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amylin is working artist from Brooklyn, New York, who later moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and began hitchhiking around North America from there. She details some of her hitchhiking trips in her [http://amylinicle.livejournal.com| blog], and she is a proud Ambassador of [http://couchsurfing.com/amylin| The CouchSurfing Project]. She plans to visit every country in the world before she dies.
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[[Image:Amylin-laos-hh-websiteversion.jpg|700 px|thumb|center|[[User:Amylin|Amylin]] hitchhiking from [[Laos]] to [[China]] in May 2007.]]
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'''Amylin''' is based in İstanbul, Türkiye, where she is often found hitchhiking everyday (mostly motorcycles).
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[[Image:3722864915 ba9dbf3a1d.jpg|375 px|thumb|right|Amylin hand-drew & painted this flyer for the [[789]] hitchhiking gathering in [[Odessa]], [[Ukraine]].]]
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==Hitchhiking Experience==
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* '''[[Africa]]''': [[Morocco]];
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* '''[[Asia]]''': [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Laos]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]];
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* '''[[Europe]]''': [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Croatia]], [[Denmark]], [[England]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Moldova]], [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Spain]], [[Slovenia]], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]], [[Turkey]], [[Ukraine]]
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* '''[[North America]]''': [[Canada]], '''[[United States]]''': [[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Nevada]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York State]], [[Oregon]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Vermont]], [[Washington]];
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* '''[[Oceania]]''': [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]]
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==Statistics==
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[[File:Espana.jpg|375 px|thumb|hitchhiking from [[Portugal]] to [[Spain]] with Dominic, August 2010.]]
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'''Sample Cross-Section of Distance vs. Time:'''
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* 2,710 km in 40 hours - [[Algeciras]] to [[Amsterdam]]
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* 2,600 km in 48 hours - [[Erlangen]] to [[Porto]]
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* 2,750 km in 50 hours - [[Istanbul]] to [[Amsterdam]]
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* 1,630 km in 22 hours - [[Grenoble]] to [[Porto]] (in winter, through heavy rain and snow)
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* 1,560 km in 25 hours - [[Marijampole]] to [[Amsterdam]]
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* 1,100 km in 16 hours - [[Amsterdam]] to [[Bordeaux]]
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* 290 km in 3.5 hours - [[Oslo]] to [[Gothenburg]]
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* 360 km in 4.5 hours - [[Rabat]] to [[Marrakech]]
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* 220 km in 3 hours - [[Maastricht]] to [[Amsterdam]] in the morning...
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* ...and the same 220 km in 4.5 hours in the evening of the same day returning [[Amsterdam]] to [[Maastricht]] in time for dinner.
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==Links==
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* [http://amyl.in personal site]
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* [http://society6.com/amylin/prints society6]
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* [http://www.artflakes.com/en/shop/amylin artflakes]
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/amylin flickr]
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[[Category:Hitchhikers]] [[Category:Hitchhikers in Turkey]]

Latest revision as of 00:03, 15 August 2012

Amylin hitchhiking from Laos to China in May 2007.

Amylin is based in İstanbul, Türkiye, where she is often found hitchhiking everyday (mostly motorcycles).


File:3722864915 ba9dbf3a1d.jpg
Amylin hand-drew & painted this flyer for the 789 hitchhiking gathering in Odessa, Ukraine.



Hitchhiking Experience

Statistics

File:Espana.jpg
hitchhiking from Portugal to Spain with Dominic, August 2010.

Sample Cross-Section of Distance vs. Time:

Links