We’ve been travelling for almost 5 years now and while it hasn’t always been easy we’ve definitely learned a lot along the way. To help you avoid some of the mistakes we made, like packing way too much stuff or…
Setting Up a Traditional Mongolian Yurt with Groovy Yurts
This is the story of how we got to set up a real Mongolian yurt. We drove our van up to Lantier, Quebec back in July, on the eve of the 3-day Tiny House Festival there, and we arrived while everyone…
Van Life Travel Update + Tiny House Tour
We just wrapped up our second full season living and travelling in our camper van and I’m feeling a little sad that it’s over. We spent the last 5 months exploring beautiful wild places, cities, and towns in Ontario, Quebec…
A Guide to Van Life
We’ve been living like nomads and experimenting with different types of travel — backpacking, house sitting, living in a van — for almost 4 years now. In that time, van life has become our nomadic lifestyle of choice even though…
How to Find Online Work and Earn Money While Traveling
When Mat and I came home after our first full year of travelling, the only thing we could think about (aside from seeing friends and family) was how we could save the money we needed to travel again. We wanted to…
Why You Need to Find a Like-Minded Community
Living an alternative lifestyle and making choices that are different from the people around you can make for some lonely experiences. Imagine being the only vegetarian at a BBQ, being single at a party full of couples, or living in a van when all…
A Nomad’s Guide to Cheap Accommodation
Most long-term travellers can’t afford the luxury of staying in hotels every night so they need to get creative when it comes to finding accommodation that will fit with their travel plans. We’ve collected 15 budget-friendly accommodation ideas from fellow nomads, and from our travels,…
Exploring Canada’s Crown Land: Adventures and Lessons Learned
Did you know that Canada has over 8 million square kilometres of crown land (~90% of Canada’s land area) available to the public? We’re so used to viewing land as a commodity to be bought or sold that our little hippie minds exploded when…
The Challenges of Living a Nomadic Lifestyle
Our return to Canada last week marked the beginning of our van life project: a wacky attempt to combine travel, minimalism, and green living into one glorious lifestyle. As we drove off the ferry that had brought us back to Canada, we imagined all of…
Why We Live a Nomadic Lifestyle
Mat and I are very cautious people – we’re afraid of all kinds of things like germs (Mat) and bears (me) and many things in between. Knowing that, it doesn’t really make sense that we would thrive on a life…