Society & Culture
Erika and Nicolas say if you’re thinking about taking a long trip, do it now. That’s what they decided when they realized they were just working and not really living. They found a modified Land Rover, drove it from their home in Switzerland to Belgium, and shipped it across the ocean to Halifax. They’ve been driving across North America ever since as part of a year-long Pan-American road trip. While they were in Riding Mountain National Park, we sat down with them on a dock near sunset to ask them about their journey so far. We talk about disappointments, Instagram, van life and how living in close proximity to each other is working out for them. Thru Here releases new episodes every Thursday. Season one of Thru Here takes place in Riding Mountain National Park, a vast forested oasis among Manitoba’s hundreds of kilometres of prairie, and a destination for many travellers. Thru Here is recorded on Treaty 2 territory. The land is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene Peoples and the homeland of the Metis Nation. The land is also used by Indigenous nations from Treaties 1, 3 and 4.
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