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== About == | == About == | ||
− | + | 22 years old hitchhiker from more places in [[Czech Republic]]. 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 | 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 | ||
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== Hitchiking history == | == Hitchiking history == | ||
*'''2009:''' '''[[Czech Republic]]''' | *'''2009:''' '''[[Czech Republic]]''' | ||
− | *'''2010:''' '''[[Austria]]''', '''[[Belgium]]''', [[Czech Republic]], '''[[France]]''', '''[[Germany]]''', ''[[Great Britain]]'', '''[[Netherlands]]''', '''[[Portugal]]''', '''[[Slovakia]]''', '''[[Slovenia]]''', '''[[Spain]]''' | + | *'''2010:''' '''[[Austria]]''', '''[[Belgium]]''', [[Czech Republic]], '''[[France]]''', '''[[Germany]]''', '''''[[Great Britain]]''''', '''[[Netherlands]]''', '''[[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]]''' | *'''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]] | *'''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]], [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Czech Republic]], '''[[Denmark]]''', '''[[Finland]]''', [[France]], [[Germany]], '''[[Greece]]''', [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], '''[[Luxembourg]]''', [[Macedonia]], '''[[Norway]]''', [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], '''[[Sweden]]''', [[Switzerland]] | *'''2013:''' [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Czech Republic]], '''[[Denmark]]''', '''[[Finland]]''', [[France]], [[Germany]], '''[[Greece]]''', [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], '''[[Luxembourg]]''', [[Macedonia]], '''[[Norway]]''', [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], '''[[Sweden]]''', [[Switzerland]] | ||
− | *'''2014:''' [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], ''[[Slovakia]]'' | + | *'''2014:''' [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]], [[France]], [[Germany]], '''''[[Gibraltar]]''''', [[Hungary]], [[Norway]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], ''[[Slovakia]]'', [[Spain]], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]] |
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− | '''bold''' - first hitchhiking there; ''italics'' - get in and | + | '''bold''' - first hitchhiking there; ''italics'' - only get in or through by hitching, didn't hitch in the country |
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+ | I was at European hitchgatherings in [[Portugal]], 2010 and in [[Slovakia]], 2013; participated in 11-11-11 Hitchhiking contest [[Paris]]-[[Dakar]] and in Czech Hitchhiking Championship 2014 [[Prague]]-[[Gibraltar]]-[[Prague]] -> lost completely :D well perhaps racing and hitchhiking don't go along for me. | ||
== Actual hitchmap == | == Actual hitchmap == | ||
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== Records & statistics == | == Records & statistics == | ||
− | *'''Total distance: '''~ | + | *'''Total distance: '''~136.000 km from 2009 till September 2014 (±X.000 at [[Pilsen]]<->[[Prague]] route), 67.000 of that hitchhiked solo |
*'''Longest rides:''' | *'''Longest rides:''' | ||
+ | **~1335 km - [[Montpellier]] -> [[Málaga]] | ||
**~1300 km - [[Calais]] --> somewhere far in [[England]] --> [[Belgium]] (crazy story) | **~1300 km - [[Calais]] --> somewhere far in [[England]] --> [[Belgium]] (crazy story) | ||
**~1100 km - [[Granada]] --> [[Bordeaux]] | **~1100 km - [[Granada]] --> [[Bordeaux]] |
Revision as of 14:11, 15 September 2014
Contents
About
22 years old hitchhiker from more places in Czech Republic. 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, Netherlands, 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, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland
- 2014: Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
bold - first hitchhiking there; italics - only get in or through by hitching, didn't hitch in the country
I was at European hitchgatherings in Portugal, 2010 and in Slovakia, 2013; participated in 11-11-11 Hitchhiking contest Paris-Dakar and in Czech Hitchhiking Championship 2014 Prague-Gibraltar-Prague -> lost completely :D well perhaps racing and hitchhiking don't go along for me.
Actual hitchmap
Planned or actual trips/dreams
- Armenia / Iran / Northern Iraq
- South America
But at the moment kind of tired from longer trips and searching for my life's mission.
Records & statistics
- Total distance: ~136.000 km from 2009 till September 2014 (±X.000 at Pilsen<->Prague route), 67.000 of that hitchhiked solo
- Longest rides:
- Worst hitchhiking:
- 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)