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This Is One Of The Most Brilliant Preformance Art Pieces I’ve Ever Seen

A video went viral earlier this week, where a man who doesn’t quite conform to societal norms, gives a profound speech about life. I had been searching for the video today to show it to a friend and I ended up finding the back story on the guy in this video, Matthew Silver. In case […]

When Your Passion Fades… What’s Next?

Whether it be work, relationships, travel or what have you, when you find your passion, It’s a labor of love, pulsing life throughout your body and mind. You think to yourself, I have found my passion and I want to pursue it to the max. But as I am sure you have experienced at some […]

Can Distance Bring You Closer Together?

This post is dedicated to my family and close friends. To those who I know I can always count on. To those who hold a special place in my heart. Over the past seven-years or so, I have become somewhat of a habitual traveler. Each trip I take seems to last longer, and the time […]

27 Things I Have Learned in 27 Years

Today, May 7th, 2014 is my 27th birthday. So I thought I would depart some of the wisdom I have gathered over the past 27 years, and share it in an easy to follow list. 1. Lists (like this one) are easy to follow, and take less time to read. They work great for getting […]

2013 Year In Review

For the past couple years, I have decided to do an annual end of year recap, to look back on the highs and lows of the year as it comes to an end. After spending more or less the entire last year traveling in Asia, I thought it would be pretty hard to top, but […]

Jim’s Spirit and my Trip to Phoneix, Arizona

As some of you may know from my previous post Reminders of Carpe Diem; Lessons from a fallen friend, my good friend Jim Sissakis passed away a little over a year ago at the age of 24, after a battle with cancer. He ended up seeking treatment in Scottsdale, AZ and shortly before passing away, […]

Soft Launch of HippieVanMan.com

I am truly excited to announce the soft launch of hippievanman.com!! After lots of hard work and persistence, I managed to get the site up and running, with a few blogs and some content to get things going. The van was purchased back in April of 2011. However I only got the idea in the […]

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 […]

Fuel Line Replacement Leads to Engine Drop

One of the number one things people recommend when you purchase an old VW is to replace the fuel lines. VW used rubber fuel lines in their early models. After 30-sum-odd-years these rubber fuel lines become dried out and cracked thus making them susceptible to leaking. When you have gasoline leaking around an engine that […]

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