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My sister lives along a Thames canal full of the houseboats, in a Hasidic neighborhood of East London. Many of the dwellers are old squatters who find structures in this new London too hard to occupy for long. As long as you move the boat every few weeks, you won’t get in trouble for not renting...

I sailed with Alex from Palau to the Philippines. He was a real larger-than-life figure, made anything a bigger adventure than you could imagine. Had been a futures trader in Omaha making stacks of cash before he bought Bubbles. Died the same year Tomas did, from malaria in India. Two gentlemen...

Biggest difference: language. North America, if you speak English and Spanish, you’re good. Europe, nearly every country has its own language, maybe multiple. If you’re traveling through many countries, you might not learn enough of the languages to frequently breach the social/cultural...

I haven´t seen anything about this posted in English-language resources online, so I though I´d share... You can take a big boat from Rome (Grimaldi Lines, 40E) or Genoa (70E?) to Barcelona. Hitching sucks in short days and shitty weather this time of year, the boat lets you take way more...

East Jesus isn't for everybody. For example, they're tired of travelers, especially as the crusty population of Slabs has soared and the whole Salton Sea area has blown up as a tourist attraction. They create a somewhat-intentional space for artists and a somewhat-safer space for...

Phenomenal! Thanks for sharing! I hang with some wilderness/survival/primitive skills types (I have been working outdoors, Mexican desert to Alaska rainforest, since I was 14, in addition to sailing around the Philippines/western Pacific, etc) and will be working as a non-law enforcement park...

<Edit - this thread was moved to obituaries as this person has passed on ... Tude> Relatively cleancut looking, older fellow calls himself Hobo Jim and has a railroad tat on one hand. My friend's two friends had met and hung out with him in the daytime. Night at the catchout, one of them...

Rit BLOWS. Trying to make some gear ninja-appropriate.

It really depends where and how yer going, what you're doing, and which bag is the better value/available kickdown when you need to acquire. If you're facing a lot of precipitation, I would suggest synthetic. But if you seek a small pack (I would also highly recommend carrying the sleeping bag...

Hi! I've hitched a few times between NM and Cali, as one of my closest friends lives in the one anarchist house in Abq. Hitching that stretch is pie (there's little between Cali and Abq, so lots of bored motorists covering long distances). Belen isn't the place to learn to ride freight. Choose...

First, you'd be carrying a stun gun (direct contact electrical charge), not a tazer (throws charge at distance). Actual tazers are generally controlled; stun guns (which some folks call tazers) are legal and readily available for as low as $6 on ebay. Mine is 6.8 million volts and maintains its...

Your post resonated with me, as I confronted a similar dilemma for a few years... Think long-term. No matter what you think of the general ed classes that he'd be taking now, a college degree provides a lot of options. Which he may need when he 1) voluntarily gets off the road, 2) gets caught...

There have to be a lot of guys named "Dirty Mike" out there--are we talking about the same guy who blew up the Colton yard mid-May when the cops were doing a manhunt? Was only told that he had done "very bad things."

So 2011 Mutant Fest just got busted by LE. Location not posted til day of, either. An unfortunately consistent pattern.

Hi! I don't claim to know much, but maybe I can help? I crewed some on cruisers around Palau and Philippines. First, a really good resource for learning the very basics of sailing is the Cal Sailing Club in Berkeley. Seventy-five dollars and three hours of volunteering gives you three months...