Hitchhiking in France
In 2007 I hitchhiked for the first time from Poitiers, France to La Rochelle. The latter is a small city on the Atlantic coast and I had been living in the former as a...
Category: Hitchhiking
Hitchhiking Boats across Oceans
Boat hitchhiking (working as crew on a sailboat) is like being a pirate sailor. It’s easy to romanticize the pirate’s life. Swashbuckling and pillaging, being free and terrible, riding the high seas to the tune...
A Realistic Hitchhiker’s Guide to Travel Methods
A Realistic Hitchhiker’s Guide “Hitchhiking”, “hitching”, “aventon”, “en stop”, “rite”, “lif”, “autostop”, “carona”, “a dedo”, “jalon”, and “thumbing” all refer to traveling by flagging down rides on the side of the road or by asking...
Finding Your Way Through Cities on a Hitchhiking Journey
In Europe and the US it’s simple to find your way through cities because bus stops have regular schedules and maps. Other parts of the world are not as organized. But there’s always a trend...
Some Hints on How to Work and Eat Hitchhiking
People say you can’t travel if you don’t have cash. This is false. You can travel on nothing. Hell, you can travel on debt even. I’ve spent plenty of time without cash on me....
What should You Pack for a Hitchhiking Journey?
In case readers are curious, I thought I’d write briefly about what to take hitchhiking. My advice is to travel light. I have most everything I’ll need in most climates, except the extreme colds. I...
Just a Few of the Most Popular Hitchhiker Books
Hitchhiker Books Galore There are quite a few hitchhiker books on the market. It is no wonder, of course, that the most popular of these is “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams....
Hitchhiking in South America
Is hitchhiking in South America possible? Unfortunately, if this question intrigues you, and you’re on this website, then it means that you haven’t read anything of the travel narrative. If you take a moment...
Day-to-Day: Where to Sleep when Hitchhiking
Don’t plan where to sleep There’s no truer way to say it. If you want to hitchhike, and if you want to get the most out of this novel way of travel–or least if you...
