Ever wished you could quit that day job, leave it all behind and hit the road?
Ever wondered what it would be like to live, work and travel while discovering a country, a continent and its people?
OOAworld Travel Journeys Around the World
Welcome to OOAworld, featuring creative and multimedia content from Ooa Revo’s long form continental journeys around the world. These include the year-long USA Road Trip where it all began, an equally lengthy Journey through Asia, an equivalent Journey through South America, and other long-form travels through Europe, Africa, Oceania and the Middle East.
OOAworld Creative Media and Storytelling
The creative works that resulted including photos, film, videos, writing, art, and more can be browsed here on OOAworld, and each journey can be followed chronologically.
OOAworld Travels and Travel Tips By Country
The OOAworld Travel section by Rolling Coconut features travel guides, travel tips, reviews, itineraries and more practical travel information in addition to the OOA journeys and creative media. All Travel content and stories can also be browsed by country.
The OOAworld Creative Works
The aims are, on paper, relatively simple: promote open exchange of ideas between people of all tides, as well as tolerance and peaceful thinking.
There are several main background projects which have accompanied the creation of OOAworld and its artistic content.
OOAworld Movie: “What’s Your Philosophy of Life”
One is a film / documentary featuring interviews of the very different people met along the way, asking them one common question: “What’s your philosophy of life?” (Watch the unofficial ooAmerica trailer below), as well as to “Tales of Strangers,” asking people to share a story of their choice.
OOAworld Creative Works: Novels, Photo Books, Short Films, Photo-Montages
The other main background projects include written novels and photo-books from the travels, short films and other artwork, as well as a series of large photo-montages.
I hope to eventually post more about the photographic approach, and, more generally speaking, the approach to these journeys.
OOAworld.com initially debuted as the ooamerica blog, a lot of road has been covered since!
The site’s content can be browsed by following each OOA continental journey or by browsing the different media above.
The OOAworld Travel section can be used to browse all stories by country. It includes travel tips, reviews and itineraries by Rolling Coconut in addition to creative media by Ooa Revo.
Readers and friends are welcome to contribute in any way and by connecting on Facebook, Instagram, subscribing on YouTube and Twitter. Fellow travelers, bloggers and media can help share and spread the word.
Want to learn more about OOAworld? Check out the FAQ page and About Us and stay in touch by subscribing to our updates, or learn about our other activities from our VR/AR/XR production studios (augmented reality, mixed reality virtual reality and 360 video).
Thanks for your support!
Start with ooAmerica, a 25,000 mile USA Road Trip across the United States. Launch into ooAsia, a year-long journey across all of Asia. Or browse stories by types of media and travel destinations.
As the others said as well, thanks for coming to my blog, so I could discover your blog and found out about your amazing idea! Now I feel like travelling to US, well, not in the near future, but yes, I keep it in mind 🙂 Look forward to your next journey 🙂
Thanks! I look forward to sharing more stories soon. 🙂
Thank you for visiting and liking my blog. You know you are living the dream that many people have but never pursue. Kudos to you for having the resolve to do this. It reminds me of Studs Terkel as he interviewed many people about their various jobs. What a wonderful project you have unfolding and so many wonderful experiences awaiting you. Best of luck and thanks for sharing.
Thank you – will look into the work of Studs Terkel. Hope you’ll be around for part 2!
Hey, thanks for following my blog!
Your trip looks fantastic. I think you might be interested in checking out my roommate’s blog on his motorcycle road trips. Right now we live in Beijing, but before moving to China he road-tripped/hiked across the US. http://www.rubberonroad.com/.
Safe travels!
Thanks for your support and sharing the link, your roommate’s travels are amazing! Part 2 coming up soon…
Hey Thanks for visting my blog. The initiative you have taken takes guts. If given the right opportunity, some will join in with you on this. Keep up the good work 🙂
Thanks! Always look forward to people seizing the opportunity! 🙂
Thanks so much OOAmerica for stopping by my blog and following. I just watched your video trailer. Looks like you are embarking on an enormous project that’s filled with a lot of fun. I pray for your safety, blessings, and the learning that you will share with the rest of the world following you! Regards, Michelle
Hi Michelle, thank you for your kind wishes and support. Best,
Thanks for following my blog. It was a nice surprise to see yours. I’m American living in Europe and have been fantasizing about a short solo American road trip for quite awhile now. You are sort of living my dream. I haven’t driven in a long time and am nervous about getting in a car again. I’m also 62 so I better do it soon.
Meanwhile I can enjoy seeing my country through your eyes.
Bless you, and safe travels, Sarah
Hi Sarah, it’s great to hear from you and I hope you’ll get the opportunity soon! Will be back on the road and sharing stories soon.
So, sitting here in Hangzhou, China this morning missing home (Miami) and fighting the urge to pack up my stuff and go back. To do that would be to not meet my financial plans that I have for a 4 year goal. My plan after those 4 years was to take a year off and travel the States and the world (some of which I’ve done). Criss-crossing the U.S. has always been a plan of mine…
And here you are. LOL, seriously, if you read my blog from this morning, you would know how much I needed a kick in the butt to keep me focused this morning. Definitely needed to click on your blog today… chance or coincidence, I think not… I look forward to following your blog and staying on task so that I can take the time off in 4 years to do just what you are!
Hi! Thanks for your comment and sharing, it’s great to hear about ‘positive butt-kicks’! 🙂 Look forward to staying in touch.
Road trip! Thats fantastic. Thanks so much for stopping by and looking at my blog.
I always wanted to do a Road Trip too. Across the states. I was born in Cali but am now living in Germany but hopefully I will be heading back to America soon. I wanna do a road trip with my friends. Any tips? 🙂
Hi! Thanks for visiting. Tips? Just the basics: be free, be safe, be respectful and… have lots of fun! 🙂 Will be back on the road soon.
Thank you for your recent visit to Focus on the Artist and for subscribing to the blog. If you are ever in the Pacific Northwest region, connect with me and we can set up a studio visit!
Thanks! Would be happy to connect, just have to make it there…
Thanks for following my blog, “The Bibliotaphe’s Closet”: http://www.zaraalexis.wordpress.com a few weeks ago. Sorry for not dropping by sooner to say hello. Will visit your page from time to time to see what you’re up to. Good work!
Thanks for visiting! Hope we get to share more soon.
Love the concept here and am looking forward to taking a closer look in the days to come. Many thanks for stopping by my blog recently and choosing to follow it!
You’re welcome and thanks!
1st of all thanks for following my website.
I like your trip and ideas, it must be great to do a road trip in US, you make me want to do it!
Thanks for sharing .
Hi Vanessa! Always happy to share stories, thanks!
Follow up that good comment on Studs Terkel, Chicago radio personality and great listener, by tovarysh connection. Work or Dreams or his other
books.
Looks like you’re doing both.
Thanks for following THATLou.com. Have you thought of taking your wonderful roadtrip to Europe? Perhaps an ooeuro with stick shift would be of interest? If you’re ever in Paris, please look me up and I’ll send you on a treasure hunt at the Louvre. In the meantime, you have a wonderful project going on. The photos of Harlem are really stunning.
Kind regards,
Daisy de Plume
Hi Daisy, thanks for your support and invitation: I happen to know Paris quite well, and would love to meet you next time I’m around (treasure hunt sounds exciting). As for the euro trip, and other parts of the world, you’re right on target (the site to be is currently named ‘eurooa’ but I like the name you picked too.) so whether stick shift, train-hop, walking, cycling or flying, I do hope to share adventures from other parts of the world in the future. Best wishes.
Thanks for following my blog.
I’ve nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award 🙂
http://theyearofwonderfulweekends.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/the-versatile-blogger-award/
Thank you!!! 🙂
I like your blog and have nominated it for a “Kreativ Blogger Award”. Visit http://lestwentytwo.wordpress.com to “collect”!
Thank you!!!
Thank you for following my blog. You’ve got a great blog going on here! Keep it up. I’ll be back for more. Happy St. Patrick’s day! 🙂
Thanks for your support! Happy (belated) St. Patrick’s Day, wish I had posted something related then but was… busy! 🙂
Get blog. You make me homesick.Harry from Down Under. http://taxdeedtreasures.wordpress.com/
Thanks for visiting! Don’t know if it’s good this makes you homesick, but I’ll take it as a compliment. 🙂 Hope you stay tuned for part 2.
Hi! I thought you might like an award, for your fun blog and project:
http://sarahpo.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/grab-your-sunglasses/
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I love awards! 🙂 Thank you very much Sarah, hope to share more soon!
You’re so welcome! Looking forward to it 🙂
Hi Man,
My names Callum and I’m based in the UK. I’ve been reading your blog since early Feb and I love it! You must be meeting some real characters and stories to. I was wondering if you would still be road tripping in May/June this year. I’m doing my Final year project and would love to come film your journey as a part of it. It’s about how we communicate through blogs, our stories and the people who read them.
If you’ve got an external email, would be great to hear from you. You can get me on C.Murphy1.10@unimail.winchester.ac.uk
Hi Callum, it’s nice to meet you. I’m honored by your thought and would love to hear more about it – I’m very interested in the developments of the new storytelling ecosystem. I don’t think we’ll be on the ‘road’ then but let’s get in touch by email: you can reach me at ooa’at’ooamerica’dot’com. I hope to hear from you. Thanks!
Super exciting, I’m about to set off from England to Canada and then through the U.S.A, then to Berlin for the Marathon! I read your blog and it’s so inspiring. x
Christine, what you’re doing is inspiring! Check it out everybody! (thanks! stay tuned…)
Awesome adventure! Roll on!
Thanks! Rol-ling on the river! Stay tuned…
Thanks for subbing me
You’re welcome, and thanks! stay tuned…
Thanks for your interest on my blog !
Yours is the kind of trip any photographer would like to share ! The grand tradition…
François
Hi Francois, you’re welcome and thanks for visiting! Hope to bring my itsy bit to the grand tradition :). Stay tuned!
oowee! I just thought I’d let you know that I’ve nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award! See here:
http://themofman.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/mof-gets-a-versatile-blogger-award/
Too cool! Thank you very much and will post about this as soon as possible. A lot more coming up, stay tuned!
Thanks for following and much greetings from germany!
Greetings and thanks! hope you stay tuned for the rest of the road!
I enjoyed watching your film and was very happy to see Meteor Crater there as I live very close to it. Congratulations on your outstanding endeavor! Kay Salady, Author Arizona, USA
Hi Kay, glad you spotted the Meteor Crater shot. Greatly enjoyed my stay in Arizona. There’s more to come so stay tuned.
Thanks for the follow. Glad you did, otherwise I wouldn’t have even known about this. What a fantastic voyage! Thanks for taking it for us!
Mike
Hi Mike, thanks for connecting, part 2 is ongoing…
Thanks for signing up for my posts. Am really enjoying yours, and wish you all the best with the trip.
Thanks, stay tuned! 🙂
ooamerica – Thank you for signing up to follow my blog! I hope that I can entertain you with my posts! Barb
Thanks! 🙂
What a fantastic project! Can’t wait to see the footage from your interviews.
Thanks, posting some ‘raw’ footage during part 2 so you can follow the making of the movie.
Thanks so much for following my blog! Gratitude’s a big part of my philosophy. 🙂 Safe travels, and best of luck!
Gratitude is key! Thanks for sharing, stay tuned 🙂
Hi there, and thank you so much for following my blog. I think it is very neat that you show and tell so much about roadtripping in America. Keep up the good work.
Thanks. Now on part 2 of the trip, more stories to come, stay tuned.
incredible wonderful project – look forward to enjoying more and more of it… way to go!!!!
wow thanks! there’s more and more to come!
Really awesome what youre doing – looking forward to the movie 🙂
Thank you for subscribing to my blog! I truly appreciate it! 😀
This project sounds amazing. Thanks for the follow; I returned the favor and look forward to seeing more of your posts.
Thanks! more posts during part 2 which is ongoing…
Thanks for visiting Pirates & Pulsars! I’m looking forward to keeping up with your adventures.
More adventures to come. Thanks!
Dearest Oo,
Thanks so much for visiting my site and deciding to follow.
What an amazing journey!
I am surprise by this following ! And by your adventure ! Sorry for my english but french are not famous for their english…
Quoi qu’il en soit un grand bonjour de la France et bonne continuation ! 😉
Loac “Philosophie” at http://loacmateo.wordpress.com/
Thanks to follow my web site. Your first video is incredible. I’ll take time to see the rest later.
For me, the USA visit is a dream. May be one day!
Congratulations
Alain from south of France
Hey! I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award. Check out the rules and award info on my blog
http://kodakkerouacs.com/2012/05/08/versatile-blogger-award/
Really appreciate your ongoing support and wish you the best for your project, and thank you for this nomination! Will thank you more officially in a post soon as the end of the trip nears.
Wow, very cool what you are doing. I will keep watching and reading to see what you find in your next trip. After this second trip you won’t have very many (continental) states that you haven’t visited. Mine happens to be one of them! lol I have a feeling you won’t intentionally leave us out. Good luck and best wishes.
I can assure you it wasn’t intentional – have done my best to map itineraries to see most of the contiguous states. Which one is it? Thanks for your wishes, hope to share more soon.
I never assumed it was intentional; the contiguous United States covers a huge area to explore. I live in Oklahoma and have no doubt that you will get to all of the unique places possible.
“Ever wished you could quit that day job, leave it all behind and hit the road?”
Yes, yes, and yes. I think it is amazing what you’re doing, I’ll definitely check out your videos, and thank you for following my blog!
Thanks, hope to share more from the road soon!
Hey, thanks for the follow. Love the trailer what you’re about here. Look forward to seeing your adventures unfold. — Rob
Hey Rob, thanks for stopping by, hope to share more soon.
Great blog!
Thank you! 🙂
This is a beautiful idea! I wish you the best of luck in your travels and beyond. Thanks for the follow.
Thanks for your wishes, same to you!
Wow, this is a really cool idea. Awesome blog!
Ditto That! Great idea that so many of us can identify with. You are creating adventure in your life and will reap the rewards. Have fun!
Thank you! Doing my best to enjoy it and share stories.
Thanks! More stories to come!
Thanks for dropping by my blog and following it. You’re having an amazing adventure—I look forward to exploring it!
Thanks! hope to share more soon.