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I was hoping no one would think it was presumptuous to post a picture of myself, but it was the only one I had of a Liftplaats. I also didn't think about the file name, that's just the name my camera gave it. I'll keep that in mind next time. I do have more pictures. I'll look through and see if I can find anything useful.

On another note, I'd like to know what you think about a project I want to work on and maybe get some help. While I was traveling around Europe and Morocco for the last two months, practicing my own style of "budget travel" and talking with other travelers, I had an idea. I only paid for one place to stay for the entire time I was in Europe, and slept in parks and other improv places nearly the entire time. Food was similar, I generally didn't pay for much of it. While doing all this I realized that guide books like Lonely Planet (especially LP!) didn't really have any place in a rucksack like mine, the only useful information it really provided was maps and sometimes a bus route or something. But anyway, me and some other travelers I met thought that it would be really cool if someone made a DIY travel 'zine guide instead of the typical guidebook.

I thought long and hard about the magnitude of such a project, and started taking notes on the sort of information I thought useful that didn't create bloat and take away all the adventure from travel. Needless to say, I didn't get near enough information for a zine because I was too busy traveling to write about traveling. I decided the only practical way to do it would be online open content, like a Wiki. I thought about starting my own, and I still consider it, but it would take ages to build a wealth of knowledge like what already exists here. So, my question is would you be interested in working with me to edit down a "cream of the crop" of this wiki for printing in zine format? I'm thinking 50 sheets, center folded. Standard photocopy zine format. I would want to do it for non-profit of course. Hitchhikers don't have money for guides! If you're interested, I have a little experience with zine pressing and we could mail them out for like $2 a peice or something to help fund this site further and the pressing of the zines. Just let me know. --[[User:Zac Stewart|Zac Stewart]] 23:49, 15 November 2006 (UTC)