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{{infobox CountryTourto is my nickname. Xavier my real name.I was born in [[Biscarrosse|country = ChinaBiscarrosse-Plage]], a town on the Atlantic coast in [[Aquitaine]] Region, [[France]].|language = ChineseI speak fluently French, Spanish, English, and basics of German and Malay.|capital = I lived and worked bits in [[France]], [[Mexico]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]], [[Australia]] and [[BeijingMalaysia]].|pop = a lot!I hitchhiked in [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Germany]], [[Poland]], [[Italy]], [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], [[Serbia]], [[Greece]], [[Turkey]], [[Iran]], [[Switzerland]], [[Netherlands]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Australia]], [[Singapore]] and [[Malaysia]].|currency = YenI travelled in the countries listed above plus [[Mexico]], [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], [[Scotland]], [[Andorra]], [[Austria]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], I guess [[Bulgaria]] and [[India]]. Feel free to ask me any questions. My plans of travels :October to December 2011 : MalaysiaDecember 2011 to March 2012 : India|hitch = {{good}} (''good'')March 2012 to June 2012 : Iran}}==headingHitchhiking Experience ==blabla* Hitchhiked from [[France]] to [[Iran]] in 2009, through [[Belgium]], [[Germany]], [[Poland]], back to [[France]], then [[Italy]], Balkans, [[Greece]], [[Turkey]].* Hitchhiked in [[Australia]] in 2011 mostly around [[Western Australia]] and [[Northern Territory]] for several months. I've hitchhiked the [[Gibb River Road]], an outback road running 800km from [[Broome]] to [[Kununarra]].* Other bits in [[Europe]] and South-East [[Asia]]. ===heading 2=Stats ======heading * I Started hitchhiking in may 2009 aged 27, so far more than 30,000 km* Longest rides : - 1,377 km from [[Derby]]'s turn-off on the [[Great Northern Highway]], [[Australia]] to [[Katherine]], [[Australia]] in july 2011 (all the way with the same truck driver, but we stopped in a bush camp to rest overnight)- 1,000 km from [[Dijon]], [[France]] to [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] in september 2010, even making some tourism with my drivers in [[Aldace]]- 670 km from [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] to [[Karlsruhe]], [[Germany]] in July 2009* Longuest distance in one day :- 1,500 km from [[Wroclaw]], [[Poland]] to [[Macon]], [[France]] with a detour by [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] in around 30 hours (I didn't sleep at all) in july 2009- 1,300 km from [[Broome]], [[Australia]] to somewhere between [[Kununarra]] and [[Katherine]], [[Australia]] in around 15 hours, in july 2011- 1,000 km from [[Dijon]], [[France]] to [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] in september 2010 (with only a 5 km ride plus a 995 km ride!)* Fastest trips :- 3====hours and 15 minutes to go 670 km from [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] to [[Karlsruhe]], [[Germany]] in July 2009 (average 205 km/h!!)- 3 hours to go 460 km (average 150 km/h) from [[Lyon]], [[France]] to [User[Paris]], [[France]] with 3 Romanians who were listening to 120dB techno music, smoking as crazy, windows shut and overheating the car... Happy it was fast!* Worst waiting time :Maplefanta- 2 days waiting for a ride in [[Gascoyne Junction]], [[GuakaAustralia]], trying to go to Mount Augustus, 300 km of dirt road further. I eventually gave up after no car had passed and figured out I wouldn't have enough food to make the return trip (no shops in Gascoyne Junction)! == Contact ==* my travel blog : [Userhttp:MrTweek//www.tourto.fr www.tourto.fr]Essai de texte blabla* facebook : [http://www.facebook.com/tourto Tourto]trucmuche* Couchsurfing : [http://www.couchsurfing.org/toortoth Toortoth]a la ligne* GlobalFreeLoaders : [http://www.globalfreeloaders.com/tourto tourto]
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