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== About Me ==
[[Image:Carl_Nai_Maroc.jpg |thumb|right|300px|Myself and my hitch partner Naomi leaving [[Cardiff]] for [[Morocco]]]]Hi! I'm Carl, I'm a student currently living in [[Cardiff]], and studying Politics and French. I love to travel, and have hitched mainly in [[France]], but also between [[Cardiff]] and [[Morocco]], for a charity called [http://www.lcd.org.uk Link Community Development], which took five days and was a lot of fun. My first hitch was from [[Bordeaux]] (where I lived) to [[Barcelona]], and although I thought it was a crazy idea at first, I was soon hooked. In September 2007 I plan to hitch from [[London]] around [[France]], before flying home from [[Bordeaux]] (I can't resist cheap flights, and have to be home on the 25th).
'''Bordeaux - Barcelona and back (May 2006):''' Six of us holidayed in Barcelona, sleeping on the beach at Barceloneta. Highlights included a free night in a 4* hotel on the way there, drunk swimming in the sea at 5am, and watching the sun rise with my friends while not sleeping on beach.
'''Bordeaux - Carcassone and back (June 2006):''' To visit family in Les CorbièresCorbières.
'''Cardiff - Morocco (April 2007):''' A charity jaunt to Morocco. A full account can be found [http://thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=376201 here].
'''Quickest pick-up:''' In Luxembourg we stopped at a motorway services on the E25 towards Metz, used the toilets, approached a trucker leaving the restaurant, who offered to run us to Spain. We were in the building less than five minutes.
'''Longest pick-up''' Spent the entire day on the roadside north of Barcelona trying to get back to France. The traffic was too fast and wouldn't stop. I got bad sunburn, and when we got a lift back to Barcelona we slept the night in the park next to Sants station, where my bag was stolen. Fortunately I found it on the edge of the park, with everything present except a bottle of gin and 5€ 5⬠from one of the pockets. Useful tip: keep your wallet and passport in your sleeping bag when sleeping rough. Eventually we took the train to Perpignan and hitched from there.
