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==My experience with hitchhiking==
I have hitchhiking experience in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Ireland]], [[Wales]], [[England]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]], [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], [[Serbia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Spain]] and [[Turkey]]. The first time I hitchhiked hitching was in '98 with a girl from [[Nijmegen]] to [[Amsterdam]]. After four rides we got stuck somewhere in [[Utrecht]]. A year later I hitchhiked hitched around the UK twice and - apart from that day I took a wrong car out of [[London]] - I happily never got stuck again.
==My philosophy on hitchhiking==
[[Image:Granada.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Me hitching from Valencia to Granada]] Hitchhiking for me is above everything a sport. It is not about cheap traveling but about sharing and meeting random people of whom some never turn out to be so random at all.
I believe also in 'hitchhiking karma'. Most of the time you end up getting those rides which are - in one way or another - was meant for you at that time, for your driver, or for both of you.
I strongly believe in a hitchhiker with an active attitude; walking up to drivers and talk to them to ask them for a ride. Whether you are waiting at a service station, rest-area or simply at a roundabout or traffic lights where cars stop(though I recently had a ride with a driver who explained me he only picks hitchers if they are not approaching him).
I highly recommend to at least speak some hitchhiking sentences in the language of the country where traveling.
If you're coming to Amsterdam, [https://www.bewelcome.org/bw/member.php?cid=robino Be Welcome]. My house is regularly visited by other hitchhikers.
You can also read visit my [http://robokow.net my website] and send me [http://robokow.net/about/ an e-mail]
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