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Whenever I see "travel light" advice now I just think of Vagrant Holiday[1]. Of course, once you've seen how The Vagrant travels it makes the rest of us look l
by Lio 4y ago
Whenever I see "travel light" advice now I just think of Vagrant Holiday[1].
Of course, once you've seen how The Vagrant travels it makes the rest of us look like pretentious bourgeois pretenders no matter how regimented our carry on bags are. :P
1. https://www.youtube.com/c/VagrantHoliday https://www.youtube.com/c/VagrantHoliday
- mastax 4y agoSimilarly I recently ran into the YouTube trainhopping community. Was surprisingly interesting. e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8OYWjIvycY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8OYWjIvycY
- Lio 4y agoYeah I love the idea of trainhopping but seeing The Vagrant's trainhopping video pretty much robbed any residual romance from it for me. It's a dirty, dangerous and cold way to travel. A bit like the guy that packed himself up in a crate to get back home; not something I'd ever really want to experience myself.
- lazyasciiart 4y agoI saw a talk once by a guy on how he spent his late teens/early twenties train-hopping around North America. The main point he wanted the audience to take away was Don't Do It - it's dangerous (stories of a few dead or disabled friends), uncomfortable, can have serious legal consequences, and (most importantly to him) the more rich tourists do it, the harder it gets for the desperate teenage runaways like himself, and others with zero resources, who are using it to survive.
- 2Gkashmiri 4y agoholy shit that guy swears a lot. am definiely not used to that.... other than that, he doesnt explain where he showers, does mcdonalds offer shower+washing at their restrooms across europe?
- paavoova 4y agoHe doesn't shower as far as I can tell. He mentions once (paraphrasing) "I'm lucky I don't sweat much and smell". He practices basic hygiene and appearance (shaving, etc) and washes his clothes in public laundromats, as shown in a couple of his videos. I guess a quick washcloth in a public bathroom can get to where it matters most, and having clean clothes helps a lot. But he also doesn't ever eat out in restaurants, visit crowded indoor spaces, mingle indoors, etc - places where it would matter most and people would notice or comment.
- 2Gkashmiri 4y agoHe does travel by bus and train and metro whatever so he "is" in contact with people. I'm not saying that's bad, I probably shower once a week, haha but I am in my home and "can" shower whenever I want, I'm just too lazy