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yeah, that one exactly. I guess youre right then, cause it is wet but not enough to get me wet, just a bit too much maybe but makes sense if its raining buckets outside for hours. just as a comment to the people who dont know it, its a great bivy, larger than the woodland camo from USMC and with...

Oh, its very breathable. In fact, thats the point of goretex materials and the like. The thing is it only gets like that whrn it rains

So i got myself a bivy sack (NL explorer hooped bivy sack to be more specific) and been using it for about two weeks now. Ive been under the rain with it 3 times already and im noticing that while im not getting wet myself, the inner part of the bivy is. I was about to throw a rant to the person...

I did some traveling with an motorized bycicle a couple years back when i was in california. Can be done, so long you take enough breaks and don't carry much, emphasis on that. Reason I didnt go for a proper bike was that I didn't have a license. I had two bikes. First I went for some cheap...

Since I became sexually active I always felt terrified of the idea of getting someone pregnant. always knew I had no interest in such thing and considered a vasectomy. Of course pretty much everyone I mentioned that to was very much against it, specially on my 20's where everybody said I was too...

Dude holding that suitcase on video doesnt seem to be anywhere near living on the road to tell you and me whats best in such case and that suitcase doesn't seem like a backpack I would bring around unless i wanted to get robbed quickly. but to be honest, that preview prevented me from even...

I could write a very long article about it but Ill just say its very different.

I only took 5 GH buses in my life and all five where supposed to be a single bus trip from texas to california, with that shitty experience in mind (It was supposed to be there in some 30 hours which turned to be like 3 days) and having met all drivers and GH personnel, id say get a comfy...

you're welcome. If anybody here is into photography, should check John Free's (author of the video above) other videos, he's got a lot of good things to teach on the subject.

EDIT: i asked if anybody had a link for this video but later found it myself

EDIT: Found it

Id fuck off and never contact authorities again. you were not dragged to jail at once, lucky you.

First off, the term Gypsies comes from spain, when there was an influx of north-east africans and some nomads came around, people didnt knew where they came from and asumed they where egiptians, so they called them whatever was the term back then in old spanish.. something like egiptano, which...

not to bum your trip but alternative-wise stockholm is kinda shitty. theres a place called Cafe 44, that's the nearest thing to a cool place i found, but im not a stockholm expert so hopefully im wrong.

I've been around and the US surprised me in that regard. lots and huge national parks, reserves, etc. its true that sometimes you hit a cluster of cities and it seems like its all civilized (like from san francisco to san diego trhu the coast). but for what i experienced, the southern states are...

Maybe you already know all this, but I'll say it anyways just in case someone finds it useful. First: learn how to adjust your pack properly. there's the waist belt, that should sit right on top of your hip bones and it should be as tight as it can so that when you loosen the shoulderstraps you...

whatever is going on in the mainland means shit if you live on an island. I was there last june/july. its a big situation, but I dont think it has any impact on what you wanna do. best of luck with the project.

never understood the need for anything else but a teaspoon. I got a multitool for when I need a knife. spoons can do as forks but forks cant do as spoons. so soon wins. I even once sharpen one edge of the spoon (the one I dont press against the side of my mouth)

I cant tell you exactly where to look for food, that would be pointless. just know that you'll be fine so long as you keep looking. France is full of supermarkets on the road that will feed you really well. specially if you have a van, you will be able to stock a lot of good food. try and get as...

hehe, no problem, I found it really funny :P

And you may wanna go and prove psycology is a science. that is a great debate. if you are so sure about it why dont you write a paper, submit it and get a nobel prize. seriously, get off your high horse. Edit: im unsure whether it is or isnt, I have great respect for psycology but Im, like...

also "I spent 12 years working with dual diagnosed adolescents all over. I've had a hell of a lot of experiences", maybe next time you wanna try and generalize over the whole world you want a bigger and less messed up sample size. "Nobody goes to God when they are happy." really? most religious...

There you go, gotcha. have a nice day.

You go fallacy after fallacy. first, your comparison about matter being conformed of energy and any example of the sort is invalid, cause that is a scientific fact. what you are saying doesn't even borders with science, it belongs to the philosophical world of ideas. When you reduce based on...

Also, you might wanna study this a bit so you can get your head out of the bucket for a moment, otherwise you'll never see outside your own ideas.

We got Freud in the house! Look man, if all you do is for selfish reasons, thats ok. be as selfish as you want. im not surprised there's people that think the way you do. if you're gonna be selfish, be it, but dont go around trying to mask your shame by saying we all act the way you do. In my...

yeah, totally. Its a big fail when someone says generalization sucks and then goes to generalize like a pro. Glad we agree on that one

Ill first proceed to answer your question with a quote from you: <quote> "I agree w warlo, anytime you start a convo with "there are two kinds of people in this world..." you start off wrong. There are an infinite number of kinds of people in this world. Gross generalization is always flawed...

Check out John Nash's theories. Game Theory might be all you say, but the ideas that built this world by the end of the XX century was Nash's and Ayn Rand type game theory. Both insisted upon the notion that humans have no sharing nature and that all we do is competing with each other. If you...

I've met loads of travelers with dogs. they all seem to agree that your life gets somewhat complicated by the fact that you have one (with varying degrees depending on how well educated / misbehaved your dog is) but on the other hand I never met anybody that would drop the dog if they had a...

All the Rand followers keep on saying that the way they are is the way the whole world is... I dont mind if a bunch of people go around saying they dont want to share anything cause they are selfish and if they do it would be for selfish reasons, but i do mind them trying to mask it by saying...

Just to be clear. I think its awesome that you come to this forum (or any other) and vent your frustrations in front of people with a similar lifestyle than yours. specially cause it seems you are venturing into this world. so keep at it. but if you allow me to give you advice, keep up with the...

gotta be careful going around the world thinking that because you are socialist everybody else ought to give you stuff just like that. also, that's not how socialism works, in order to receive you should give the share amount that most able people give. That works like my example on your other...

after almost a decade of going around I learned to appreciate more someone opening their doors to let me have a shower and then go. I prefer to stay outdoors so long I find a place where i can have a restful sleep. Staying indoors is great, but I rather busk some money and pay a hostel nowadays...

oaxaca and chiapas are great. some places in oaxaca get to be unbearably hot. and i dont mean, too hot for a gringo, i mean, too hot to even exist. so check that out beforehand. craziest thing is that some places are extremely warmer than others no matter the small distance between them. If you...

You will push for that kinda rules so long you dont start or join a community and start having bums trying the equivalents there and dont give a fuck what the community has to say about it. On most of your points you added something like "as long as you respect the x or y", which makes it clear...

I did, for over a year in the south of oslo, norway. but I guess you mean going wild like really wild. which i havent done for an extended period of time. Unless you are really serious about it and are in a hurry (which kinda contradicts itself), id say try finding a nice patch of forest...

Please, dont be that typical american stirring idiocy about traveling in latin america without having the smallest clue about it. its dangerous, as dangerous as walking around baltimore flashing a couple bills in one hand and your iphone on the other one. dont be an idiot and you can go...

Yeah, but megabus doesnt go anywere west from S.A. unfortunately, not even to el paso. But thanks anyways

Does anybody know if theres china buses from san antonio Texas? We are looking for a cheap quick way to the west coast. Maybe in Austin? Does any body have experiences with them going that far with dogs?

holy crap, thats beautiful, cant believe its your first!

Just set up a goal for some incredible adventure and work your way to it. Jewelry will pay off once you get to it, you can travel and do stuff to sell and keep on moving, see that as a positive thing you are doing and top it up with other stuff that makes it feel like being stationary is a good...

Profane Sass Feral Booty Rail Yard Ghost Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir Johnny Hobo (and everything related to the same artist) The Dad Horse Experience The Builders and the Butchers Arroyo Deathmatch And more, but those are the ones that usually get people on with the folk punk scene.

Its true that if you really need a place to crash, then couchsurfing will most likely get you one. But to be honest, I leave CS for desperate times. When nothing works, weather is shit, cant find a spot on my own, Im in bad shape and whatever else you can imagine, then is when I check...

By the way, Couchsurfing is fine, but that's getting to facebooky and hipster. If you want the underground shit, use Trustroots.org, made by and for travelers

Dude, someone should give you like a prize or something. Some random guy asks for the usual and you give such a reply? I'll make sure I have something for you whenever I get to the US, that's for sure.

yeah, I was a bit confused as some sources said to check for high concentrations and some said that regular bleach, which is not very concentrated, would do fine. Would you mind expanding on how to tell that for sure? And thats what i meant to keep other chems out, not only you can smell like...

Has anybody done this? Im preparing for some long traveling and been considering having some water purification method included in my pack. Most stuff is expensive and/or bulky. But just thought about carrying a dropper with some pure chlorine in it and add enough drops to the amount of water I...

Cant find an online source for "Who is bozo texino" and "Freeload", the later one is specially good, like "The travelers" version 21st century.

Hold Fast (One of the most epic docs ever)