stories

My moment was in Switzerland. It's mid January 2020 and all of my focus is laid on free solo attempting Mont Blanc in wintertime. But first I need to get there. Bumming hitchhiker from town to town, all geared up in winter alpine gear. Just around Lozanne, a black, square Jeep pulled up with...

I'll be dirtbagging it there pretty soon, taking the boat from Belize. Obviously I plan on hitting the bay islands but for budget reasons don't plan on staying there too long. I'd love to hear about experiences hitching, or the feasibility of stealth camping (done it plenty in Belize, only got...

I'm doing a presentation on an NZ musical aspect for my music classes and I chose Night-Gaunts, I'm wondering if anyone from the NZ punk scene have any stories of them that I can use as a reference. Any stories or opinions helps even if it's a little tidbit. :)

This is a little story I got about my first bike trip I did back in July. It took me 4 days and 1 night and I went from Düsseldorf to Munich, around 720km (447 miles for you Americans :). I'm not that great at planing trips so I just packed my bike and went for it. I followed the Rhine river...

When I was a kid, I remember school myths of “the hobo in the woods”, and we’d all snoop around this chainlink fence by the woods searching for this imaginary hobo, that probably never existed. Ironically, I am now that hobo. Except I’m not camped out by an elementary school. (That would be...

I haven't been on here much over the years, but I've been starting this new project and I thought of you folks. I'm publishing a short story magazine called New Maps. (Yeah, I'm apparently a publisher. It's weird to realize.) And I know some of you on this site are seriously creative and good...

So my latest journey took me around 600 miles afoot across Southwest Tennessee, Western North Carolina, and Northern Georgia. I started out of Knoxville and walked to the Smoky Mountain National Park and proceeded to hike a series of side trails, then decided to hop on the Benton Mackeye Trail...

______The title isn’t clickbait. About a year ago today, I was a diehard Nazi. To understand how it happened, I’ll give a little background into what kinda person I was, and what was going on in my life at that time. _______I had begun to take interest in right-wing politics around the age of...

I just bought another boat, and im inspired to make a hardcopy boat punx zine! Im looking for people to contribute articles, stories, and writeups for the free print publication, and ill probably post a pdf here. If you would like to be featured in it let me know!

Hello everyone, I go by rust and I I’m fairly new to this website as far as posting goes. Over the years I’ve always found myself back on this site so I figured I should make an account and participate in this wonderful community. I have lots of experience hitchhiking, hiking, and bush craft...

Hi everyone. My name is Lazerskull. I have been hopping trains since 1995. It's been awhile since I've been back. I know there are quite a few dumbasses on the rails now selfie sticks and all hanging from the sides of box cars. I'm not one of those! I was 14 on my first ride up to Dunsmir from...

Hello once again! Once again, I have written a short story that I would like to post here for your enjoyment. This one is a little longer than the first one, but I am sure it will grasp your attention right to the end. The idea for this story was given to me by a close friend for use in a...

Hey guys, So I've been meaning to write up the past couple weeks in Brazil for some time now and finally figured it was time. So here it is, I hope you guys enjoy my little write-up It started with me realizing that I felt trapped in the city. Something about Sao Paulo makes it...

Hello everyone! I discovered this site and the discord just three days ago, but I am already in love with everything. Since I promised myself to 'put myself out there' I thought I'd share my experience of my first weeks in Paraguay! -Before This was going to be my first real journey, on my...

I searched for sumthing like this but couldn't find..... so anyway with out further adu ..we have .... Greyhound horror stories...yes this here is for ur wicked n sicked tales of ur time on the old flea bitten hound.... so post em if u got em.... I'm on one right darn now heading form Denver to...

Hello people, I have a weird tradition of turning my travel stories into books once a year. This year my lazy ass hasn't finished the paperback version of it but for those of you that would like to read my adventures around Europe, I attached a PDF to this thread. (p.s: the whole thing is free...

Was out traveling on the west coast with my boyfriend (Kyle) and his partner (Ryan) at the beginning of the month, and this is one of the creepier stories from that trip. We decided to drive through the night from San Fransisco to Portland, so we fixed up the back of the SUV into a lil sleepin...

I'm pretty sure general travel-themed/road songs have been discussed before, as have many other topics about music. But I'm wondering - do any of you have specific songs that strongly remind you of specific travel stories or memories? I'll start - Train Under Water by Bright Eyes reminds me of...

Hey everyone, I'm still new here, but really excited to participate in this community, and do what I can to help grow it here in Spain. I also just started a podcast where I interview people from around the world about their lives, with a special focus on underrepresented voices, communities...

Hey everyone! Every now and again I have an idea that I feel need to be portrayed, and for a day or two I come up with a story in my head. I've finally decided to write down some of these ideas and post them here. This first one is sort of a metaphor that came to my mind as I pondered my...

I wanna hear your stories about moments where you just knew that all the troubles and downsides of a nomadic lifestyle were worth it for you. Whether because of amazing views, freedom, community connections, or anything else, share your favorite moments.

The StP voicemail number is now live at 262-4CRUSTY! (that's 262-427-8789, don't forget to add a +1 if calling from outside the USA!) We're looking for people to leave interesting, useful, or just plain funny voicemails that will be played on the StP Podcast. Ideally we are looking for people...

Im a still a noobie to train hopping and i wanted to know if anyome could tell me about it or some good stories to tell me.

Hey y'all-- I'm looking to meet with fellow lady travellers and get some advice on hitching and traveling alone? Would love to hear your stories and steal some o' ur smarts xx

What are the best and worst jobs y'all have ever had on the road or what interesting stories do you have about some of ur jobs. Just curious I'm sittin here at work and got to thinking bout OTR jobs and that led to this lol

Are there any wordpress blogs out there that have stories about tramping, riding trains, bicycle touring, etc. I used to read Johnny P's blog called the Dirty Journals, but he took it down. I haven't quite found anything like it aside from a prose poetry blog, which I also read from time to...

Hey all, I'm Moses. I'm a late 20s recently housed traveler and host living in Baltimore. Recently, I started a journalistic project called Queers Documenting Survival. I'm looking for other queers to tell their survival stories, however you interpret survival. I've been on and off the street...

4:51pm 10/10/16 St.Cloud, FL. "......I don't know who, or how often I will be picked up, so either all or the most interesting answers will be in here. I am expecting to walk a lot. And a few things to consider is that some highways have multiple lanes. To be in a lane farthest...

Hello, all! So this post is in honor of a lady that will forever hold a huge spot in my heart. And I wanna hear any stories you have of her, or may have heard! Even if you think it may be her, let's hear it! Her name was Jane DeCosta aka Mama Jane aka Junkyard Jane. She was from Baltimore but...

So I've had the idea for a while to do a story telling contest around the campfire for a while, but recently @Geraldo gave me the great idea of giving away special prizes to those that weave the best (true) stories of the road. Specifically, the prizes would be custom scouts badges, much like...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36188674 Photographing the things homeless people in California own Huang Qingjun spent nearly a decade travelling to remote parts of China photographing families outside their homes with all their household possessions. Now he has done the same for...

Well after reading someone who goes to the same uni as me in Florida just got his entire foot blown off by a homemade firework in Central Park today, it got me thinking about injuries and such. Soon I'll be celebrating ***1 year without a serious injury!!*** Yay! I had a bit of a bad streak...

So if you've been travelling awhile you'll notice that people tend to ask the same questions over and over again. This gets tiring so instead of having to explain myself over and over I've generally come up with a list of short answers that are generally silly and stupid. Q. What brought you...

Hi everyone....I am a journalism/Creative Writing student at Emory University. I'm working on a final writing project about trainhopping - trainhopper's stories, backgrounds etc. (I became interested in the story after hearing about a great uncle of mine who hopped trains during the Great...

Story takes place in Miami beach, Florida...a very strange part of america, but hey it's where i'm from so whatever. Anyway I had just got back to the homeland after travelling around the west coast and up north a bit for the past year; I was tired, worn out, and maybe a little spun out at this...

So, I thought id say hey to everybody and share some info on my journey so far. Iv wanted to leave for a very long time, and always talked about living a more free life of travels, meeting people, sharing, and just experiencing life in general. Good and Bad. Everyone who knew me would pretty...

Hello fellow humans! I just discovered this site yesterday and I'm only falling further in love with it with every second. I'm hoping/looking to meet some cool ass people who do some cool ass stuff! I listen to all kinds of music, mostly rock/metal, but I really do listen to everything from...

Well there was a posting in Litha Park about a few weeks ago that there was a Cougar sighting near a neighborhood just outside the park. I was wondering if anyone had any tips or stories on how they handled wild animals while camping out in the woods. From my experience, I dealt with a few...

Like my header says, if you wanna trade stories and possibly meet up and create new ones (and drink) hit me up! I'm new on here and I'm looking for some awesome people to meet up and connect with. :) (Picture is of me and my old road dogs/family, I miss you guys so much, and Lost, my master...

Does anyone have any stories about what it's like in the industrial sites of Gary, Indiana? I've only ever read about how those areas are somewhat deserted, so I'm woefully at a loss for any information. I'd owe some serious favors to anyone that could provide me with information on what it's...

So I figure y'all can just share something that happened to you involving those cunts that hide behind badges (cops). This is what inspired me to create this thread: After leaving the venue where I was attending an NHL game between the Blackhawks and Flames I was on the train and this Hispanic...

I’m compiling the stories and photographs of modern vagabonds for my zine “Road to Anywhere” which I hope to have published and available for purchase by Christmas. I’m looking for creative/interesting stories about traveling by hitchhiking, rideshare, freighthopping, whatever. Your story can...

Today I was at the local school to read stories to kids and to my surprise, they came with a book about a funny paleo child that used to paint animals in caves and everytime he did that, bisons, deers, all kind of birds, mammuth etc... would gather around him. Unfortunately though, people from...

I can't seem to find anything on the forum concerning deep discussions about traveling with children in tow.... either its a taboo subject no one wants to discuss, or no one does it. personally, i think its a great topic because my next trip could include my daughter. whether it be on foot...

Travelogue post #2 The unofficial "mayor" of Ferndale, WA is a man by the name of Arthur. Art picked me up out of Salmon Creek, Washington in a white VW bus. To me, it kind of looked like a Marshmallow with wheels. To me, it was 7+ hours of straight conversation. Art had a wonderful story...

Travelogue post #3 1) I rode up in the back of a white rusted pickup with these two nice guys from Vancouver, WA @ the Jantzen Beach mall. Riding in the back is insane--some people say they can't ride backwards on a train? My god! It was my first ride on this trip, and very much like a...

Travelogue #4 1) Poor Amy of Bellingham. The girl broke my heart when she invited me up for coffee to her third floor apartment at 9am. She could have been suffering from mental illness or, more temporarily, mental anguish. I side with the latter. Drink hot black coffee and sitting in...

Travelogue #6 Playing music in Tacoma, a cop came up to my seated figure in the vestibule of a bookshop. The officer gave me an incredulous look--you're really playing music... HERE?! I noticed that he eyed the bookshop, moved within my 3-foot bubble (stabbing distance). I broke the ice--...

Travelogue #7 Tacoma's Druggies Tacoma was an empty place. The main drag on Pacific Avenue was virtually empty until the art school let out, spilling kids on the sidewalk Yahtzee-style. But, besides them and smiling tourists visiting the glass museum, nothing. By the transit center, men...