vagabond

  1. BillyOtea

    Dude Where The Fuck Have All The Travelers Gone?

    Have I been living in the god damn matrix since covid?... Where the hell is everyone, just several years back I could barely go without running into other fellow hitchhikers and train hoppers heading through town. Now it's a rarity and even shit I hear from truckers and other people I get rides...
  2. KaMPkOala

    An intro of sorts. Why I’m here

    In my yrs Iv found myself in and out of houselessness. Alot of factors have been in play here. I have desires of a homestead someday but for now I’m lead towards a bit of rambling. So I’m here to seek similar folk and maybe gain some such to travel along with or anyone willing to help me get to...
  3. CaliVagabonder

    Vagabonding in Delaware

    Hey y'all, Made it to Delaware planning on spending a year or so, have small campervan, incredible abandoned structures exploring here. Anyone come through feel free to connect. Kayaking is great here and drift wood plentiful to build raft and take down to sea. Had other account before, lost...
  4. vinnyvagabond

    East trying to head west

    Howdy I'm looking for a travel companion I'm 24 male. I worked as a mechanic for 4 years. I play guitar write and sing. Im interested in getting into train hopping. In the past either I walk or hitchhike my way around right now I'm resting and gathering supplies in boston. Thanks Vince
  5. Bootbum Henry

    Young anarchist and Wobbly on vagabond trails

    Solidary greetings to all you friends and folks on the road! While researching yesterday about the old and modern Hobo way of life in the USA, I have stumbled accidentally on this site and I am very excited to get involved in this community! Already for a couple of years I am organized in the...
  6. Jim

    From Illinois to LA, my first vagabond experience

    The number one thing I underestimated about this life is how hard it is to keep your phone charged. My journal updates slowed to a crawl and eventually a halt, as well as anything less essential than calls, texts, and maps. Tonight I decided to go soft and get a cheap motel room, so I'm writing...
  7. yayitsducky

    Bipolar: mania vs vagabonding (staying safe?)

    My mom called and said she's worried about me being manic, flights of fancy and all that. I had a whole trip planned out but she said a $40 motel doesn't sound safe. I am bipolar, mental health is really important to me (I have a mental health first aid certification! but it's hard to do first...
  8. Guts420

    Hi, new here

    Very introverted follower, I barely ever talk to people anymore since I got dropped out of highschool looking to get a new perspective and cant think of a better time to start than now:)
  9. Lobostonto

    Photos Janky $10CAD bug net

    Pit stop at the papitos house to put these bug nets on. Yes, they're very fucking janky but if it works it works, amirite? $6CAD exterior window netting from Canadian Tire and Gorilla tape $4CAD
  10. Lobostonto

    How to become a vagabond at 21

    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...
  11. Scat

    Beware! Steven Boutwell, aka Huck/Huckstah, Admin of /r/Vagabond subreddit

    MODERATOR EDIT: Huckstah, aka Steven Boutwell, has been going by the following aliases as of late: huck thin shucks wade boutwell This is a warning post for the traveler underground about u/huckstah on reddit, also known as Steven "Huck" Boutwell or Hobo Huck. You might recognize him as the...
  12. Ceannairc

    "The Joys of Being Homeless" - old article with good tips

    I found this article while lost in some internet rabbit hole during the summer. I saved it as I thought it was very good, and I was worried the site it was on would go offline, as it looked like it hadn't been updated in years. I think it will be of interest to a lot of people on this site. I've...
  13. Kikin

    Question How does the anarchist's guide to travel compare to the vagabond bible?

    Has anybody bought Matt’s book an anarchists guide to travel and if so is it worth using over the Vagabond Bible 2018?
  14. Ceannairc

    Featured A Vagabond Travel Punk Guide to Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, has a population of about 500,000. It’s a perennially popular tourist attraction, with visitors drawn by the city’s dramatic architecture, its vibrant cultural life and fascinating history. The city is home to the famous Fringe Festival, loads of cool...
  15. Blob

    Vagabond blues - walking ain't that bad

    Waking up this morning was hard on me. I had slept half the night behind a side of a strip mall which didn't seem the local Leo's were to Keen to be watching, only to wake shivering as these drier climates have no mercy as they can be hot as hell in the daytime but cold as an iceberg before the...
  16. DoctorZ

    The Night I Brought Home A Homeless Stranger....

    The Night I Brought Home A Homeless Stranger (A Squat The Planet Exclusive Adventure!) I had just started my Sunday night shift as a city bus driver in St. Paul, MN. It was a cold January night in the New Year 2020 with some snow flurries falling. The night was a little busier than usual...
  17. a headless fool

    A Small Introduction

    Dear People of StP, Howdy! My name's Aidan, and I'm new in town. On a more serious note, it really is a pleasure to be a part of the forum. I was looking around for stuff about squatting, and I happened to stumble upon this website. The resources section led me to r/vagabond as well...
  18. The Hiker

    Shoutout to an OG vagabond and tough motherfucking adventurer

    Last summer I was practicing hand drill (primitive friction fire for you lubbers) while we were doin a yard sale and an old guy came over, asked me what I was doing and introduced hisself - Greg May, former teacher of the WSU wilderness survival program. I saw him around the rest of the summer...
  19. O

    Vagabonding back to Seattle from Colorado

    Hi, I’m new here. I’m looking for advice on where the best places to jump a train from Colorado to Seattle? And crust squats in Seattle? My ex (11 years) said everything has changed there, and all my old crust punk friends have moved. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks
  20. Clem

    In all seriousness, what do you think the world would look like if tomorrow everyone decided to become a vagabond?

    And I mean everyone, even The Man. Just a thought experiment, not to be used as an argument against the lifestyle. What would happen in the first 24 hours, month, year, decade, and century?
  21. RoadFlower33

    Agreement reached on possession of Bus!!!!

    After a long couple of months, the ex-girlfriend has finally decided to let me keep Finch. Finch being the first bus we purchased together and converted into a home. It’s named after my best friend Cody John Finch Kandler who originally inspired me to live the lifestyle of a vagabond . Finch...
  22. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs Hitchhiking across Russia

    saw this post on reddit's /r/vagabond today and thought it might be worth reposting here for anyone that was interested: Hitchhiking across Russia (self.vagabond) submitted 23 hours ago by lonelyhoncho I’m about to go on a gap year and am thinking about hitchhiking across the whole of Russia...
  23. ntdxc1878

    The Vagabond Accounts

    I wasn't sure if there's a better forum for this, so feel free to move mods if it's more applicable elsewhere. I am planning to start up my blog again, and I was thinking of a different way to present content that hasn't really been done before (a difficult thing to do nowadays). I came up...
  24. Krispyshallala

    Vagabond Soul

    Hey guys I'm so excited to find this!! My wanderlust is insatiable so I travel as much as possible! Home base is outside of Buffalo, NY. Fiancé and I spend a few months traveling by motorcycle or car across this beautiful country in the winter. We usually live in a tent or couchsurf with...
  25. Jimmylulz

    Jimmy - Vagabond Communard

    Oi mates, i'm kind of new on this community so I'm going to present myself. Jimmy, 23 years old male from the island of Corsica. Well, thats just where i come from, i've been travelling all my life in fact, first w/ parents, then on my own in Europe (thks shengen :3). In Europe, I was going...
  26. shea

    This reckless spirit of mine

    I want to dive head first into the volcano that is my fucked up head. Im on the 2 months work 2 months play life style. I think im addicted to it. Part of me wants to be a contributing, decent member of society, but eventually greed takes control. My desire for freedom consumes me. I can blame...
  27. Swamp womp

    Aussie vagabond abroad in Canada and US

    Hey fellow travellers. Im an Australian traveller constantly afflicted with itchy feet. I've been travelling Australia, south east Asia, India and Europe the last 10 years and its finally time for me to check out the Americas. In Australia I usually live and travel in my van and make my living...
  28. SuneeShines

    Begining My Grand Vagabond Adventure

    Hey Everyone Name is SuneeShines. I have been reading STP for a few months because travel and adventure is just really interesting to me. I don't really have any qualms with working my dead end jobs (as long as I can start in the Afternoon). I don't have a wanderlust that can only be...
  29. HighballHighlife

    Featured The New American Dream: Vagabond imagery and tales from the road.

    Greetings, STP fam! While my website is in the process of a lengthy overhaul, I thought I'd share some of my experiences here. My name is B and this is my new version of the "American dream". Nearly a year and a half prior to this post I had what some would call the "American dream". I was...
  30. MormonWanders

    Finally got a Van!

    About a week ago I bought a 1985 Chevy G20 Tahoe on Craigslist for about 1600. It's got 113k on the odometer, but the engine and tranny only has 15k, not in the best condition otherwise, but I bought something that needs work so I can gain the mechanical experience. Things I need to fix are...
  31. RileyOwl

    Info about me, and I'm looking for some fellow Vagabonds!

    Hey StP community! I'm Riley, and I'm super excited to be posting this cause it means I'm about to start my travels again. I'm leaving home and going on an "endless" adventure, to not have a plan is the plan, and I'm generally starting around the Olympic Peninsula and working my way down...
  32. warlo

    r/vagabond Admins censoring at their own will

    I imagine that some people who check this place also check www.reddit.com/r/vagabond. I have been around there for a while, didn't had a user until a few days ago. I thought it was a good place to comment every now and then so I created one. I had read that people complained a lot about the...
  33. Tude

    News & Blogs The Vagabonds - Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and more

    Just saw an excerpt on TV about this - thought it was interesting - so I went searching... Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs (naturalist and activist for conservation movement) and other notables of the era had Summer traveling/camping trips from 1915 to 1924...
  34. Sheeves

    Hey guys, Nikon Kidd here trying to be the next great vagabond photographer

    Somebody needs to preserve the culture and it might as well be me. I've been traveling homeless for a little less than a year now. I started in a van and ended up hitchhiking. Now I've just hopped my first freight train (WITH A TON OF CAREFUL PREPARATION) and I just fucking love it. Anyway I'm...
  35. Hobo Huck

    Hey stp! meet this douchebag: the mastercard vagabond

    Watch first: I hate to be the one to do this, but I have to call bullshit on Tomislav Perko, and I'll explain why. I've read alot of his articles and interviews in the past, and this TEDx Talk is the last straw that breaks this camels back. First of all, it's a bit misleading for Tomislav...
  36. T

    Reddit's /u/huckstah just published the Vagabond Bible(2015)

    Copypasta from the thread, all credit to /u/huckstah - - - - The NEW Vagabond Bible (2015)! (541MB File) Consider this the digital First-Aid kit to living life on the road, rails, or trails! One compressed and downloadable file containing: International Road/Highway Maps North American...
  37. RinRose

    Podcast on vagabonding

    http://www.reddit.com/r/Upvoted/comments/30eako/episode_11_four_walls_and_a_roof/ Sources iTunes Soundcloud Stitcher RSS Direct Download Description This episode chronicles the story of Huck (/u/huckstah). We discuss Huck’s upbringing; the impetus for him hitting the road; hitchhiking on...
  38. RinRose

    Soon to be Vagabond!

    Hello all! just wanted to introduce myself my names Katherine but my vagabond name is Rin ;) I have had a passion for adventure my whole life and have been wanting this lifestyle since i was 16. I think after my birthday in march im finally going to start. I still have a lot to decide so any...
  39. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs How To Vagabond Across New Zealand For $125

    http://wanderlusters.com/vagabond-across-new-zealand-125/ New Zealand encompasses some of the most beautiful lakes, mountains, and countryside on the planet. However despite the obvious appeal, a high cost of living and elevated travel costs can deter visitors who long to explore these diverse...
  40. Mordecai

    How to prepare for vagabond life?

    I will spare you all my reasoning for wanting to choose this lifestyle. I'm sure you have heard it all before. I'm currently a Junior in High school, with a job. I plan on leaving this town behind the day I graduate next year, and what should I do to prepare for doing so? Besides making enough...
  41. Kabukimono

    How to afford visas (and such)on long distance vagabond (low money) travel

    I read around the web - how long distant travelers with empty or near empty pockets gradually make their way around the globe. This fills me with a very healthy envy but sparks my travel button at full throttle. my curiosity though has always been how the hell do they manage to scrape together...
  42. Everymanalion

    Vagabonding Mexico/Central Am.

    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.
  43. Everymanalion

    Looking to vagabond Mexico/Central and south america

    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...
  44. Everymanalion

    Attempting to vagabond mexico/central/south america, need partner!

    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...
  45. Karalaine

    the digital vagabond

    I was just wondering if anybody has met pat "the digital vagabond" he travels around in a really nice custom rv and blogs about it. DigitalVagabonding he picked me up a couple years ago on the southern oregon coast. we ate thai and drank dank brew, got pulled over by the cops and picked up some...