Bejeweled jetsetters, camera-clad sightseers, tent-tenanting globetrotters and windblown wanderers all have myriad motivations for never standing still. Some are in flight from mundane reality (or the police); some are in hot pursuit of adventure (or manageable trouble); some are nosy parkers whose busybodiness has grown to global proportions; and some are chronically driven to create epic videos meant to dazzle (and depress) more stationary, location-chained viewers.
Travel porn productions par excellence, the following astounding vlogs, showcases and commercials will leave you ravished by wanderlust, and make you scramble for a plane, train, moped, kite or Segway to anywhere, via everywhere.
Move by Rick Mereki (2.9 million views)
A scandalously-slick production on a galactic scale, ‘Move’ comprises three guys, 11 countries, 18 flights, an exploding volcano and two cameras which magically combine to create the baddest-ass video selfie ever. I can’t even.
Koh Yao Noi by Phillip Bloom (1.1 million views)
A sweeping, soaring and swooping intimate profile of one of Thailand’s least spoilt islands, ‘Koh Yao Noi’ is Phillip Bloom’s perpetually-moving, GoPro-embraced ode to a rare and hidden tropical stunner.
3 Years of Travel in 3 Minutes by High On Life (2.3 million views)
A dizzyingly dynamic, frightfully-energetic, majestic pan of 21 countries, ‘3 Years of Travel’ is death-defying simply to watch – but the monumental thrills experienced by the star adventurers somehow become your own.
Venture Out by Adventure.com (552,000 views)
A love letter to the world as seen by a starry-eyed wanderer, ‘Venture Out’ flits between the globe’s wide open spaces, and its nooks and crannies, to reveal that adventure lies wherever your feet happen to be.