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| − | Podz is a Hitchhiker! | + | Podz is a Hitchhiker who lives in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, a small village near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. After graduating from the Dutch High School, I decided to take a gap year and started travelling/hitchhiking. |
| + | In these six months, I hitchhiked around 8.600 km, from Amsterdam to Istanbul, through Turkey and Iran and via Armenia and Georgia across the Black sea to Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, to end my trip in Hamburg. It was the best experience of my life. | ||
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| + | Stats: | ||
| + | Amsterdam - Berlin ~ 670 km | ||
| + | Berlin - Dresden ~ 195 km | ||
| + | Dresden - Prague ~ 152 km | ||
| + | Prague - Bratislava (and getting stuck near Brno) ~ 330 km | ||
| + | Târgu Mures - Bucharest ~ 338 km | ||
| + | Istanbul - Canakkale ~ 503 km | ||
| + | Iran desert Trip (Yazd - Chupanan - Khur - Mesr - Tabas - Kerman) ~ 1.260 km | ||
| + | Yazd - Bandar Abbas ~ 685 km | ||
| + | Armenian/ Iran border - Yerevan ~ 370 km | ||
| + | Yerevan - Gyumri ~ 125 km | ||
| + | Tblisi - Batumi ~ 370 km | ||
| + | Odessa - Kiev ~ 475 km | ||
| + | Kiev - Gomel ~ 265 km | ||
| + | Magilyow - Minsk ~ 200 km | ||
| + | Minsk - Vilnius ~ 190 km | ||
| + | Vilnius - Riga ~ 291 km | ||
| + | Riga - Tallinn ~ 310 km | ||
| + | Helsinki - Tampere ~ 179 km | ||
| + | Tampere - Vaasa ~ 240 km | ||
| + | Umeå - Uppsala ~ 570 km | ||
| + | Stockholm - Copenhagen ~ 659 km | ||
| + | Copenhagen - Hamburg ~ 473 km | ||
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| + | Shortest ride: 3 km, from the ferry port to the town of Holmsund (Sweden) | ||
| + | Longest ride (km): 612 km, Stockholm - Malmo | ||
| + | Longest ride (time): around 10 hours, Armenian/Iran border to Yerevan. Although only around 350 km, the road was in a very bad condition, the truck didn't have good tires, it was snowing and very mountainous. But the driver was incredibly nice! | ||
| + | Warmest hitchhiking day: Yazd - Bandar Abbas (probably around 25 degrees) | ||
| + | Coldest hitchhiking day: Minsk - Vilnius, around -25 degrees in a snow storm | ||
| + | Easiest country to hitchhike in: Armenia | ||
| + | Hardest country to hitchhike in: Sweden (I had to give up HH in Uppsala and take the train) | ||
| + | Awesomest ride 1: German guy who let us stay in his house for the night near Braunschweig! | ||
| + | Awesomest ride 2: Guy who organises Positivus Festival (biggest festival in the Baltic countries) and showed me around the festival terrain! | ||
| + | Awesomest ride 3: Belarussian guy who waited with me in the snowstorm and insisted he wouldn't leave until I got a direct ride to the border with Lithuania! | ||
| + | Of course I am grateful for everyone who took the time to help me out while I was standing next to the road. | ||
Revision as of 20:14, 28 March 2012
Podz is a Hitchhiker who lives in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, a small village near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. After graduating from the Dutch High School, I decided to take a gap year and started travelling/hitchhiking. In these six months, I hitchhiked around 8.600 km, from Amsterdam to Istanbul, through Turkey and Iran and via Armenia and Georgia across the Black sea to Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, to end my trip in Hamburg. It was the best experience of my life.
Stats: Amsterdam - Berlin ~ 670 km Berlin - Dresden ~ 195 km Dresden - Prague ~ 152 km Prague - Bratislava (and getting stuck near Brno) ~ 330 km Târgu Mures - Bucharest ~ 338 km Istanbul - Canakkale ~ 503 km Iran desert Trip (Yazd - Chupanan - Khur - Mesr - Tabas - Kerman) ~ 1.260 km Yazd - Bandar Abbas ~ 685 km Armenian/ Iran border - Yerevan ~ 370 km Yerevan - Gyumri ~ 125 km Tblisi - Batumi ~ 370 km Odessa - Kiev ~ 475 km Kiev - Gomel ~ 265 km Magilyow - Minsk ~ 200 km Minsk - Vilnius ~ 190 km Vilnius - Riga ~ 291 km Riga - Tallinn ~ 310 km Helsinki - Tampere ~ 179 km Tampere - Vaasa ~ 240 km Umeå - Uppsala ~ 570 km Stockholm - Copenhagen ~ 659 km Copenhagen - Hamburg ~ 473 km
Shortest ride: 3 km, from the ferry port to the town of Holmsund (Sweden) Longest ride (km): 612 km, Stockholm - Malmo Longest ride (time): around 10 hours, Armenian/Iran border to Yerevan. Although only around 350 km, the road was in a very bad condition, the truck didn't have good tires, it was snowing and very mountainous. But the driver was incredibly nice! Warmest hitchhiking day: Yazd - Bandar Abbas (probably around 25 degrees) Coldest hitchhiking day: Minsk - Vilnius, around -25 degrees in a snow storm Easiest country to hitchhike in: Armenia Hardest country to hitchhike in: Sweden (I had to give up HH in Uppsala and take the train) Awesomest ride 1: German guy who let us stay in his house for the night near Braunschweig! Awesomest ride 2: Guy who organises Positivus Festival (biggest festival in the Baltic countries) and showed me around the festival terrain! Awesomest ride 3: Belarussian guy who waited with me in the snowstorm and insisted he wouldn't leave until I got a direct ride to the border with Lithuania! Of course I am grateful for everyone who took the time to help me out while I was standing next to the road.
