Taking the Hippie Van on the Baja Ferry from La Paz to Mazatlan
Just after crossing in to Mexico at the beginning of my 2013-2016 Pan American adventure, I was faced with a decision, do I follow the Baja down or keep inland.. I had been told the Baja ferry from La Paz to Mazatlan was rather expensive (in the $500usd range). At the time the ferry company […]
Hanging w/ OG Vanlifer Hasta Alaska + Hour-Long Interview on Pan American Vanlife Travel & Tips
For those who don’t know of Hasta Alaska aka Ben, he is a fellow VW vanlife explorer, from the UK. He bought a Volkswagen bus in Chile and drove North to Alaska along the Pan American highway over five years or so. Just as I was preparing to depart on my southbound Pan American journey, […]
Importing A Vehicle: Veracruz, Mexico Via KLine RORO Service
After nearly three years on the road, from Canada to Argentina, I decided it was time to head back up to the Northern hemisphere. Via DriveTheAmericas.com I found the contact for a shipping company, K-Line which has an RORO (roll on roll off) shipping service from Argentina to a number of ports along the Atlantic […]
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 […]
Life as a freelance digital nomad – Radio Interview
A couple months back I was interviewed on a friends radio show Good Morning Cotabato about life as a digital nomad. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a digital nomad? For those interested in hearing the show feel free to check out the live stream below.
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 […]
Hippie Van Pan-American Adventure On Pause
You Can Take The Hippie Out Of The Van, But You Can’t Take The Hippie Out Of The Man I have been on the road now for just under two years. Living the van life, driving from Canada to South America in a 1979 VW Bus. I’ve met tons of awesome people and had more […]
Hippie Van Mans Favourite Pan American Road Trip Photos from 2014
What a year it has been! I started 2014 leaving Mexico heading South into Guatemala. Eventually I would end up all the way in Lima, Peru before flying home for the Holidays to end off the year with family and friends. I wanted to take a quick look back at some of my favorite travel […]
A Free-Flight Hitchhiking Adventure Home For The Holidays. A #HowToBudgetTravel
One of the things travel has really made me come to appreciate is family. In my 27-years I have only missed two December holidays with my family. The first time was in Goa, India, 2011 – two months into what would be an 11-month backpacking trip around South East Asia. The second time was this […]
Feature Video: HippieVan-O-Venturing
So for those who have been following on Facebook & Twitter, you may have seen that I met up a couple times in the last month or two with Becky & Andrea from Motoventuring. Becky and Andrea have been riding their motorcycles down from Alaska and are currently in the Peru. We met up on […]