f you start a conversation about either Eudoxus or Cyzicus – you are likely to immediately asked Who? What? or Huh?
Category: Amazing Vagabonds
Papa Vagabond- Ernest Hemingway
When it comes to famous vagabonds, people often forget that respected writers now often had their roots as shiftless vagabonds. Ernest Hemingway is no exception.
Extraordinary Vagabonds – Nearchus the Voyager
Nearchus the Voyager lived during a time when the great shadow of Alexander cast it’s light over all in the world, he would be remembered as one of the great explorers of history otherwise.
Buddhist Vagabond – His Holiness, The Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama was listed as the second most spiritual person on Earth by the Watkins Review. Many films and novels have been inspired by the Dalai Lama’s life and no wonder: it is a very amazing life indeed.
Extraordinary Carthaginian Vagabond – Hanno the Navigator
Can Hanno the Navigator even be classified as a vagabond? To my mind, the answer is yes – in that a vagabond is anyone who sets out on a voyage of discovery where the unknown is the biggest thing that is known.
Henry Rollins – Punk Rock Vagabond
Henry Rollins is a punk rock vagabond activist.
Bicycle Vagabond – Dave Stamboulis
The hardest part of being a constant traveler is missing the time and energy necessary to put into relationships at home. Close to that would be a few other things, such as people, even friends, being jealous of your lifestyle, and subsequently dealing with those feelings, and also the fact that travel, when it becomes a lifestyle and living, is no longer exactly the fantasy and pleasure cruise that it once was.
Jack Kerouac
This is an excerpt from my book “Vagabonds: Sometimes Getting Lost is the Point” . It’s available as an ebook for kindle or ebook readers. Over the next several months we will be exploring some of these amazing vagabond characters from the past (and present). On the road or on the seas, a vagabond must travel….
Extraordinary Vagabonds: Harry Franck, Pioneer of the Vagabonds
Harry Franck’s willingness to travel with no money, his keen eye for the details of his journey and the societies he recorded (some of which soon disappeared) make him a welcome addition to our list of Extraordinary Vagabonds.
Silk Road Vagabond – Marco Polo
Going around the world hasn’t always been as easy as it is today. In fact, the great explorers of the past often suffered great hardships to see distant lands. One such extraordinary vagabond was Marco Polo.