User:Kundrt

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Hitching to Pilsen from Prague, 03-11-11

About

21 years old hitchhiker from more places in Czech Republic (now homeless and traveling). Hitchhiked in around 37 mostly European countries.

I prefer hitchhiking solo - it's much simpler, people are friendlier and more hospitable and I can have closer contact with drivers, sometimes I feel like psychologist - and with thumb rather than asking people - I like to wait for somebody who take me because he wants, it's worth it

There is no season for hitchhiking, every day is good enough. I've experienced temperatures from -25 to +44 °C but comfort more depends on humidity and wind so the worst was -8 in February 2012 near Genéve and maybe +30 in July 2012 at the coast around Turkey/Georgia border.

I don't use CS/BW for surfing, mostly sleep outdoor and sometimes drivers invite me home (yes it's nice to have a shower). I usually carry heavy backpack with some mountaineering equipment.

Hitchiking history

• 2009: Czech Republic
• 2010: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
• 2011: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (+Tenerife), Switzerland, Western Sahara
• 2012: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Western Sahara
• 2013: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland

Actual hitchmap

http://goo.gl/TEplb

Planned or actual trips/dreams

• Summer 2013 - perhaps just short trips to the mountains (Dolomites, Matterhorn...), Woodstock festival, maybe Hitchgathering...
• around the world by hitchhike (mostly interested in countries with mountains)

Records & statistics

• Total distance: little bit over 100.000 km from 2009 till 14th June 2013 (±X.000 at Pilsen<->Prague route), more than half hitchhiked solo
• Longest rides:
  • ~1300 km - Calais --> somewhere far in England --> Belgium (crazy story)
  • ~1100 km - Granada --> Bordeaux
  • ~1000 km - Geneve --> Prague
  • ~800 km - Limoges --> Aachen
  • ~800 km - Valencia --> Tarifa
• Worst hitchhiking:
  • Going out of Málaga (Stuck there more than one day twice!)
  • Going out of Lisbon (south)
  • Crossing Ukraine from Russia to Moldova, 700 km took 6 days (with one lucky day - 400 km)
• Unusual rides:
  • Horses with cart twice - in Mali for 20-25 km and in Montenegro for ~1 km
  • Snowplow in Norway
  • Quite overloaded old Mercedes truck with 4 drivers (everybody could repair something) in Mali, + with my friend, 2 backpacks and wheel of the truck in the cabin I was quite destroyed after 200 km (10 hours)