BY: TYLER FYFE We came to a wood cabin, drawn like moths to the smothered glow of oil lamps in foggy window panes. We had hiked nearly blind through the night—measuring our progress by the sound of crunching gravel. When…
Everest Sherpas are finally being honoured as the pillars of a glorified Western dream
BY: TYLER FYFE The word Sherpa is not a job title. It is the cultural name of an ethnic group living in the eastern Himalayas long before the first recorded ascent of Everest in 1953. Since that famous feat was…
These photos from the greatest bedroom on earth give you a glimpse into the romance of van-life
BY: ROB HOFFMAN The Internet and social media outlets like Instagram have accelerated the world’s infatuation with the van-dwelling, road-tripping, vagabond lifestyle to near obsession. Though the lifestyle and form of travel is nothing new in-and-of itself, there is new…
New telescoping road-trip mobile expands to 3x its size with the push of a button
BY: ROB HOFFMAN French company, Beauer, just came out with a caravan that will solve the age-old travellers’ conundrum of comfort versus mobility. A van is compact and ultra portable, yet it lacks the living space and amenities of something…
7 reasons why travel is the best relationship you will ever have
BY: TRENT FLESKENS If you’ve ever been in love, then you likely already know how much it sucks to have your heart completely broken. I’m talking ripped out, torn to pieces, chewed up, spit out and stomped on. Breakups are…
This Australian couple ditched society to permanently circle paradise in a sail-boat
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Here’s a glimpse into the lives of Australian globetrotter couple and travel-bloggers, Riley and Elayna, currently circumnavigating the high seas on their sail-boat, La Vagabonde. Riley traded nearly a decade of toil in mines and oil rigs…
How to embrace the zen of hiking with purpose
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Though the first carried more miles, the second day of the hike was totally and unapologetically uphill. When you ascend, hiking becomes the zen of endurance. First, you are stripped of all the pleasures of hiking. Your excitement…
This vagabond-extraordinaire is re-claiming America on a green cafe racer named Battle Cat
BY: ROB HOFFMAN The romance of a road-trip on two wheels has long inspired the bold, adventurous and freedom-loving, including iconic thinkers like Che Guevara, Hunter S. Thompson and Bob Dylan. After all these years the appeal of a motorcycle…
How a selfie turned a high school dropout into one of Nat Geo’s greatest photographers
BY: TYLER FYFE Cory Richards is not your typical high school dropout. He was nearly homeless when he decided to use photography to educate himself . So far he has been to all seven continents, witnessed Polar bears standing on the…
This adventure kayaker’s unbelievable photos take zen to a whole new level
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Tomasz Furmanek gets in his kayak one leg at a time just like everyone else. Except once he’s in the kayak, he takes photographs worthy of a 30-second open-mouth drool that most kayakers could only dream of.…
This family turned their life into a permanent road-trip to teach their daughters the meaning of life
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Somewhere in the windswept valley of Patagonia, Emily sits cross-legged next to her blue Westfalia at the foot of a glacial-blue lake looking up at a series of snow-capped mountains, huddled behind the trees. She holds her…
Giving up everything to travel the world is not glamorous – but it’s worth it
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS Seeing yoga poses performed on Greek beaches, explorers hiking the Norwegian Fjords, and daredevils standing spitting distance from beautiful Swedish waterfalls on your Instagram feed is enough to make any nine-to-fiver green with jealousy. 24 867km //…
Meet the badass woman who motorbiked across India after everyone told her she couldn’t
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Roshni Sharma has been a biking enthusiast ever since her father taught her to ride a motorbike at the age of 16. So when a friend of hers — another avid biker — told her about his…
This traveller has learnt to speak seven different languages by talking to locals of the places he visits
BY: ZOE MELNYK There are a million excuses to avoid learning another language – you’re too old, classes are too expensive, you don’t have time. The list goes on, but not anymore. Irish nomad Benny Lewis has untapped the key…
This diving enthusiast discovered an amazing underwater river (Photos)
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Russian photographer Anatoly Beloshchin is a diving enthusiast with a thirst for adventure. Between diving with sharks and whales and trekking through Antarctica, Beloshchin is always on the hunt for something new – and he found it…
This college student is living on a train to avoid high rent fees
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ Rent can be expensive, landlords can be jerks and roommates are rarely a perfect match, so why put yourself through this misery when you can spend less money by living freely on a train? Instead of staying…
How to make travelling the world and writing about it your full-time job
BY: ZOE MELNYK So you want to ditch your routine and travel the world for a living? You want to join the travel blog community filled with explorers and writers who are actually making a profit from their posts? There’s…
Two Aussie mates embark on an epic adventure, surfing all of India’s 28 states (video)
BY: MELISSA GONZALEZ Do you ever think about picking up a camera, heading to a completely foreign land, and surfing it with your best friend? Well these guys have. And they chose the land of diversity – India. In October…
This wander-lusting couple roams the world without a watch or destination
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Holi Festival Maria and Ben have always been driven by itchy feet and a thirsty mind. Even before they met, they individually explored the world, one piece at a time. In fact, it was travel that led…
These adventure-loving parents are raising three toddlers while sailing the world
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ Scott and Brittany Meyers began their journey five years ago. They set sail in Chicago, and journeyed the east coast of the United States to Trinidad. In 2012, their crew began to grow as they welcomed aboard…