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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 and travel writer from . I hitchhiked for the Netherlands. Started hitchhiking first time in September 2012, and have hitchhiked pretty much non-stop since November 2013. I travel on a Dutch passport.
== Hitched Countries ==
Here's the list of countries I've hitchhiked (solo) in. All country pages I've made edits to are linked.
=== Europe ===
* Romania
* Ukraine
* Georgia (+Abkhazia)
* Armenia
* Turkey(+ Northern Cyprus)
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Croatia
* [[Albania]]
* Serbia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* [[Greece]] ([[Corfu]])
* Montenegro
* Moldova(+Transnistria)* Cyprus[[Malta]]* Belarus* Lithuania* Latvia* MaltaSwitzerland
=== Central America ===
* Belize
* Guatemala
* [[El Salvador]]
* Honduras
* Nicaragua
* 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!)