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Why Travelers Should Carry Handcuff Keys
A covertly equipped handcuff key for a foreigner abroad is the smallest part of their gear but potentially the most important. “Gear to survive or endure dangerous and hazardous scenarios are valuable but gear to avoid them is invaluable.” – JOHN V CAIN (Founder of VINJABOND) Specialized handcuff keys and other escape tools have been a part […]
The Location Independent Way of Life
A professional life of location independence is by one definition, the freest way to live. Boundless, borderless but far from penniless. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” – Unknown All types of lifestyles have tethers that restrict us from absolute freedom; money, time, people, etc., but […]
The Cost of a Modern Vagabonding Lifestyle
This is the annual cost concept of living and operating as a modern vagabond with moderate (world) travel and minimal luxuries. “Vagabonding is relatively like any way of life with deliberate budgeting and moderation. Furthermore, there tends to be less unnecessary bills and committed financial strains of a “normal” stationary lifestyle.” – JOHN V CAIN […]
Vagabond Survival Prepping Method
I pack ultralight living out of a backpack as a vagabond traveling the world but I’m also actively survival prepping and this is how… “Survival in any form for any environment is an act of prevention and or recovery, best enacted by preparation.” – JOHN V CAIN (Founder of VINJABOND) Standard “prepping” is the practice of stockpiling […]
Urban Survivalist: The Concrete Jungle
This is a part of a series of posts about urban survival. Guides, skills, tips and gear for travel, crises and everyday life. – view all survivalist posts “Survival in any form for any environment is an act of prevention and or recovery.” – JOHN V CAIN (Founder of VINJABOND) Natural jungles are covered with dense flora and formations, dominated […]
Why I Never Hit the Gym and What I do Instead
I want fitness in my life but I don’t want exercise to take up too much of my life. So I never hit the gym but I like to maintain a certain physique. For the entirety of my career, I had a rigorous workout routine which meant much of my free time was spent at […]
The Art of Always Having a Trick up Your Sleeve
The art of always having a trick up your sleeve isn’t about attempting to be prepared for every specific and or possible situation… “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win“. – SUN TZU After I published ‘6 Methods of Thinking Like […]
24 Hours at The Airport
Airports need not be just transfer hubs to and from adventures, they can also BE the adventure… This is my airport story. 2:08 AM Still lit from our final puffs and edibles before getting on this flight from Amsterdam, I’m sleeping like an intoxicated baby passed out on a cloud. 2:16 […]
How to Live Out of a Backpack: Mentality
This is a series of posts about ‘how to live out of a backpack’ as a vagabond, minimalist, nomad, expat, traveler or for everyday life as a lifestyle. That saying “I live out of my suitcase” is derived from people who have to travel frequently for work. They stay at hotels for a couple of […]