{"id":26808,"date":"2018-06-27T10:44:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T08:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/?p=26808"},"modified":"2025-12-12T00:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:37:12","slug":"vanlife-living-road-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/en\/2018\/06\/vanlife-living-road-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"#VanLife, life on the road is possible (at least on Instagram)"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you don\u2019t know where you\u2019re going, any road will take you there<\/strong>, said the Cheshire Cat on meeting Alice in Wonderland. The phrase, which sums up an exchange from the novel by Lewis Carroll, also appears in the lyrics of George Harrison\u2019s Any Road. Highways and byways have been our inspiration for centuries and have led us to contemplate the meaning of life, of the journey, of destination, all of which constitute ideal ingredients for Instagram. In a nutshell, that is precisely the meaning of #VanLife, the bohemian movement brimming with selfies<\/strong> that shows us that life on the road is indeed possible.<\/p>\n

The vanlifers<\/h2>\n

Using sources of inspiration that range from Route 66 to the plains of Asia and the tortuous roads of Central America, a generation of Instagrammers have chosen to experience life on the road<\/strong> and share their experiences with the rest of us. With or without the use of filters, and accompanied sometimes by extensive writings and other times by mere hashtags, vanlifers have been described as social media bohemians<\/a> and even classified as a movement.<\/p>\n

Equipped essentially with a van \u2013 though there are those who prefer pick-ups or motorbikes \u2013 they relive the dream of travelling without a destination in mind, of enjoying the journey for its own sake, of the freedom of a life without design<\/strong>. For vanlifers, the road is all that matters, a concept that has been substantiated by nearly four million posts to date.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re just there, in that moment, in that special place and time. Maybe when I get back I can write a book about my travels\u201d. Though these words may not have been written by the adventurer Christopher McCandless<\/strong> himself, they were used by both Jon Krakauer<\/strong>, in his non-fiction novel, and later Sean Penn<\/strong>, who brought McCandless\u2019 life to the big screen in Into the Wild<\/strong>. And while McCandless\u2019 story may not be the inspiration for all vanlifers, these Instagram stories reveal the power of the road<\/strong>, both inside and outside the bohemian movement.<\/p>\n

1. @IdleTheoryBus and the USA\u2019s highways<\/h2>\n

No road trip worthy of the name can be undertaken without a Volkswagen van<\/strong>, a legend in its own right. Aboard their orange minibus, Kit and J.R. have been travelling the USA\u2019s road network since 2012, an adventure that has both given rise to a book \u2013 Orange Is Optimism<\/a> \u2013 and attracted nearly 160,000 followers on Instagram.<\/p>\n

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Una publicaci\u00f3n compartida de Kit + J.R. + Sunshine (@idletheorybus)<\/a> el