How To Travel The World For Free (Seriously) You can travel the world for less money than you spend each month to fill up your gas tank. WORLD TRAVEL is cheap and easy. In fact, with a little practice and effort, you can travel for free. The idea that travel is expensive and difficult is bullshit peddled by tour companies, hotel chains, and corporate media. The tourism industry doesn’t want me to reveal the simple secrets of free travel, but I’m going to share them with you anyway. 1. Travel frees you from the grind of daily routine. The joy of new experience is the most wonderful thing about world travel — and new experiences are free. The simple joy of being in a new place is just a matter of…wait for it…going someplace new. 2. The modern American economy is built on the false premise that people need to buy new goods and services all the time. People need fresh air, healthy food, clean water, exercise, creative stimulation, companionship, self-esteem, and a safe place to sleep. For fresh air, go outside. 3. Time is not money.
Trainhopping Day One: Mile 0, Vancouver, British Columbia Today is the day. It's early August, but this far north the summer is waning fast, and I am ready to begin the long trip from Vancouver to New York City. The plan, hatched around a campfire on the beach a week previous, is to ride the Canadian Pacific rail line 3,000 miles east, across half a dozen mountain ranges and the vast wheat ocean of the great plains. I wake up to a gray dawn on Wreck Beach at the western edge of Vancouver, wrapped up in a tent fly that has kept out none of the night's drizzle. After packing up our gear, we ride a bus to the eastern edge of the city where the yard of the CP lies hidden behind a row of warehouses. We walk several miles to the yard, and the long low sound of a train whistle grabs our attention. We find a hidden spot in the trees about twenty yards from the tracks to sit and wait. Pike lectures me as we sit in the shade. "Come on!" "Pick your ride!" Hanging on, I try to put one foot on the bottom rung.
Boat Hitch Hiking A Practical Guide to Boat Hitchhiking Part of the Ecological Voyage Collection by Nans Thomassey In September 2008, Blue Rock Station Intern Nans Thomassey and his best friend Guillaume left France with the intention of hitchhiking around the world. With little more than the clothes on their back, a bit of water and a couple hundred dollars (Euros, actually) - they headed off on a three-year adventure. Their adventure has taken them halfway around the world so far - from France, to Spain, to the Canary Islands, to the Caribbean and on to Central America. Along the way, they have become experts at hitch hiking across oceans - getting rides on luxury yachts. In this practical guide, Nans shares what he has learned. Discover: Where to find a ride? This 34-page booklet is available in English and in French. Price: The cost of this electronic booklet is 5 € (Euros). It costs Nans about 5 Euros for each day of travel - so your purchase will extend his trip by a day.
Joe's Ultralight Backpacking / Food What the...? Ultralight food? Well yes and no. Food is a very personal subject, and before you start messing with your menu you need to be sure of what you're doing. I can't imagine a better picture of Hell than being on Day 7 of a trek, days out from re-supply, and having only that purported "miracle food" combo of corn pasta and spirulina tablets. The main thing to consider when selecting your menu is whether it will keep you happy, healthy and provide enough nutrients and energy to keep you on course. The Energy Budget: Food Weight vs. If you've been following this site awhile, you're probably familiar with the tale of Fruit Boy from one of my Grand Canyon treks. It costs energy to carry food. Granted, Fruit Boy was an extreme case, but it helps drive home the point - aside from the occasional splurge items, your menu should cover all aspects of your nutritional needs. Cooking vs. In addition to your "ready to eat" snacks, most people prefer 2-3 core meals on the trail. Breakfast
Warmshowers.org | Hospitality for touring cyclists Punk Rafting - Adventuring by Wes Modes In 2005, a few of us set out on a punk rafting adventure, building a raft out of found and scavenged materials and floating for a week, Huck Finn-style, on one of the largest fastest rivers on the continent, the Missouri. We lived to tell the tale (barely), and so year after year, we’ve taken longer and longer adventures, floating many major American rivers on completely ridiculous homemade rafts. After that first single raft trip, we invited others, launching with whole punk raft flotillas. The experience has been life changing. Below are two ‘zines created by the author: The Good Ship Abandonthe story so far A graphic adaption of an adventure building a raft out of trash and floating more than a hundred miles on the perilous Missouri River, one of the fastest flowing rivers in North America.Punk Rafting Adventureyours for the taking A ‘zine in preparation for a journey with friends on the Willammette River based on a half decade of DIY river rafting.
Hiking Dude The essence of hiking is to leave life behind, if only for a few hours, and explore the world around you using only the power of your body. It is feeling your lungs labor, your muscles tighten and relax, and all your senses bringing new information into your brain. Being a Hiking Dude is being on the move, covering ground, challenging your body, and renewing your soul. Join me on My Long Hikes around the country, and maybe the world. The number one problem in America is the drop in miles walked per day. Hiking is a sport unto itself. If you've been surfing the web to find out something about hiking, then please check out my Beginner Hiker Plan to learn how to get ready to start hiking. Comments: Feb 26, 2012 - Lynn Love your page. Mar 26, 2012 - Tom Ryan It sounds like you off to a great start. Mar 27, 2012 - george petros Hey Dude! Mar 28, 2012 - Mom Hi Paul - wish I was hiking with you. That message was from Karl not me. Apr 02, 2012 - scott thanks again! scott Apr 10, 2012 - Bill Hunter
Favorite Travel Quotes "There are two ways of getting home, and one of them is to stay there." -G.K. Chesterton ”Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” -Confucius “I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.” “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” “Life is a promise; fulfill it.” “It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.” “The beckoning counts, and not the clicking of the latch behind you.” Beyond the East, the sunrise,Beyond the West, the sea,And East and West the wanderthirstWill not let me be. “I resolved to abandon trade and to fix my aim on something more praiseworthy and stable; whence it was that I made preparation for going to see part of the world and its wonders.” “A place has almost a shyness of a person with strangers; its secret is not to be surprised by too direct interrogation.”
Wishing to train hop... needing advice. - Train Hopping - tribe.net You definitly need a crew change. There is some great advice in there, as well as it being like a bus schedule for trains....as much fun as it is to be spontanius, you dont want to be on a hotshot going straight to Northern Canada without any breaks, and there are certain cities you want to avoid, especialy in Texas and around military basses. Also Los Angeles and New York. When you first go out, I would strongly recomend you go with somebody who is experienced. Also, you will want some card board for the floor. You should practice walking, running, and climbing with your backpack filled with food, water, cloths, and a sleeping bag, plus whatever else you are going to carry. When choosing a pack it should be larger with room for everything you need so its the only thing you have to carry. You should also have a Slingshot planner, or an Anarchist yellow pages to tell you were the squats and outreach centers are.