Ep. 650: Travelling From Chile to Alaska in a VW Bus - Revisited - Ben Jamin
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
VW Bus Adventure Travel: Ben Jamin Drives VW Kombi from Chile to Alaska – 6-Year Road Trip Transformation from Corporate 9-5 Grind, Picking Up Riders for Shared Costs, Earning Living on the Road, Planning Global Continuation.
Originally aired June 18, 2018
Ben Jamin (yep, real name!) joins us to share with us his transformation from corporate from the 9-5 grind to a life on the road driving a Kombi (VW Bus) from Chile to Alaska. His trip took him 6 years! His plan was to pick up riders along the way who needed transportation and who were willing to help with the costs for food and fuel. Ben discovered that he could earn a living while on the road and is now planning to continue around the world.
See more from Ben Jamin on his site at kombilife.com Make sure you check out his books when you're there too!
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| 0:52.6 | And so when I got this bus, the person I bought it from told me that it can only drive for two hours and then you have to sit and let it rest for half an hour, which probably should have been a good alarm bell for me. But for some reason, I was just, you know, overwhelmed by this beautiful Volkswagen and with all these windows around it. |
| 1:13.9 | This is the Adventure Sports podcast, where we hear stories of adventure from every corner of the planet. |
| 1:19.6 | We interview all sorts of folks who are using their sport to explore the world around them |
| 1:23.9 | and give you the inspiration you need to get out there and have some fun. |
| 1:37.9 | Thank you. around them and give you the inspiration you need to get out there and have some fun. Hey listeners, thanks for, thanks for joining today. |
| 1:41.7 | A few things are happening for the first time right now. |
| 1:45.8 | One, I have the hiccups for the first time ever while doing an intro over two years of doing |
| 1:53.2 | this, and I've never had hiccups, and I cannot get rid of them. |
| 1:56.3 | So you're going to have to deal with it for this intro. |
| 2:01.2 | And secondly, I had a brand new episode, an awesome episode that I recorded last week. |
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