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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 »
Couchsurfing Corporation
Posted: 2011-09-06 01:08:11, Categories: Travel, Hospitality exchange, 780 words (permalink)On 24th of August CouchSurfing, the most popular hospitality exchange site, announced a switch from a non-profit status to a corporation, collecting a 7.6 million USD venture capital investment. Quite a few members have expressed disappointment and… more »
On the München-Venedig trail, part 3: Italian flatlands
Posted: 2010-09-27 17:41:01, Categories: Travel, Hospitality exchange, Italy, Hiking, 818 words (permalink)We descended from the Alps to Longarone, a small town near Belluno, in North-Eastern Italy. The high peaks of the Dolomites gave way to lower, grass-covered mountains, then hills, and finally to the flatlands of the Veneto region. The route followed… more »
My new travel companion
Posted: 2009-11-30 23:03:37, Categories: Travel, General, Finland, Norway, Hospitality exchange, Germany, 487 words (permalink)In the picture you can see me and Sandra on the way to Mt. Roan in Norway. She is my new companion on my travels — and in life. We met in Helsinki in March 2009 at a Hospitality Club sauna party and ended up cooking together in the middle of the night.… more »
Change of the year greetings
Posted: 2008-12-23 12:29:10, Categories: General, Finland, Hospitality exchange, 297 words (permalink)I just published my 2008 Christmas and New Year card, available both in Finnish and in English. I wish you happy holidays of the end of the year and even better new year 2009! And for those readers who don't follow the Gregorian calendar or simply read… more »
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