The beginning I’m not exactly sure when I first heard about “El Camino”. I think I had a vague notion of it before coming to Spain, but when I moved to Logroño and worked in Nájera (which are towns directly on the Camino) I started seeing pilgrims all the time. At first, I was confused […]
Read more "El Camino De La Vida"How did I get here? On June 14th, 2011, I made the following note to myself in my journal: I bought a new touring bike last weekend and I really want to start taking trips. Well, just about 8 years later, I’ve finally done my first legitimate bike tour and it was everything I could […]
Read more "The 8-Year Bike Tour"Day 1: Barcelona On my way to Morocco, I had an 8 hour layover in Barcelona. I decided to take advantage of the perpetually beautiful Mediterranean climate by grabbing a bus into the city instead of pacing around the airport. I left my luggage in storage, hopped on the metro and proceeded to take an […]
Read more "Notes from Morocco"DAY 4 Día 4, Capítulo 1: Mutriku a Markina 5:00h-13:00h 20km The alarm goes off at 5AM. The life of the pilgrim starts early. I’m a light sleeper, so once I’m up, I’m up. After getting ready and downing my diesel insta-coffee, I’m the second pilgrim to leave the Albergue. The girls were sound asleep […]
Read more "Los Diarios del Camino del Norte: Capítulo 2"DAY 1 Day 1: Irun – Pasaia 16:00h-21:00h 16.7km Plan is set. 7 days, more or less. Irun to Bilbao. I’ll be sure to set my foot in France so that I can say I walked from France to my apartment. That has a nice ring to it, right? Packing light. Instead of a sleeping […]
Read more "Los Diarios del Camino del Norte: Capítulo 1"After a 15 month absence, I’ve finally decided that it’s time to do some blog posts again. I’ve written a handful of half-finished, unpublished posts about life in Spain; it has proven to be a challenging topic to write about. There are simply too many things to talk about in a single blog post. Instead of […]
Read more "Miedo y Asco en Soria"Greetings loyal VanBun readers! It’s been a minute since my last post; here’s what I’ve been up to: Preparing to move to Spain, where I will be living for at least 9 months. Going on a few local adventures in the van. Spending time with friends and family since I won’t see most of them […]
Read more "The Van Burn"How does one live in a van? What are the most fun and most challenging aspects of van life? What things have you learned on the road? Why don’t you get a job, you dirty hippie? This post will attempt to answer all of your burning vanlife questions. This post will be gear-heavy. […]
Read more "Day in the Life of a Van Dweller"I’m currently back in the San Francisco Bay Area, taking a bit of a break from Van Life to see friends and family, organize my stuff and prepare for the next chapter in the journey (Burning Man and moving to Spain). This post will close the chapter of my Oregon Sojourn; I will use pictures […]
Read more "Oregon Sojourn Finale"In the past year, I’ve progressively become more obsessed with time-lapse photography. Due to my hip injury, I haven’t been able to trek around with my camera slung on my side (my historical method of hiking, traveling, exploring and doing photography). Instead, I hike around with a tripod/camera in my backpack; when I come to […]
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