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But is this really the case? ''Through hitching I have come to accept my faults, ignore those of others and realise that there is a whole lot more compassion, mercy, love and humanity out there than we are led to believe,'' a South African hitchhiker, Tam, sums up. ''I have become more patient and talkative than I expected. I have realized that most people are willing to help each other despite what is said in the news. People are just afraid of what they don't know,'' says Anaïs from France.
Each year, new generations a generation of hitchhikers emergeemerges. And now they are equipped with modern day technology! People can plan and prepare their trips with knowledge-bases such as [http://hitchwiki.org Hitchwiki.org] and [http://digihitch.com Digihitch.com]. Accommodation can be found through online platforms like [http://couchsurfing.org CouchSurfing], [http://hospitalityclub.org Hospitality Club] and [http://bewelcome.org BeWelcome]. Internet has enabled organized action between hitchhikers around the world. One example of this new open collaboration is the European Hitchgathering that started as, and still is, a grass-roots initiative to ensure that hitchhiking culture prevails and develops.
''It is a family where you can share 'the essence' of travelling,'' says Max who is coming to the Hitchgathering all the way from New Zealand.