#vanlifediaries
Last night we definitely had the coolest neighbors on the block. We *finally* got to meet Jessy and Mander, her 1978 Dodge Commander @a.girl.and.her.commander in person! (We’ve been chatting online for well over a year at this point!).
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Although we’re putting in long days driving to get from Denver to NorCal to attend @theoutbound @pursuit.series in Bear Valley this weekend, we made a tiny detour to see our friend Gavin @winnebagowanderlust (with the badass AMC pacer in this shot) and meet Jessy. We spent less than 24-hours together but quickly bonded over our vintage rigs, and many on-the-road repairs.
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Hope to see you on the road again soon guys! MANDER ON!
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#thevanproject #vintagecar #vintagecars #clarkcortez #vanlifecommunity #vanlifers #vanlifediaries #vanlife #vanlifeexplorers #vanlifedistrict #vanlifeculture (at Utah)
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The #coloradovanlifegathering is under way! Are you here?
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On our first evening together we assembled our best eats for an amazing potluck dinner followed by awesome and inspiring conversations.
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There are almost 100 vehicles here and each is as unique as the people who own them.
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The time is literally flying by so we’re gonna get back in the mix!
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#thevanproject #vanlifemovement #vanlifediaries #vanlifegathering (at Basalt, Colorado)
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#tbt Throwing it back to a month ago when we first hit the road on our way to Wyoming, Idaho and the #tetonvalleyvanlifegathering
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Long story short, the event was a huge success. We met so many of you incredible, inspiring humans, living life on your own terms. And we enjoyed Idaho so much that we’re still here. For those of you that came to the gathering, where are you now and what are you up to? And who’s heading to the Colorado gathering?
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#vanlifers #vanlifediaries #vanlife #vanlifeexplorers #explorewyoming #wyoming #roadtrippers #roadtrippingusa (at Ketchum, Idaho)
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Stopped by the road, Jan 4th
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#sardinia #sardegna #sardiniaexp #cliff #cliffs #waves #waveporn #landscape_lover #sardiniaphotos #sardinia_exp #sardinianlandscape #seagulls #seaview #seascape #seavibes #sealife #vanlife #vanlifeeurope #vanlifer #vanlifediaries (at Sardegna)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYTllSfoOEd/?utm_medium=tumblr
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@_onthehorizon
“Who loves a nice outdoor shower on a hot day ♀️”
#vanlifers
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#vanlifeexplorers #vanlife #vanlifediaries #vanlifeideas #sprintervan #sprintervanlife #sprinter #sprintervanconversion #diy #diycamper #sprintercampervans #vancrush #vanlifemovement #livingsmall #tinyhome #homeonwheels #homeiswhereyouparkit #projectvanlife #vanlifeproject #campervan #campervanlife #vanbuild #sprinterbuild #wanderlust #rvlife #homeonwheels (at Oregon)
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@ari_ann_
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#vanlifers
#sardegna
#vanlife #vanlifediaries #van #volkswagen #sunset #tramonto #landscape #paesaggio #sardegna #sardinia #panorama #sky #clouds #thehubsardegna #igersitalia #igers #summer #nature #photooftheday #travel #travelphotography #gopro #beahero #sun #horizon #natura #photography #italy #colours"
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@wetravelbybus
“Twilight madness…⛺️
It is hard to describe how much I love these moments. ✨”
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#vanlifers #vanlifejournal #vanlifediaries #vandwelling #vanlifeinspiration #campervans #vanlifeideas #vandwellinglife #vandweller #skoolielife #outboundliving #openroadlife #skoolieconversion
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#therollinghome #campervan #skoolies #thisisvanlifeing #vanlifemagazine #itsvanlife #nativevanlife #vanliving #vanlifecamper #campeveryday #campfirestories"
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@freeandaddicted
“A little glimpse into the home we tuck ourselves into each night ✨” #vanlifers #campervan #vanlifediaries #vanlife
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I found a wonderful free camp in a forest, near a creek.All I vould hear was the light rain, the water flowing in the creek, and the birds. Absolutely gorgeous. There was only one other vehicle. There was a covered picnic table that gave me shelter when it rained. When it didn’t, there was a bush track to walk on. It has so many mushrooms and fungi. This was near Sydney, in the Blue Mountains
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A van almost exactly like mine, in the background at a rest stop I stayed at.
I bought my van with the pop-top already made. The guy in the other van had his made. He loved the fact that he could decide on the sizes of the windows on his pop-top canvas. He chose full size windows, which he said was great for ventilation when he is in hot weather. He also has windows on all 4 sides, whereas mine has them on 3 sides.
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Coffee. I could talk for hours about it. Turkish coffee, Bosnian coffee, espresso, mocha, bónbón, iced, hot, sweet, black…
Drunk slowly in the morning, soaking in the view. Knocked back in the passenger seat pulling my shoes on and hurrying to start the day’s adventure. Drunk in a little nowhere cafe over light conversation amidst a silver cigarette smoke haze.
Coffee is integral to the start of any day in the Balkans, be it paired with lokum, or baklava, or a shot of rakia and a cigarette- the Balkan breakfast way.
But possibly the best way to take our coffee is brewed up on a little camp stove inside a chipped old enamel pot, prepared by a warm-hearted local by the fire in their home.
The hospitality in the Balkans is unparalleled, unfaltering, woven into their every way of life. It’s impossible not to feel touched and almost taken aback as we, coming from a country with such closed doors and minds, are not prepared for this level of kindness.
And it’s this warm welcome that will keep us coming back to the Balkans for many many years to come.
Snapshots from our van.
One of the tiniest storage areas in our van is the place where we keep our toothbrushes and toiletries. It was made by a happy accident, where two pieces of cladding overlapped, and it’s turned out to be one of the most useful things we have in our tiny home.
Follow the hashtag #Fromrusttoroadtrip to follow our van conversion project and our travels around Europe!
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The sunshine on our skin was a feeling we’d long since forgotten, a sensation buried in the backs of our minds. Yet here it was, an unusually warm, dare I say hot day in the hinterlands of rural Albania.
After many months of winter, of snow in Kosovo, freezing fog in Macedonia and countless icy mornings it was a welcome relief and a boost to our morale.
We’d been craving a cool body of water to plunge into and wash away the driving sweat, but we settled for a bag shower on a dirt track nestled amongst the shrubs and canyons with the scent of wild thyme rising hot and citrussy in the air.
I washed our clothes in the sink and hung them out to dry, and we watched the sun climb out of the sky and brush over the mountaintops turning them hazy purple and red. Sunsets could be a thousand shades of gold and orange, pale pink and even the occasional streak of green, but they were always purple here in Albania. The kind of purple that stained the mountain faces and electrified the lake waters; the kind that demanded you stop and watch.
Late at night two men in a van came and dumped ten neat white bags on the ground in front of our van. We assumed they were fly-tippers, but come morning we awoke to the sound of saddles scraping past our van as two men loaded up their mules with the supplies they’d need to take to their village, a sight that always filled us with wonder and curiosity. ? ?
We said good morning to them, folded up the washing and continued on our journey towards a curious little town named Pukë…
Alone in the wild.⠀
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We can never truly be alone, no matter how remote we go in our van. Because if we can drive it, someone else can too.⠀
But still we like to find these hidden crevices, areas of land with no purpose and no reason to visit them. We like to tuck ourselves so far out of the way we might not see another person for days, for reasons we can’t explain.⠀
It’s difficult to put into words, my desire to meet people and hear their stories in every corner of the world we go, and the yearning to conceal ourselves away like some childish game of hide and seek, except no one’s going to come looking.⠀
I can’t explain it, but I find solace in knowing I’m not the only one.⠀
In a particular chapter of a very well-known book Jon Krakauer finds himself climbing to the top of an Alaskan mountain so remote it hasn’t seen a visitor in years, risking his life in the snow, all in the name of solitude. The lengths he would go to to escape humankind, and the loneliness that struck him once he was back amongst them- that story sticks in my mind, always.⠀
Some may find unabounded silence and space unnerving, the knowledge that if something goes wrong you’re stuck out here. But we relish in it, the what if’s outweighed by the bliss of isolation. The possibility that maybe, just maybe, not one person has ever camped in this spot before and we might be the first.⠀
The solitude quells our minds as much as it unnerves them, but still the excitement of adventure keeps us pushing onwards into evermore distant corners of the earth.⠀
P.S. Can anyone name the book?
Over the years we’ve travelled our humble van’s back doors have framed a thousand views. They’ve shown us mountains, they’ve shown us shores; they’ve housed sunsets and sunrises, put on lightning shows and been blanketed in snow.
Hundreds of views, bordered by those strips of metal and wood, have passed beyond these doors like projector slides, temporary homes, our van the only constant as we go.
The view is our reward at the end of the day’s adventure; the more effort, the greater the prize. Adrift from civilisation, at the end of some nowhere dirt track, is where we can find the peace and solitude that we crave.⠀
We can become so overwhelmed by the vastness and beauty of what we’re seeing sometimes that our eyes become blind to it, but sitting from the comfort of our bed gazing out across the horizon has a way of grounding us and reminding us of where we are and how far we’ve come.
Like framing a photograph, sometimes all it takes is a little shift in perception to appreciate what’s been in front of you all along.
A #farmer in his #corn #field #sanpedro #solola #guatemala
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the youngest of the familly where we passe 2 weeks , #patzun #solola #guatemala
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. and remember that if its possible for me living nomad its because people who love my art , buy my art ! Help me and offer you a limited edition print.
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MASTERCLASS OVER EUROPE 2017***** —–> INFO : [email protected] .
in the email subject please put—workshop_yourcity and yourcountry —-
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( Im looking for people from different countries \ cities in europe to participate OR to deal with the organization of my workshop, and it’s free for the organizer! (Found places, local advertising, etc.) All my workshop are customized depending on what the students want to learn, I responds to all your questions, shooting stranger portrait, night, light understanding,creative process, do more with less, lightroom, photoshop etc. etc. individual assistance on portefolio, 2-3 day, atmosphere of co-creation and sharing
#somewheremagazine #yetmagazine #oftheafternoon #justifiedmagazine #ourmag #noicemag #foammagazine #subjectivelyobjective #aye_mag #ourmomentum #collecmag #onbooooooom #broadmag #flashjournal #minimalzine #minimalcomicplay #paperjournalmag #phroom #vanlifediaries #37minus #ifyouleave #artgram #humbleartsfoundation #lightleak #accidentalzine #newtopographics #documentingspace
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