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  1. WanderLost Radical

    Jungle camping in Central America

    Hey guys! I'm starting to plan a trip to South/Central America this winter, and I'd like you guys' input and experiences. I've been considering trying to spend as many nights as possible sleeping outside, on beaches and bushed areas, like I usually do when I travel, but I also know by...
  2. WanderLost Radical

    Interior inspiration

    Hey guys! I am planning on spending the day insulating the walls of my van to make it winter ready!! For the walls, i am simply gonna put some pads behind some nailers and plywood, but I am running out of ideas on how to make the curves around the doors look good... i have been looking for some...
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    Van safety

    Sooo.... after like 2 months of van dwelling, I got my first break-in. I guess thats what I get for sleeping in the punk side of town... But that thing aside, anyone has any recommendation on how to keep the van safe? Luckily, this time I was in it, and scared the shit out of the guy. Im more...
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    Short bus or van?

    Hey guys! Here's the deal: I need to clear my Montreal apartment by May 1st, and leaving to travel across Canada sometime in July. Since it's not worth finding a new place for 2 months, I'm planning on Vandwelling. Luckily, theres a government vehicules auction on April 29th! There'll be short...
  5. WanderLost Radical

    Alaskan grizzlies ain't nuthin' to fuck with!!

    Here's a post about some record grizzly bear being shot by a US forest service in Alaska. (Pictures in the original article) He was deer hunting last week when the large grizzly charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear and...
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    Video I need a dollar (Buskers cover)

    So a band from 'round here made this cover of Aloe Blacc's song I need a Dollar. Band's called Les chiens de ruelle. (The alley dogs). Thought you guys would like it!
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    The cruel return to "normal" life

    So I did it, after 14 months away from home, I returned. I was pretty excited, I mean... getting to see my family, my friends and the world I used to know!! Sounds great, right? I had plans: spending the first few weeks meeting up with friends, drinking beers and reminding ourselves of the old...
  8. WanderLost Radical

    Sleeping in big cities

    Everyone knows how much of a bitch it is to find a good hidden place to sleep in larger cities. Well, today I had a genius idea. How about travelling with a couple large trash bags, and when it's time to sleep, you just get inside one, and lay down next to a trash can, with your head sticking...
  9. WanderLost Radical

    Anyone heard of SkidKidFox lately?

    Hey guys! Anyone had been in contact with @Skidkidfox lately? Last I heard from her, we were talking about her passing the canadian border for the slabs, then she stopped answering her inbox. Makes me kinda worried!!
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    Video Bernard Adamus

    My favorite song lately. I know its in french, and most of you don't speak it, but I like it so much I couldnt keep it to myself, so I did a quick approximate traduction. Of course, there's no language in the world as pretty as french canadian, but it'll give you an idea :) Each in our...
  11. WanderLost Radical

    Treating fentanyl OD

    Vice posted an article recently about 9 fentanyl overdoses happening within 20 minutes, in Vancouver recently. I never heard about it, so I looked into it for safety measures and first aid. Basically, don't use alone (especially if its a dealer/drug you're not familiar with, and have a...
  12. WanderLost Radical

    Sleeping in the heat

    Since we're in top-heat season, I wondered if anyone of you had any tricks to help us cool down for the night. Im surely not the only one who can barely sleep in such heats. So... any advices? Especially for areas where getting wet is not an option because of the bugs!!
  13. WanderLost Radical

    Eco-activism books

    So I recently got it into my head to write a song about eco-activism and diect actions (spiking trees, chaining pipelines, etc) But I wanna get educated beforehand!! Any good reads on the matter? Pdf links would be awesome :)
  14. WanderLost Radical

    hitchhiking games

    How do you keep away from boredom/keep smiling when hitchhiking? My friend just taught me a game: Add "Anal" before any RV/Camper name. It's hilarious xD My favorite so far is Anal Safari ahaha What are your games?
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    Declaring WOOFing and collectives at the border

    Just a short heads-up that if you plan on spending some time in WOOFs/workaways/collectives/communes/etc in the USA (or anything that offers you shelter/food/anything in exchange of work or just making your share of the chores is considerer work at the border. That means: if you're going to...
  16. WanderLost Radical

    Afterlife and wanderlust

    I was reading SUM, by David Eagleman, a book made of 40 short stories about what the afterlife might be. One of the last stories is called Search, and even though I don't believe in it, I found it had an interesting view about the afterlife and the origin of wanderlust, and that you guys might...
  17. WanderLost Radical

    Travel superstitions?

    Does anyone of you have any travel superstitions? For example: I have the feeling that if I dont draw a smiley on my hitchhiking sign, I won't get a ride. I know its dumb but I can't help it :P
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    Melbourne squatters

    Vice sucks, but this is pretty cool! People are squatting houses to bring awareness to the housing crisis http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/bedigo-street-squatters-raising-awareness-for-melbournes-housing-shortage A Day With the Squatters Protesting Melbourne's Housing Crisis By Chris Shearer...
  19. WanderLost Radical

    Street Boy

    This song's been hitting home pretty hard lately. Thought I'd share :P
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    Video Hitchiking with a gun

    This guy's been filming his hitchiking journey through Oregon with his open-carry .357!
  21. WanderLost Radical

    Back pack being stupid

    Okay, so my backpack has been like this for a while now, but I finally got annoyed and decided to try and fix it, but I have no idea how... the top pouch is way too much to the front, leaving my main pouch exposed to rain etc. But the adjustment straps are as tight as can be. Both front and back...
  22. WanderLost Radical

    Help me help a friend!

    Okay, so I met this girl while travelling, and I noticed she had alcoholic tendencies, but I didn<t really pay attention to it, thinking it wasn<t really bad, but after meeting up with her again, I noticed that she<s in a really bad place right now, and since I already dealt with it a few months...
  23. WanderLost Radical

    Squatting in Laos

    So I'm heading to Laos around the end of the month, and I heard accomodation there is pretty expensive, and there's a lot of abandonned buildings! So I've been thinking of squatting my stay there. Has anyone ever did it? What does the laotian law has to say about it? My googling only resulted...
  24. WanderLost Radical

    What has travelling taught you?

    I wanna know about what you learnt by travelling! Personally, after 3 months of travelling Asia, if there's one thing I learnt, it's to be a dick, and how to say no. Like, telling people off when they try to rip you off, or just being a customer service nightmare in order to get what you...
  25. WanderLost Radical

    Sailing Oceania

    Okay, so I got this awesome trip stuck in my mind for a while now, and I need to know about the feasability of it, to see if I go forth with it, or sink in disappointment. After my current trip in Asia and United states, I wanna go back to Australia to work for a while. I've checked that...
  26. WanderLost Radical

    River crossings

    I'm not sure if this belongs in this category, but since it's water-related, might be! So I've been unsuccessfully confronted to this issue before, as I've posted here, having to cross a river with a backpack you obviously wanna keep dry. I don't care about the clothes I'm wearing, but what...
  27. WanderLost Radical

    First hitchhiking experience in Asia

    So here I am, Rishikesh, India, 6AM. Trying to go to Gangotri for a few days trek to Gaumukh glacier. I head for the bus station, take a 7hrs over-crowded bus to Uttarkashi. I read I could then take a shared taxi (That means 14-18 people shoved into a 10-seat taxi) for another 5hrs that would...
  28. WanderLost Radical

    My trip in Asia!! (First backpacking experience)

    If you guys wanna follow me, here's my travel blog! Chasingthehorizonblog.wordpress.com Here's my second article about my 2 days spent in Mumbaï. Be warned, my articles tend to be pretty extensive! So the flight went great, but that's pretty much the only part. So far, I can tell Mumbaï is a...
  29. WanderLost Radical

    Killing time on the road

    When waiting for a train, or a ride, or just on rainy days or whenever, time can be long on the road. What do you guys do to keep yourself busy and kill time?
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    Please...

    PLEASE tell me each and everyone of you trainhoppers already hopped a train while singing Bon Jovi's Wanted dead or alive!!! I"m a cowboy!!!! On a steel horse I riiiide!! I'M WANTEEEEED DEAD OR ALIIIVE!!
  31. WanderLost Radical

    Wild fun in Asia??

    So I'm leaving for Asia this October, and I was wondering if some of you guys already went and saw stuff worth the detour or anything super cool I might have missed! I am planning on going to India -» Nepal -» Thailand -» Laos -» Vietnam -» China So far I only know the cities I'll visit in...
  32. WanderLost Radical

    Make your own floatation device anywhere

    Just stumbled upon this video, and I thought I should share it with you guys! Might save a life! This is a Youtube link to a video where the guy make a life vest out of his pants. Doubt it's as effectivewith crust pants though ::wtf::
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    Cool adventures in IL?

    Okay, so I know a chick in IL and I promised her we'd meet up and I'd take her on adventures around there. Any cool stuff to do? Like some forgotten falls somewhere in the woods? Or some cool abandonned buildings to explore?
  34. WanderLost Radical

    Fucked up!!

    For the long weekend, I wanted to make a 3 days/42miles trek in a nearby national park. After looking into it, I found out it would cost me like 75 bucks. Ah! Fuck that, Looked on google maps, and found a dead-end near the borders of the park. So I decided to drive there, park my car and sneak...
  35. WanderLost Radical

    Fishing without a rod

    That has been a question I've been asking myself a bit, and after looking on the internet about it, I've found a few answers, but they either require lots of work, a hook, or don't seem really efficient. What's been your best method?
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    News & Blogs Get the hell out of the eu during april

    So apparently, police forces across the EU are trying to get rid of the paperless and the homeless during april. Found this on Tumblr so it might not be 100% trustworthy, but I thought it might interested you guys...
  37. WanderLost Radical

    ACAB Patch

    I've been searching for inspiration for a logo next to the ACAB, for my ACAB DIY patch. I was thinking a pair of handcuffs with a pig tail. Also heard about bacon strips with a badge, but that sounds super hard to stencil... Any ideas?
  38. WanderLost Radical

    How to open a can without any tools

    So I just stumbled on this video, and I thought it could be useful to you guys! Check it out! My flash player is too much of a dick to let me get the audio, and the subtitles are in french, so in case the audio is also in french: All you need to do is to scratch the top of the can against...
  39. WanderLost Radical

    Music while travelling

    I'm a music addict, I need my daily music dose. But when travelling, it can get hard to keep your mp3 charged and keep access to music, since you don't always a phone charger under the hand. I'm sure i'm not the only one in this situation, so if anyone has tricks on how to get access to music...
  40. WanderLost Radical

    Greetings from Canada!!

    Hey guys and gals!! I'm a 19YO French canadian DIY anarcho-punk!! I'm currently planning a squatting/scavenging/train-hopping trip to Europe this summer hopefully (if I can afford it by then). I've been browsing this website for a few hours now, but any extra infos and advices are always...