BY: RYAN BOLTON “Take that person [you love] and travel around the world. Buy a plane ticket for the two of you to travel all around the world…. And if when you come back to JFK and you’re still in…
This company will pay you $22,000 to take an epic summer adventure and blog about it.
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Imagine getting paid to hike, swim, camp and climb. That’s the job that Canadian outdoor brand Woods is offering to two individuals this summer. The brand is looking for two people to take on travelling the 17,000…
Bike campers are giving nomads a new way to travel
BY: ZOE MELNYK A number of modern nomads are taking minimalist living one step further past the van life and are instead slowly converting to the new idea of bike campers. Bike campers allow travellers to venture anywhere they physically…
What if we explored our hometowns with the same eyes we travel with? (Video)
Filmmaker, Sebastian Linda, asks a profound question: “What if we lived in the same way we travel?” When you’re on the road, life seems to function with a heightened sense of excitement, lucidness and serendipity—no matter what you do, or…
This former engineer quit his job to travel the world in a van
BY: ZOE MELNYK After years of dreaming about traveling the world, Mike Hudson finally made the decision to quit his job as a systems engineer and begin life on the road in a renovated LDV Convoy. Hudson began implementing his…
This man took a motorcycle journey from Alaska to Argentina and took a 500 day selfie (Video)
Alex Chacón is a videographer, photographer, public speaker and all around badass. Chacón sold everything he owned, dropped out of Medical School, and spent three years circumnavigating the globe on two wheels, including the ultimate journey from the northern hemisphere,…
The CEO of Icelandair wants to go heli-skiing and fishing with you, free of charge (VIDEO)
BY: TREVOR HEWITT Iceland just got a little cooler. That’s because the country’s main airline, Icelandair, now offers a free tour guide program for anyone travelling to the island. The ‘stopover buddy’ program is made up of 30 of the airline’s…
“Wild” might inspire a flock of thru-hikers that could ruin trail hiking for everyone
BY: GLEB VELIKANOV Many consider Bill Bryson’s 1998 classic “A Walk In The Woods”, along with Cheryl Strayed’s 2012 best-selling memoir “Wild” to be powerful stimuli. Upon reading either book, they consider completing, or thru-hiking the entire length of the…
How to put your bedroom on wheels and travel the continent. (PHOTOS)
Imagine your life became one permanent adventure; one where you were free to travel to remote locations undeterred by a lack of accommodations or the need to make next month’s rent. You don’t need tens of thousands of dollars to…
This man lost his wife and his job, so he took an epic motorcycle journey until the road ran out (PART 2)
31: Skagway, old port town of the Klondike Gold Rush. We met some super fun local girls who were incredibly cool and showed us around. 32: We returned the favour and I gave one of them a few rides! Thanks…
This man lost his wife and his job, so he took an epic motorcycle journey until the road ran out (Photos)
BY: TED BARNABY About four months ago, 26 year-old Sebastiaan de With and his friend, Stuart Philkill, returned from a motorcycle trip that captured the interest and imagination of young adventurers across the world. The photo gallery—highly popularized by Reddit…
How to quit your job and live on the beach for $650 a month
BY: TED BARNABY In a tough economy, retirement has become a major issue among the aging population, many facing the question of whether they’ll even be able to settle down at all. However, a long forgotten solution to the North…
This man quit his job, restored a boat and sailed around the world (VIDEO)
Filmmaker Kevin A. Fraser captures the incredible life of David Welsford—a young man from Nova Scotia who gave up his possessions and the conventional ways of life to sail around the world in pursuit of happiness, adventure and simple beauty.…
Why staying with locals will always be better than staying at an all-inclusive resort
BY: SINEAD MULHERN The bartender pops the cap off a Heineken and sets it down in front of me. The green bottles behind him sit like a row of bowling pins each with a different city printed on its label.…
Modern Berlin: from the Stasi, Hitler and segregation to MDMA, street art and a culture of freedom
BY: AOIFE RYAN For many, Berlin may provoke images of division and fallen empires, but laced within the nation’s capital are far more rewarding experiences for both the modern traveller and native city dwellers alike. Having been there myself nearly…
This pro mountain biker threw a backflip over a 72-foot canyon. An interview with Kelly McGarry
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Kelly McGarry— a wild Kiwi with a passion for pushing limits and backyard barbeques —is one of mountain biking’s most recognizable figures. With unparalleled intensity and a charismatic riding style, his first person Go Pro videos will have…
A newly-constructed Japanese train travels 500km/hr by levitating above the tracks
BY: PILGRIM Japan recently constructed a train that travels at 500km/hr (311mph) by floating above the tracks using magnetic levitation—and it’s about to be opened for public use. The first 100 people ever recently had the opportunity to ride the…
Filmmaker Devin Graham proves that failure is success in progress
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Devin Graham stands at the forefront of a shifting media landscape that takes filmmaking out of the hands of big-budget producers and instead makes it available to a vastly broader population. This democratization of filmmaking excites and inspires…
What Does America Look Like Through The Eyes Of A Tourist? These Photos Will Make You Understand
BY: RON GESSEL Streets overwhelmed by advertisements, shopping malls and fast food, celebrity obsession and hypersexualized imagery—is this really the America that tourists bear witness to? Caught in the normalized state of society, we often do not take a moment to…
In A Decade, Windowless Planes Will Give You Panoramic Views Of The Sky
BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS Bad news for those afraid of flying; good news for those wanting more adventure in their plane travel. A UK-based technology company is developing a plane without windows that’s a little more stylish than the white windowless…