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[[Image<div style="text-align:Hitchhiking_to_Italy_in_Switzerland_06-2010.jpg|460px|right|Hitchhiking to [[Italy]] in [[Switzerland]] as a part of German hitchhiking race 2010.]]center;">Hallo<h3>Hey all! My name is Mikael Korpela (or nick ''simison''). 5th ape and a little tryhard wannabe vagabond. Usually thinking very positive. I'm also a graphic designer and web-developer. I'm one of the admins</actives behind this Wiki, I wrote most of the [[:fi:|finnish edition]] and did also [[:Hitchwiki:Maps|Maps]].h3>

I'm originally from [[Finland]], but I've been living in different countries, in far away lands and around EuropeFile:Mikael-korpela-corfu-greece. Currently I consider [[Vilniusjpg|300px]], [[Lithuania]] as my base.

I'm sometimes very active with my slightly activist-type of hobbies, but I do enjoy being lazyYou can read more about me from [http://www. People say that I'm a rather easygoing fellamikaelkorpela.fi mikaelkorpela.fi].

'''See you!'''</div> ==TravelingHitchhiking==I've traveled & hitchhiked a ''lot'' in Been hitching since 2006.[[Finland]] and in , [[LithuaniaEstonia]]. Also quite some km's in , [[EstoniaLithuania]], [[Latvia]], [[Poland]], [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Slovakia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], [[Moldova]], [[Ukraine]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]], [[Serbia]], [[Spain]], [[MalaysiaTurkey]], [[Portugal]], [[Montenegro]], [[Albania]], [[Macedonia]], [[Croatia]], [[Kosovo]], [[Cyprus]], [[LaosGreece]] , [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[ThailandMalaysia]], [[Laos]]. Only travelled but not HH'ed: , [[AustriaThailand]], [[Sweden]], [[Indonesia]], [[Singapore]], [[USA]], [[Mexico]] and [[Japan]]. What is living somewhere more than just another stop between travels? I did rent a flat at quite a few countries however: [[Finland]], [[Lithuania]], [[Spain]], [[Malaysia]], [[Turkey]], [[Portugal]], [[USA]]. Been to [[Hitchgathering]]s in Ukraine 2009, Lithuania 2012, Slovakia 2013, Albania 2014 and France 2015. See [http://www.mikaelkorpela.fi www.mikaelkorpela.fi] for more and [http://www.wanderlust.lt/ photos].

Anything you want to know about Finland or Balticshitchhiking, maybe you are coming to hichhike here? [http://www.wanderlustmikaelkorpela.lt/contactfi/ Contact me!] I can do also do [http://www.mikaelkorpela.fi/media/ media contacts/and interviews]. If not myself, I can direct your requests to lots of people from different countries. [http://www.facebook.com/mikael.korpela Facebook], [http://www.bewelcome.org/members/mikael BeWelcome], [http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/simison/ CouchSurfing] or [http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikaelkorpela LinkedIn] — don't hesitate to connect if we've met!

I can speak good English and funny FinnishProfiles: [https://www.trustroots.org/profile/mikael Trustroots], [http://www.facebook.com/mikael. Oh! And I might korpela Facebook], [http://wikitravelwww.bewelcome.org/enmembers/Finland#Respect act like a Finnmikael BeWelcome], [http://www. Icouchsurfing.org/people/simison/ CouchSurfing] — don'm working on that bit... ;-)t hesitate to connect if we've met!

* I'm one of the [http[::Category://www.wanderlust.lt/ Wanderlust travelogueTech team|dudes]] {{en}}* working on this wiki (as well on [httphttps://www.ihminentrustroots.org/portfolio/ Portfolio & CVTrustroots], [[:nomad:|Nomadwiki]] {{fi}} {{en}}* and [[http://wwwtrash:|Trashwiki]]).ihminen.org My homepages & a blog] {{fi}}

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