following year, the "Camel News Caravan", anchored by John Cameron Swayze, debuted on NBC. This included work as porters and caravan guards. At the ceremony, they played a cover of Van Morrison's "Caravan".