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Lost my roadie about an hour ago due to weird circumstances, i am planning on leaving NYC within the next couple days and making my way south into Mex. if you are relaxed and not totally fuckin insane(just a lil bit) then hit me up!

Now I know majority of people on this board advocate revolution in the U.S. and a major overhaul of well, everything(And i totally agree) but lets look at it from a smaller perspective, the start up, I am sure many of you are able to spout out fire filled passionate rhetoric about revolution...

So if many of you have read my previous posts, I am going to be traveling to Central/South America very soon and will not be coming back, my question is, my passport expires in 3-4 years, i know you can renew it from another country without going back to the U.S. but lets say you dont have the...

So i am going into Mexico/Central/South America soon and i am worried about when the random times when i will not have money to buy bottled water nor the means to boil any water, are there any water bottles/ purifying systems that you dont have to keep buying weird filter caps or whatever when...

Now, i hate to post two quick posts in a row but i was searching some other forums(Lonely Planet etc) on traveling all over America(North, Central And South) and how literally, if you proposed ANY idea that was not a hostel/hotel sleeping wise(Such as stealth camping with a hammock or tent) or...

Why? And what steps would YOU take to make it better? You have to think universally and whats best for the whole. I want to hear what you all have to think.

So i hate the idea of having to bring a sleeping bag and a bedroll, dont know why but i hate them with all my heart, ive looking into buying a tiny portable hammock, bringing a string to put above my when im in the hammock perpendicular(i think thats the word) over the top of the hammock and...

In Mexico, Central or South America? Give the surplus that is not used for "our" food to the homeless and other hungry families in the area. Any opinions?

Ranging from survival or SAS guidebooks to starting a self sustaining farm for a food source to hitchhiking/train riding "guides" and tips...i am looking to read something so anything is welcome links please!~:)!

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Have any experiences that you are lucky to made it out of? Sketchy people? Rabid animals? Cops that let you go when they should not have?

Anyone know of any? Hippie or not, where not money, but time, is how you earn food/shelter and what not. I am looking to join one eventually, one that plants it own food, Prefered in Mexico or Central America as warmth is always an issue for me, i need the sun! Thanks in advance.

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Walking, what is it?

So i have been to Chiapas before and actually attended a social world media day of sorts type get together by the Zapatistas to keep the awareness high worldwide and i guess i am curious how many of you other travellers have been to Chiapas and had encounters with the Zapatista movement? Has...

So i was reading "American Nomads" by Richard Grant and i came across an interesting story about how when white people who were trying to settle the west of North America got captured by the Native American tribes for a few years, they would be "liberated" by the whites from captivity and...

So ive heard alot of the same drugs up here you need a script for you need one down there in mexican pharmacies as well but i heard some slip through, like you can get Klonopin and Xanax without a perscription in Pharmacies down there for WAY cheaper than up here.....any thoughts, experiences...

Hey, so i have been down there a few times but im finally going to go when im off probation with NO money rather than hostel money this time. For those of you(which im assuming is most) who crossed the border on foot or got let off at the border as soon as you got into Mexico, how many of you...

I got it early from a friend who is friends with the band, if you want it, reply to this thread and il send it, it is pretty fuckin' amazing.

So i know a few people have done it on minimal budgets on here, i would like to hear your story, details and everything:) No matter how long it is.

So if you know me, my face is TOTALLY sleeved out, has been for awhile and i found a wonderful guy in NYC to help me with free removal of all my facial tattoos, i just started last week and had two treatments so far... i am curious, who else is going through the removal process or has...

I am really open to anything. I read Cormac Mccarthy to Nick Cave to Sci Fi bullshit and i have $100 Amazon gift card(dont ask) that i would love to use ASAP. So suggestions and maybe a link or synopsis of the book please. I am open to anything as long as its not Hunger Games or Harry Potter:)...

Im sorry i keep posting so many questions but im curious and need to know some things before i head out, i would not be riding the rails, i would be checking the state and local laws before i fly signs and hitch and im straight edge so i would not be fucked up publicly or anywhere for that...

I have asked this before in a more modified version but i have violated my misdemeanor probation by traveling and have a warrant, was curious who else is traveling with warrants and how many times have you actually just had a slap on the wrist and let go when a cop runs your info and finds you...

Ive traveled before but with a friend each time to other countries(Mainly central and south america, the whole hostel thing) Now im contemplating leaving NYC tommorow with no money at all, a straight route to florida and the scared as all fuckin hell. I am almost 24 years old, im very social and...

But i need clarification, I have no priors, pullled a knife on a dude but didnt stab him and got simple assault and 16 months of probation in PA. I am going INSANE staying here this long, i am homeless, cold and just plain miserable and wanna head south. Couple questions.... Who else here...

So im going out for the first time without just staying in hostels and i have a pretty small backpack and i have like 20-30 buck budget for a sleeping bag and all the bags i see at walmart are HUGE, like half of my actual backpack. Is this normal? how do you guys attatch your sleeping bag to the...

I have a barnes and noble gift card that i need to use asap, will consider all book suggestions, does NOT have to be about travelling, only stipulation is it must be avail. where im going because well, i hate waiting for shit when i order online(stupid american, instant gratification) thanks...

Any of you play? I just started and having a hell of a hard time learning to play single notes, any advice helps! appreciated:)

Lets say you are in mexico, no money and you are thirsty as all hell, you cannot drink the "local" water without getting sick from the pipes or protozoa or whatever is in the water, so what has worked for you? flying a sign that asks for agua? theft? water is my main concern down there when i...

So my friend(yes actually a friend, not me ha) wants to travel, hitch, dumpster dive and all that fun stuff again but since the last time he did it he is on probation for simple assault(misdemeanor) with no other priors, he is curious if anyone who is on probation has ever left and gotten their...

Hey hows it goin guys? Sorta new here and ive been wanting to vagabond all those places listed in the title for awhile on little to no money, i speak minimal spanish but am learning, im a 23 year old tattoo artist and vegetarian, been down there before but did the whole hostel/chicken bus thing...

So ive traveled alot on the verge of everything listed on this forum, as minimal as possible but last time i went, which was alone, i got very lonely and thought well hey, next time i will bring a dog with me, i was curious as to where you guys get your puppies from on the road? find them...

Hey hows it goin guys? Sorta new here and ive been wanting to vagabond all those places listed in the title for awhile on little to no money, i speak minimal spanish but am learning, im a 23 year old tattoo artist and vegetarian, been down there before but did the whole hostel/chicken bus thing...