“Don’t you get bored?” Ah yes. That question. It always comes with that slightly concerned look. And it almost always comes from someone who has never spent a single night in a van. From the outside, I get it. Vanlife looks like a permanent vacation.No office, no fixed schedule, no meetingsJust sunsets, freedom, and suspiciously… Read More Boredom in Vanlife – Really?
Let’s take a closer look at power for a minute — not the glossy, endless-sunshine version of vanlife, but the real, rain-soaked, everyday kind. I’ve been on the road for months now, including what turned out to be the wettest winter Spain has seen in years. Long grey stretches. Days of steady rain. Very little… Read More Off-Grid for Months: How I Live Without Plugging In
Living in a van is romantic — right up until the moment you realize your water tank is down to “half a cup of tea” and yesterday’s workout is still proudly clinging to your skin. In “normal” society, taking a shower at least once a day is treated like an unwritten law. Skip it for… Read More No Shower, No Drama: Simple Ways to Stay Clean in a Campervan
The Long Way North – Guatemala City to Mexico Looks easy on a map, doesn’t it? About 1,500 kilometers, give or take. A nice straight line pointing north. In reality? It’s a slog through dirt roads that’ll rattle your teeth loose, heat that makes you question every life choice that brought you here, and bus… Read More “On Four Hundred Dollars to Cancún”
Following the Trail of the World’s Highest Waterfall June 7th – Crossing into Venezuela My internal alarm clock wakes me just in time to grab my backpack and dash across the street to the Rodoviaria of Boa Vista. The bus is running late! With my last few Cruzeiros I treat myself to a coffee and… Read More Venezuela: A Journey to the Angel Falls
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