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Hi! I'm Iris! MOAH = Mind of a Hitchhiker ([http://www.mindofahitchhiker.com www.mindofahitchhiker.com]) aka Iris Veldwijk, professional solo hitchhiker . I hitchhiked for the first time in September 2012 and have hitchhiked pretty much non-stop since November 2013. I travel writer from the Netherlandson a Dutch passport.

== Hitched Countries ==Here's the list of countries I've hitched hitchhiked (solo) in ==. All country pages I've made edits to are linked.

* Austria* England* Scotland* Wales* Belgium* The Netherlands* France* Spain & the Canary Islands* Portugal* San Marino* Italy* Germany* Denmark* Sweden* Finland* Norway* Poland* Hungary* Romania* Ukraine* Georgia(+ Abkhazia)* Armenia* Turkey(+ Northern Cyprus)* Slovakia* Slovenia* Croatia* [[Albania]]* Serbia* Bosnia and Herzegovina* Bulgaria* [[Greece]] ([[Corfu]])* Montenegro* Moldova(+Transnistria)* [[Malta]]Cyprus* Belarus* Lithuania* LatviaMalta* Switzerland

* Mexico* Belize* Guatemala* [[El Salvador]]* Honduras* Nicaragua* Costa Rica* Panama

=== Middle East South America === * [[Brazil]] mostly [[Brazil#Border_Crossings]]* [[Paraguay]]* [[Bolivia]]* [[Peru]]* [[Chile]]* [[Argentina]] mainly the [[Cordoba (Argentina)|Cordoba]] sections* Uruguay* [[Ecuador]]* [[Colombia]] === Africa === * [[Tunisia]]* Cabo Verde* [[Madagascar]]* Mauritius + Rodrigues

=== Asia ===* Iran* China* Myanmar* Thailand* Malaysia* United Arab Emirates* Kyrgyzstan

=== South America =Trivia ==I have.../I am.../I... * Hitchhiked with three guys named "Chris" consecutively on the same day in Wales, in 2013.* Never hitchhiked with a female truck driver * Highest altitude hitched: 4700 something meters above sea level on the Paso Agua Negra border from Argentina to Chile * Thought both Hummers and Smarts were in unhitchable until hitching a Smart in Tirana, Albania in 2015 with two people already present. 2020 update: still no Hummers in sight.* Often get weed offered directly after stating saying I'm from the Netherlands* Traumatized by hitching in Spain * The superstition that a car will stop seconds after lighting up a cigarette (quit smoking as of April 2016)* Chain smokes occasionally because of that ^ (not anymore)* An avid freecamper* Sometimes pretend to be driving in order to stay awake in the car (try it!)