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]]>Back in 2021, Chris and Sam bought an old Volkswagen van and spent 10 months rebuilding it into a home on wheels. Once their motorhome was finished, they quit their jobs and hit the road. Their first trip included an odyssey through Central Europe and included France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, and Italy, among other countries.
In February this year, the couple’s wanderlust took them to Scandinavia with the goal of seeing the Arctic Circle. They passed through Sweden and Finland before reaching Norway and are now on their way to the North Cape, the farthest point of the country they are able to reach with their motorhome.
“For us, we have never seen snow like this in all our lives. I’m talking seven foot of show outside right, with temperatures dropping to -23 degrees,” Chris shared in a chat with SWNS. “The weather has definitely tested the van properly being up here, but we still haven’t broken down, and the vastness of the wilderness all around us is breathtaking and unreal.”
Chris and Sam have been documenting their journey on social media, sharing clips and photos of astonishing destinations they have visited. Check out more of the footage from their Arctic Circle adventure below.
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]]>Armagan is a self-taught artist based in Istanbul and he was studying the Turkish language at Istanbul University when he embarked on this journey. Traveling the world wasn’t something he could afford back in the day, so he initially only drew landmarks of Istanbul on coffee cups.
“I hadn’t got enough money to travel the world so one day I hit one very good idea. I’ve started to draw on cups that people were throwing away to garbage. Apart from traveling the world, I have many projects to fill the cups with!” Armagan told Bored Panda.
Armagan’s first project “Cups of Istanbul” is now many years behind him, and he visited 27 countries and 70 cities around the world in the meantime. He’s followed by over 100,000 people on Instagram and went on to collaborate with such brands as Michelin and Starbucks, in addition to selling his paper cups.
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]]>Travel bloggers Danielle and Tommy know best. The full-time travelers have embraced the RV lifestyle and have been living on the road since 2016. Having traveled for some four years, alongside their two dogs, Missy and Trip, the couple’s RV travels have taken them to almost all of the lower 48 states in the United States, all over Canada, and up and down Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
“First, came finding the perfect [for us] home-on-wheels,” they recall the process on their personal website. “Several months scouring the internet went by, we toured and test drove a few different Toyota’s—until we found our RV located just outside of Seattle, Washington.” They then ended their lease, sold all of their furniture, packed light, and were headed towards the east coast where they would renovate and rebuild the RV.
Their website and Instagram include before-and-after photos of their RV renovation, as well as documentation from life on the road. “We’ve learned so much from our time on the road,” write the seasoned travelers, “and have both grown so much from this entire experience. From learning how to DIY our RV renovation, to learning how to create multiple streams of income to sustain our lifestyle. It’s not always easy or beautiful, but life was meant to be an adventure!”
You’d want to follow them around, at least on Instagram…
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]]>However, when we finally do return to our favorite pastime, we already have a tour guide in mind. Travel blogger Liz Carlson lives up to her online moniker—the Young Adventuress. With more than a decade of traveling under her belt—and most of it alone—Carlson encourages other women to try independent traveling.
Young Adventuress (@youngadventuress)In fact, she even has a blog post, scratch that—a manifesto—about it. “Without sounding incredibly cheesy, I think my happiest moments are when I get emails and messages from readers asking advice about traveling the world, alone, female or otherwise,” says Carlson.
The first thing you should take in mind is that it’s not half as scary as you might think. “For the number of times I legitimately felt in danger, I can give you 1000 examples of beautiful, friendly, and unique moments that surprised me to no end while traveling,” she writes.
With more than 200k followers on Instagram, people are clearly taking note.
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]]>Traveling full time with her partner and child, her vacations revolve around water and fishing. There is also plenty of hikes and camping. “My goal is to evoke inspiration and wonder through the beauty of the great outdoors,” she writes on her website. And with well over 16,000 followers on Instagram, a growing number of people seem to be taking note.
Incredibly enough, Anderson’s love for the great outdoors wasn’t instilled in her early on, but rather came as she matured. “That’s why no matter your experience level, I encourage you to to take more detours, step outside your comfort zone, and try something new outdoors,” she explains on her website.
One of her top recommendations is the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. “I think everyone should experience the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness at least once in their lifetime,” she stressed, “and if you can, do it with an outfitter. Whether it’s the pristine waters or secluded wilderness, the call of loons, eagles soaring above, the milkiest of milky ways or the fantastic fishing—there are so many reasons Nick and I go back several times every year.”
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]]>While this is an amazing thing in its own right, Google recently decided to make Google Earth somehow even more awesome by adding time travel.
With its biggest update since 2017, Google Earth now enables users to witness how certain locations on our planet have changed over the years. The software giant combined 24 million satellite photos taken since 1984 to create “an interactive 4D experience” and simulate the passage of time.
While Google Earth Timelapse is a great way to have some fun and explore the world surrounding us, it can also serve as a painful reminder of how drastically humans altered the planet. You can see our negative impact through changing landscapes, draining lakes, deforestation, and melting icecaps.
Google plans to update the Google Earth Timelapse annually with new images throughout the next decade. This way, it will be possible to see whether humans have learned their lesson.
In the meantime, you can watch one of the Timelapse videos created by Google via the YouTube playlist below.
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]]>We might as well “hire” food and travel bloggers Mark And Elizabeth Rudd as our guides. The two have founded the brand and blog Compass & Fork where they share their travel tips and dining experiences with a growing audience (so far, on Instagram alone they have well over 14,000 followers).
Together, the avid travelers have visited over 50 countries over a period of 40 years, worked in about ten, and still have a wish list of places they’ve yet to visit.
“We both traveled extensively for work in our corporate roles as well,” the couple shared in a chat with Travel Awaits. “After the kids were older, we decided it was time to travel more and see some of those places we had always dreamed of visiting.”
Fans of slow traveling, they explore each destination in depth. This means for a minimum of a month they update their site with content and posts about the same country.
“We tend to be independent, active travelers,” they note. “Our travel style is affordable luxury. You won’t find hostels or budget travel, but you’ll find great value, unique accommodation, and experiences.”
Their website includes resources like recipes, health tips, and travel guides, with helpful posts including How to Save Money on Your Trip To Vietnam and How to Find the Best Local Experiences in Latin America. We can’t wait to pack our suitcases, prepare our napkins, and hit the road!
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]]>Located in the well-known Tokaj Wine Region, these small houses are wine cellars. As you can see, they bear a strong resemblance to “hobbit holes” that can be seen in the Tolkien trilogy films. The area, which has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002, produces one of Hungary’s best wines.
There are around 80 fairytale-looking cellars carved into Gombos Hill, made of volcanic rock, and according to some documents, these triangular objects belong to each house in a village called Hercegkut.
The temperature in the cellars varies between 50-52 °F and the mold that covers the cellars helps to maintain the centuries-old quality of Tokaji wines.
If you ever consider visiting Hungary, you shouldn’t miss these picturesque landscapes and objects protruding from the hills.
The fact that it’s a place where wine is kept is yet another way that it can be compared to that of the Shire. After all, if there’s one activity that hobbits love engaging in, it’s drinking alcohol and having a merry old time.
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]]>A seasoned traveler and Instagram influencer, it’s Karafin’s candid approach to both life and travel that makes her content worth following.
Treating traveling not only as “time off” but also as a self-development tool, Karafin’s posts and accompanying photos provide insight into other cultures and people, and how she treats the world around her with affection and care.
A cancer survivor, Karafin also leads various philanthropic initiatives to help children in underserved communities, and runs a charity for underprivileged kids with cancer.
“Traveling alone takes resilience and an open mind,” she writes on her website. “It takes courage and stepping out of your comfort zone.” But although challenging, Karafin hopes to show others how experiencing other cultures is worthwhile and ultimately life changing.
“I’m so grateful for this life that I get to call my own,” she writes. “What a blessing to be alive.”
Through her posts, she encourages others to have an open heart and mind when it comes to traveling. “You’d be shocked to discover how different your surroundings are when you see them through your own lenses without anyone else’s two cents,” she wrote in one post.
This is exactly the kind of uplifting content we want in our feed!
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]]>Travel bloggers know this more than anyone. The last year had seen a steady drop in international travel and tourism, and the tourism economy at large has been heavily hit by the coronavirus.
Travel influencer Brooke Saward has shaped her career around travel. The face behind World of Wanderlust, Saward documents her adventures on her personal website and accompanying social media pages, with a staggering half a million followers on Instagram alone.
With over 70 countries under her belt, Saward has a lot of experience when it comes to solo travel. “I travel by myself 90% of the time, yet am sometimes joined by family, friends, and even readers,” she explains on her website.
Her goal is to inspire other women to take a leap of faith and do some solo traveling of their own. “The next question is more often than not ‘don’t you get scared traveling alone!?’ and the answer is an overwhelming no!” Saward declares.
“I often write about how hard it can be at times, but I really do love traveling solo as an experience and think it is something we should all experience at some stage in our lives.”
But like most travel influencers, the past year has seen Saward slow down and stay put. Her stunning photos will inspire you to look for beauty in the far corners of the world—at least when traveling is possible.
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