Full Description
From the fringes of society to the envy-inducing images on social media, how and why has vanlife become more popular than ever before? What does this tell us about our love of travel and our ideas of home? And how do camper vans address issues of minimalism, freedom and sustainability? The creators of The Rolling Home journal bring you a timely, attractively priced paperback re-issue of The Complete Vanlife Book, with essays, interviews, illustrations, and photographs that tell you everything you need to know about vanlife culture. On a practical level, the authors impart the basics of compact interior design and van conversions, along with inspiring personal accounts of living and travelling by van.
Contents
16 Introduction - the rolling home
Chapter one - The Culture
40 What Is a Nomad?
46 When There Is Nowhere to Hide
56 The Economy of Small-Scale
Chapter TWo - The Vehicles
62 If a Vehicle Could Choose...
68 Compact Interior Design
78 Mercedes Vario 4X4
86 Volkswagen LT
94 Delica Dreaming
108 How to Build a Rolling Home
Chapter Three - The People
132 Meet the Van Dwellers
144 Slow 'n Steady Livin'
154 Digital Life
158 Music in the Streets of Europe
160 The Wandering Bears
168 Good Vibes Only
172 Ode to the Solo Traveller
Chapter Four - The Places
176 Where Do We Go?
178 Vanhalla
180 The Checklist
184 Taffie and the Land of the Long White Cloud
190 Van-ee-moon
198 All the Mechanics in South America
212 Holiday from Where?
224 Documenting Vanlife in British Columbia
Chapter Five - The Future
238 The Future of Travel
242 After Vanlife
