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Adventures with a ’79 VW

My First Independent Hippie Van Engine Rebuild

I haven’t updated my blog since July!! I know I know, BAD AARON! haha. If you have been following on Facebook, Youtube and Instagram, you will know I have since completed my engine rebuild and in mid-January 2017, I departed Toronto heading back down to Mexico to escape the cold, catch some waves and of […]

Hippie Van engine rebuild.. again

If you have been following on facebook or instagram, you will know that I drove back up to Canada at the beginning of May. I’m enjoying being back home, spending time with family and friends, and got to attend the 30th annual June Jitterbug30th annual June Jitterbug Volkswagen gathering in Niagara Falls, On. This week […]

Gifting Good Vibes and Surfboards

Back in mid 2013 I was in Cali, Colombia staying at Iguana Hostal. I stayed there for nearly three weeks as the staff were hella awesome, the rates were low, they let me park the hippie van for free, and all in all the place had lots of good vibes One day I noticed there […]

Hippie Van Man End Of Summer Update: BACK TO BRAZIL!

As many of you know via updates on Facebook as well as my blog post a couple months back; at the start of June I decided to fly back to Toronto, Canada to spend time with my family as my father was going through some health issues. I left the Hippie Van at a friend’s […]

Pan-American-Road Trip Adventure: Looking Back Over Year-1 Part 2

Volkswagen Pan American Road trip

If you read part one of my 1-year recap of this Pan-American road trip adventure that I’m on, you will of course remember that we left off leaving Mexico just after New Years and heading in to Guatemala. I spent a few weeks in San Pedro, Lake Atitlan Guatemala. I found an awesome hotel called […]

The Yin and the Yang of owning a VW Bus

All the time I hear people saying, “I wish I had a VW bus, it would be so much fun”. And after owning one for over 3-years now, I can say that they are indeed a lot of fun. At the same time they are a nightmare. Owning a classic vehicle requires A LOT of […]

DIY: Reupholster your vehicles sunvisors

I am a huge fan of DIY (Do It Yourself) projects. From auto mechanics to costumes, I love working on and building things by myself (with the help of the internet for guidance). I want to start sharing my DIY projects a) To help others do similar projects and b) To show by example that […]

Alex Currie a.k.a Runt’s Paint Job on The Van Finally Complete!

Alex Currie aka Runt paint job on the Hippie Van

Despite our best efforts and community involvement, we were unable to complete the paint job on the van in time for Burning Man 2011 as we had originally hoped to do. We had a couple set backs due to other maintenance and an unexpected rain which caused the not-dry paint to run. Nonetheless the van […]

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