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I'm gonna be there with my SO during the Distortion festival in June, also to attend a friend's wedding. After that we may borrow bicycles and do a bike tour for a few days. Anywhere in the city you'd recommend to spread a bivouac and get a good night's sleep? Or any accommodating squats? As...

There's a guy in my town, who I'll call Danny, who's in his 70s and homeless following a divorce, in a small rural town. He's also recovering from a brain injury he sustained after getting hit by a drunk driver. He's been squatting on municipal property for the past six months, caring for his...

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 in need of a place to squat or camp in Estes Park for the summer season; just wondering if anyone has experience with this area. Basically I'll be living there 3 nights of the week, spending the other half of the week in Denver. Looks like there's a million places to pitch a tent on the sly...

Tl;dr how to make a spooky cabin more cozy while treading lightly? I’ve recently acquired de-facto possession of an old cabin on a riverbank. I don’t want to give away the location but it’s actually a semi-famous building with a really interesting history. Inside i found Brochures from 2019...

I've been reading through Orwell's letters and this one about his first night (of many) sleeping in a field I found pretty charming. He was 17 at the time and a student at Eton, the most prestigious school in England. It foreshadows the rough life he was to lead in later years living...

I won't write too much about this as someone posted my old blog post about my first visit to Mauritania here a while back, and I don't like to chew my fat twice. I just want to share some photos, as well as to subvert all convention by saying I've done this trip twice and both times it was...

Who doth ambition shun And loves to live in the sun, Seeking the food he eats, And pleased with what he gets, Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. -Shakespeare, "As You Like It" Winter is setting...

Tl;dr I rubbed rock dust in my hair a week ago, and after days of doing sweaty manual labor with a hat on, my hair still looks awesome. Drying hair and armpits with dust/baking soda helps body regulate oil and odor production. My forays into humus hygiene have not been scientific. A while back...

I've read some amazing stories about dudes here going caveman mode in Latin America and Asia; I hope one of you sees this and can give me an answer. I've never backpacked anywhere tropical in the middle of a rainy season, but that's my plan for this summer. I have several concerns about what...

I got my hands on a badass set of leatherworking tools, and I have a big pile of leather to work with (mostly goat and some coon I tanned myself, but also some scraps of sturdy cowhide). I need ideas for stuff to make, preferably something I'll actually use. I'd like some kind of pouch for...

I've been settled in Denver, trying and failing to re-enter polite society. Had one job rejection too many this week and I need to get out of Dodge and breathe some fresh air in my lungs. Got my winter camping gear, got my guitar, got a car. Where should I go where I can find peace for a week...

I'm ashamed to say this will be my first Edinburgh Festival; I wonder if any veterans could clue me in. I'm not one to seek out live performances, but I get the sense that there's an added element to what goes on in Edinburgh and I'd be a fool not to take as much in as I can. -Any worthwhile...

My trip to Senegal turned out to be a bit of a farce, but it could be of interest to anyone else planning an ultra-budget trip to West Africa. The first rule of traveling in Africa happens to be the same as the first rule of hitchhiking: Don’t be in a hurry. If you try to hitchhike somewhere...

I don't know if this tip is of any use to Americans, but here in the UK, the McDonald's loyalty card program seems designed for exploitation. Instead of a stamp or hole punch like most cafes, you fill out McDonald's loyalty cards by peeling the sticker off each cup you buy. You only need 6 for a...

I want to build a raft to travel down a big, slow-moving river. The problem is I'll be doing this in Africa so there will be some limitations regarding materials. I will have access to basic hardware store stuff: duct tape, tarps, rope, etc. Anything fancier than that I probably can't find. Can...

I've been backpacking around Asia for a while, currently in Bali. Been camping most nights. I've got a family member who works for a major hotel chain and can pull strings to get me a discount once in a while. Thanks to him I was able to spend two nights in a 5* resort in Bali for the price of a...

I'm in the early stages of planning my next trip to North Africa and I know there are some globetrotting veterans here; if anyone's been to Morocco I'd love to hear some stories or inspiration as to where to go next. Or any stories at all, just to keep me sane while I twiddle my thumbs and wait...

I couldn't find an answer to this in other threads. I can probably buy some land outright at the end of this year. I just want to build a little shack on it, maybe dig a driveway by hand. The problem is I live in a really snooty area of Maine, and I wouldn't be surprised if the town does...

Let's discuss learning foreign languages. What good resources have you found? I'm hopeless when I try to teach myself a language, but for some reason I keep trying. I've been working on French for about six years and I can finally say I'm at conversational level. This small success coupled with...