BY: ERIC CARRELL Shoes have become an essential part of our lives, providing their cushioning, supportive, warm and stylish bliss. They are so important that we rarely question their need, importance or any health benefits we might be missing out…
Millennials have all the right conditions to keep exploring the universe
BY: PAOLO JOVENTINO I will always remember my first battle with existential crisis. In grade seven, I developed what I believed to be anxiety, and once I began to ask the real questions, I discovered it was. What I first…
There is a way to fulfill all of your travel cravings while being low on funds
If you do not have a significant amount of cash in your hands, but you wish to explore new worlds, there is a solution for your situation. Now, you can exchange your home trough websites like HomeExchange, IntervacHomeExchange, LoveHomeSwap, etc.…
Couple gets high on LSD and tries to build IKEA furniture
BY: RHIANN MOORE IKEA has (probably) caused countless breakups, family fights and ended friendships. With seemingly no solution to getting cheap furniture without entering into a metaphorical boxing ring between building partners, this couple decided to up the ante by dropping…
The legendary floating caravan that could have revolutionized camping trips forever
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The Amphicar Model 770 was an amphibious automobile – viable on land, as well as on water – that launched in 1961. Unfortunately, production only lasted four years, ending in 1965. Other brands of amphibious cars would…
Why you should stop planning your life out and embrace the uncertainty life throws at you
By: Andrew Uyeno When we were younger, our parents planned out every event, from what time we left home, to where we stopped for lunch, to when we went to bed. Planning your day has value in adulthood, but when…
Welcome to Base Pirata – a close community of travelers living in the jungle
By: Jessica Devnani The place was called Amazonas Base Pirata. To me, it was kind of like The Beach, except without any of the drama, and a happier ending. Put simply, Base Pirata is a community of travelers who live…
Turns out that seeking adventure is actually in our DNA
BY: Jocelyn Schwalm Living a routine life has never appealed to me. The idea of repeating the everyday, seeing the same people everyday, is a glorified depression disguised as a life. Two years ago, I decided that I needed to…
Why experiential travel is here to stay and 3 experts that will help you carve your own path
BY: CAROLINE ROLF There was a time when travel meant escaping everyday stresses—unwinding and recharging.. It meant you needed a place that you could do absolutely nothing and feel absolutely delightful. I personally chose to travel like this, when several…
Teaching English could be your ticket around the world
BY: Zoe Melnyk So you’ve graduated with a wonderful degree in a major that you’re passionate about that has absolutely no “real world” qualifications for a job, let alone a career. You couldn’t help it, having a major in Latin…
This company will lead you on expeditions of the world’s last undiscovered places
BY: CAROLINE ROLF As a commander for the British military, Tom Bodkin spent his years of service training for jungle warfare in Brunei and cliff hanging off the Zagros Mountains in Iran. He started the company with Lev Wood in…
This epic video perfectly captures the illuminating spirit of the open road
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Photo and video by: Guillaume Beaudoin Every day, people get up, grab their backpack and go out to travel the world. Not only do they survive, they thrive. Travelling means visiting the places you’ve only seen in…
Craft brewery wants to pay you $12,000 to travel, drink beer and tweet about it
BY: JESSICA BEUKER A new internship position opened up and is currently accepting applications. But this isn’t your typical internship. Instead of fetching coffee or kissing the boss’s ass, you’ll get paid to travel the world, drink beer, and chronicle…
These best friends quit their jobs to visit 59 national parks in 59 weeks
BY: ALEX BROWN Something devastating happens when you reach your late twenties, hit the quarter-life milestone and responsibility comes knocking at your door. Soon, you’ll no longer be able to consider yourself in the careless twenty-something bracket—but that doesn’t mean…
These brothers discarded the corporate life to chase all 50 states in a Sprinter Van
BY: ALEX BROWN On January 1st, 2016, Justin and Adam Fricke climbed aboard their new 2008 Dodge Sprinter Van and drove north. Their home town of Orlando shrank in the rearview until it disappeared in a vapour of commercial real-estate,…
A dream vacation just became one man’s full-time job
BY: CAROLINE ROLF What if you had the opportunity to walk across Norway on foot, exploring the country’s incredible streams and mountains? This would be the ideal vacation for most adventurers, and it just became a full-time job for…
This 73-year-old built a 60ft steel whale-home to sail back and forth across the Atlantic
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Beached somewhere in the Scottish Highlands along a sea’s loch, 73-year-old Tom McClean stands ankle-deep aside his 20-metre steel whale, feeling out the water’s swell and waiting for the perfect moment to take her seaborne once more.…
This climatologist mapped the ideal North American road-trip for an endless summer
BY: ROB HOFFMAN There’s a reason most van-lifers reside along the stretch of U.S. coast between southern Washington and San Diego. If you’re Canadian or belong to the American Midwest, your road-trip hourglass contains half as much sand as someone…
8 fascinating power #vanlife couples: see what happiness on the road looks like
BY: JULIEN ROUSSIN CÔTÉ I’ve interviewed van dwellers and nomads for the last 18 months, and I still get astonished by each of their unique stories and by the creativity of #vanlife enthusiasts. Living small actually allows you to live…
High school sweethearts-turned-vagabonds found the meaning of life by picking fruit
BY: BEN SCHUYLER AND DANIEL VOLLAND We were roommates when we decided to set out across the American West this summer for our project, When the Road is Home, never dreaming of all the places we would explore or the…