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Good bye bicycles, we'll go sailing!
Posted: 2015-02-27 19:31:00, Categories: Travel, Hospitality exchange, Hitchhiking, Chile, Argentina, 715 words (permalink)In El Chalten, Argentina we stayed at a kind of cyclist's house.
It was a small house at the edge of the town belonging to Florencia, a
local woman who welcomed all touring cyclists to camp in the garden
against a voluntary donation to cover electric… more »
Learning Ukrainian and practising Japanese
Posted: 2008-09-25 23:34:42, Categories: Travel, Ukraine, Hitchhiking, 980 words (permalink)Trying to communicate in foreign languages or without any common language is often challenging but also one the most fun tasks when traveling. In Eastern Europe, the majority of countries have their own languages and Russian is the most widely spoken… more »
Five friends in the Buba
Posted: 2008-08-28 21:32:28, Categories: Travel, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, Hitchhiking, 728 words (permalink)I left Zelenkovac sharing a ride with Gareth, David, Thibault and Maria in Gareth's model 1966 VW Beetle, which we started calling as the Buba. It was a small challenge to pack in five people and all the luggage including three tents, but eventually we… more »
Slow life in Bosnian villages
Posted: 2008-08-07 21:21:50, Categories: Travel, Ecology, Bosnia, Hitchhiking, 808 words (permalink)During one week I got an introduction to life in Bosnian countryside by visiting a couple of villages and the ecological community Zelenkovac. Work on the fields was more modernized than for example in Romania, but far from large high tech farms in… more »
Free hugs and free beds in Ljubljana
Posted: 2008-08-07 20:27:14, Categories: Travel, Hospitality exchange, Slovenia, Hitchhiking, 486 words (permalink)After hiking in Triglav I stopped in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia for five nights. I met other travelers in Metelkova, joined a Free Hugs party and had one of the most extreme CouchSurfing experiences ever. Ljubljana is nice and small for being a… more »
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