Jan 23rd, 2013 at 10:00AM: Daniel Suelo is easily the most famous homeless person in America. His story has been featured in Details, ABC News, BBC, The Daily Mail, the Guardian, the Oregonian, and a host of other publications. And last year, a division of Penguin Books published a book about Suelo's life, "The Man Who Quit Money."
Suelo, 51, who changed his given name from Shellabarger, (Suelo means "soil" in Spanish) ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Daniel Suelo, The Man Who Quit Money, On Living And Traveling For Free
Jan 23rd, 2013 at 10:00AM: Daniel Suelo is easily the most famous homeless person in America. His story has been featured in Details, ABC News, BBC, The Daily Mail, the Guardian, the Oregonian, and a host of other publications. And last year, a division of Penguin Books published a book about Suelo's life, "The Man Who Quit Money."
Suelo, 51, who changed his given name from Shellabarger, (Suelo means "soil" in Spanish) ...Travel Smarter 2012: Take these tips for a better road trip
Mar 9th, 2012 at 9:00AM:
With temperatures hovering near the 70 degree mark on the East Coast this week, many of us can already feel spring in the air, and that means that road trip season is nearly upon us. I grew up as the youngest child in a family of six boys and road trips were an annual event for us. We used to pile into a big, old station wagon and spend the bulk of our trips arguing over who was taking up too ...In the United States? Catch a free ride with the Kindness Cab
Nov 1st, 2011 at 11:00AM: From now up until November 13, 2011, anyone located in between Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, California, can catch a free ride in a 1985 London Sterling taxi. CouchSurfer Leon Logothetis started driving the Kindness Cab in a an effort to give back to the community as well as raise money for charity. If you're interested in hitching a ride with him, you can click here to follow his whereabouts ...Photo of the day: Rosendal, Norway
Mar 16th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Norway is a place I'd like to go. To be fair, I'm a travel writer. I'd like to go most places. Scratch that. I want to go everywhere. But Norway seems particularly enchanting to me.
When photographer, Ben Britz, first began traveling, he traveled in the most frugal ways possible. While in Norway back in 2005, he traveled only with a backpack. With a small tent for sleeping and a thumb in good ...Ten real budget travel tips
Nov 29th, 2010 at 9:30AM: Do you continually feel wanderlust's pull but fear that you don't have enough money to see the world?
Your fears, thankfully, are misplaced. Despite the mainstream travel media's concerted, ongoing effort to make you think that travel is solely the domain of the rich, it is actually possible to travel well for surprisingly little money--and not just in those places where good deals are ...Mystery hitchhiker becomes poster child for National Library of Wales
Oct 6th, 2010 at 9:30AM: Have you seen this man?
This is Islwyn Roberts, who was photographed in 1958 by Welsh newspaper Y Cymro as he set off to hitchhike around the world. It was a different world back then--flying was only for the rich, and many countries were sealed off behind the Iron Curtain. Mr. Roberts would have seen traditions and cultures that have all but died out today.
It must have been an amazing ...St Barths on shoe leather and a thumb
Jun 22nd, 2010 at 3:00PM: Before I left Eden Rock, on St. Barths, in search of the local tobacconist, I was told: "You can't get lost." Usually, when I hear that, I wind up making some wrong turn or other directional blunder.
The route from Eden Rock to Village Creole, where I planned to cut and light a cigar at La Casa del Habano, consisted of only one road. I just didn't notice the sprawling shopping complex as I ...Hitchhiker's Requiem
Mar 27th, 2010 at 10:30AM: My father taught me to never, ever hitchhike because I would die. He illustrated the point with dinner table horror stories starring chopped up teenage bodies strewn along the highway and acid-crazed madmen speeding across America at 120 mph: "Those are the kind of people who pick up hitchhikers."
I followed his advice until I turned 18, which--in this country--is the legal age to stop ...Gadlinks for Monday 11.30.09
Nov 30th, 2009 at 6:00PM:
I hope you all survived the biggest shopping weekend of the year! With Black Friday AND Cyber Monday your pockets may very well be depleted but your spirits should be high -- of course. As we enter a new decade in one month, it might be a good idea to adjust our travel lens and be travel adventurers! Here are some great adventurous reads for this daredevil-themed Monday. Enjoy!
I find ...Gadlinks for Wednesday 10.14.09
Oct 14th, 2009 at 5:00PM:
It's that time again! Here are the latest travel reads for my Gadlinks faithful.
It's sometimes a daunting task navigating the travel world on the Web. That's why you should read this handy guide to new travel sites for niche markets. [via MSNBC Travel]
I'd like to think that every beach in the world's worth visiting, but it appears some beaches are rather dangerous and might best be ...In the Corner of the World - Where hitchhikers are welcome
Apr 22nd, 2009 at 9:00AM: Over the next few weeks here at Gadling, we'll be bringing you updates from our recent travels across New Zealand - in the process, we hope to offer a range of perspectives about what visiting this truly unique and fascinating country is all about. You can read previous entries HERE. We picked up Kevin near Springs Junction, nearly 200 kilometers southeast of Picton, New Zealand, standing on the ...Two guys, two thumbs, one week and no money. Hitchhiking across the U.S.
Apr 16th, 2009 at 5:30PM: There's a line in the "The Hitchhiking Movie" that made me laugh. Ryan Jeanes, one of the two guys who decided one fine day to hitchhike across the U.S. from New York City to Berkeley, California in one week to test out the kindness of strangers says, after one car dropped them off at what looks like the middle of nowhere, "Three miles further and only 3,000 miles to go."
There are the rides one ...My Bloody Romania: The hitchhiker's guide to Romania
Sep 19th, 2007 at 10:00AM: One of the things that I love about Romania is that there's still a sweet naivety in many aspects of life. The largest peasant society in Europe still thrives in the northern Maramure? region (though EU membership seems destined to squash it), even the die-hardiest urban resident has a close relative in the countryside who routinely provides them with eggs, cream, milk, cheese, onions or potatoes ...Hitch50 Comes to a Finish
Dec 1st, 2006 at 1:33PM: Remember Scotty and Fiddy? They started off about two months ago on a mission to hitchhike their way to the state capitals of all 50 states in 50 consecutive days. (Yes, even Alaska and Hawai'i.) Erik gave them some link love early on in their adventure and now that they've completed their fantastic voyage from state-to-state it's time to recap. On October 10, 2006 the two young men headed off ...
