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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

Collaborative financed documentary. Unfortunately it is only in portuguese, but perhaps you can find interessing if only because of the visuals, to have an idea of how they are. This is the documentary. And this is a more visual trailer that perhaps you can enjoy. Wished you could...

I'm curious how long people stay on the road. Me and @Hillbilly Castro met one old ass motherfucker in Texas claiming to be a Vietnam era bo. Don't know how true that is but he was trying to hitch out so he's on the move at least a bit. I feel like the ones that become old folks usually become...

So Ive found that there is an extremely important conversation that we need to have with our wonderful community. Before I begin with this discussion, I want to point out a few disclaimers: 1.) I am a cis-male, and I can only speak from my own personal experience with road dogs and opinions...

Me and my road dog are currently in Cleveland Ohio trying to find travelers and other kids for information on the best way to leave. Heading south towards Austin Texas. Any areas we should look or suggestions on leaving? Hitching or hopping it doesn't matter. Let me know.

Summer is upon us and that means its time to ditch those ugly nylon rain ponchos and get ourselves into something more fashionable. First of all black snot rags hung around the neck are so cliche. Let's show the opinionated townies of the world that we have class. Let's swap those rags out...

Reposting this from Reddit/r/vagabond: Attention: looking for a theif. My friend Jesse Carlson was in a hitchhiker ride in Georgia , when he took a piss at the gas station, they drove away with his dog, gear and banjo. Happened an hour ago. The guys name is Seth, he is 28, and has a tattoo of...

Hi, ya'll! I've restarted my free outreach for misfits, vagabonds and gypsies, providing clothes, shoes, blankets, ugly dolls for children (my own personal creations) pillows and toiletries. I also offer free meditation, online. Need shampoo? Soap? Toothpaste? Got chapped lips? The...

Story in a local paper: http://m.mailtribune.com/news/20160903/ashland-grapples-with-travelers-who-say-theyre-part-of-counterculture-movement Ashland grapples with 'travelers' who say they're part of a counterculture movement Daily Tidings / Julie Akins By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune...

Hi, this is a fantastic site! I am a writer from Germany currently travelling the US and doing some research on Hobos and Hobo culture. I have always been fascinated with internal migration and the different kinds of people who let their stationary lives go and keep moving. Safe travels everybody.

Now I can't confirm this myself but I was just browsing Reddit and came across a couple tips that may be handy to our members from the UK. Apparently most locked dumpsters can be opened with a triangle key like this. The same thread also mentioned that there's a key called a RADAR key that opens...

NYC based film and TV studio is looking to create a documentary/portrait series celebrating young underground travelers rejecting the 9-5 mold. We are looking to capture the unique lifestyle and community of travelers who don’t have their lives mapped out, who don’t know where they’re going...

So I know I need to get mine surgically operated on eventually but I'm just curious if thres anyone whos managed to leathertramp it with a fat pack for long periods of time and manage doin physical labor a fair amount? Also I've heard just walking in general is one of he best workout for the...

...as written in a blog post by my friend Magpie Killjoy. You should check out his blog, he's a great anarchist writer. http://birdsbeforethestorm.net/2015/09/september-15-2008 SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 MAGPIE 1 COMMENT Content Warning: misogynist violence It might be that the...

Hi there, I'm a reporter working on an article for Motherboard, Vice's science and tech section, about modern-day hobos and tramps and how technology--the web, forums like Squat the Planet, tools like cheap GPS units and scanners--are changing the lifestyle. I'd love to hear from anyone who'd...

hello! i have had many names but the one that stuck with me was little. i was a long time squatter and hopper from the age of 13-on. I have lived both inside, and out. Some of the first people i met would happen to be the one who created this site, who at one time, went by matty pyst, as well as...

Hey everyone, me and my girl have been on the road for about 2 months. We left Wisconsin via car and We are currently in LA/Orange County and looking for some folks to hang out with to bide the time. Currently we're hanging out at the cerritos library, reading in our car and living in our car...

I've been having an emotional and mental battle because I'm perusing a career in the arts but I am a born traveler and can't seem to want to stay put. Others/ housies oogles yuppies whatever u want to identify them as , just want to go out to vacation once a year or leave town for a week and...

i'm in SLO at the moment enjoying the clear skies. hitching a ride out of here on sunday... going to SF. but i might head down to the rail yard here and see if there are any trains heading to portland which is where i'm ultimately headed. excited to find a site with lots of independent travelers :)

I'm 18, from Murfreesboro, TN. And I am starting my life's journey. I have always had leaving in my heart. I am in Myrtle Beach, SC now! And the next stop is somewhere in GA. I hope to ride the rails from SC to GA sometime. I have always wanted to, it just seems like such a rush. Riding on a...