User:Amylin

amylin hitchhiking from Laos to China in May 2007.

Amylin currently resides in İstanbul, Türkiye, where she hitchhikes on a daily basis (mostly motorcycles).

Amylin hand-drew & painted this flyer for the 789 hitchhiking gathering in Odessa, Ukraine.

Hitchhiking Experience

Africa: Morocco;
Asia: China, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand, Turkey;
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
North America: Canada, United States: California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York State, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington;
Oceania: Australia, New Zealand

Inside a truck, hitching the ferry from Algeciras, Spain to Tanger, Morocco, April 2008.

Cross-Section of Distance vs. Time:

2,710 km in 40 hours - Algeciras to Amsterdam
2,600 km in 48 hours - Erlangen to Porto
2,750 km in 50 hours - Istanbul to Amsterdam
1,630 km in 22 hours - Grenoble to Porto (in winter, through heavy rain and snow)
1,560 km in 25 hours - Marijampole to Amsterdam
1,100 km in 16 hours - Amsterdam to Bordeaux
290 km in 3.5 hours - Oslo to Gothenburg
360 km in 4.5 hours - Rabat to Marrakech
220 km in 3 hours - Maastricht to Amsterdam in the morning...
...and the same 220 km in 4.5 hours in the evening of the same day returning Amsterdam to Maastricht in time for dinner.