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Early November 2006 Robino finally registered for this wiki. As a start he made some new entries for cities such as [[Valencia]], [[Barcelona]] and [[Granada]]. Currently he plans to update new entries from his last travel from Amsterdam to Istanbul.__NOTOC__
==My experience with hitchhiking==I have hitchhiking experience in the [[United KingdomImage:Robino_hitching.jpg|200px|thumb|right|To a [[Germany|German]], [[Netherlandsrainbow gathering in 2009]], [[Germany]], Image:Granada.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Me hitching from [[FranceValencia]], to [[Czech RepublicGranada]], [[Switzerlandin 2006]], [[Austria]], Image:Robino_Sitarane.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[SloveniaRobino]], & [[CroatiaSitarane]], with their drivers while hitching from [[SerbiaAmsterdam]], to [[BulgariaParis]], for the [[Spain888]] and [[Turkey-event, August 2008]].
I strongly believe ==Philosophy==Hitchhiking for me is above everything a sport (as in a hitchhiker with an active attitude; walking up to drivers mental exercise and talk to them to ask them for a rideendurance). Whether you are waiting at a service stationIt is not about cheap travel but about persistence, creativity, sharing, strategy, restinterpersonal skills and meeting random people -area or simply of whom some never turn out to be so 'random' at a roundabout or traffic lights where cars stopall.
I have a CouchSurfing [http://couchsurfing.com/robino profile]. There is also `[http://robokow.net my website], where you can find a lot more about my travels and experiences.
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==My philosophy on hitchhikingExperience==Hitchhiking for me is above everything Robino has hitchhiking experience in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Ireland]], [[Wales]], [[England]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]], [[Slovenia]], [[Italy]], [[Croatia]], [[Serbia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Spain]], [[Romania]], [[Poland]], [[Ukraine]], [[Turkey]] and [[Portugal]]. The first time hitching was in '98 with a girl from [[Nijmegen]] to [[Amsterdam]]. After four rides they got stuck somewhere in [[Utrecht]] and he took a sporttrain. It is not about cheap traveling but about sharing A year later he hitched around the UK twice and meeting random people - apart from that day he took a wrong car out of whom some [[London]] - he happily never turn out to be so random at allgave up again.
Since February 2009, Robino also started to hitchhike from his home to his office, once or twice a week, and writes about that in Dutch at [[Imagehttp:Granada//liftenwerkt.nl Liften werkt].jpg|right|thumb|234px|Me hitching from Valencia Due to his unfitness to Granada]] I believe also work in ´hitchhiking karma´an commercial office he had to quit this job just 6 weeks later. Most of But ironically, on his final hitch to the time you end up getting those rides which are ment for youoffice, he was offered another job by his driver.
I highly recommend believe also in 'hitchhiking inevitabilities', especially if you surrender to at least speak some hitchhiking sentences the road. If you hitch like this, many times you are ending up getting specifically those rides which - in one way or another - have a significant correlation with your life, experiences or mindset. You can also make rides happen but you should be wise enough to listen very carefully to what the language road is trying to tell you. Things that are out of the country where travelingordinary do happen.
==Non-action==
I used to believe in a hitchhiker with an active attitude; walking up to drivers and talk to them to ask them for a ride. Whether you are waiting at a service station, rest-area or simply at a roundabout or traffic lights where cars stop. One of my favourite approaches is to wave and make them stop and then make the driver understand what I am actually doing: hitching.
But over the last couple of years, I more and more believe in mixing it with taking it easy, lying down in the grass with a sign next to you, reading a book, writing notes, taking a nap, and just waiting for a driver to wake you up, even without putting up your thumb all the time. The "right driver" will recognize and stop for 'that relaxed person'. Try it. I got rides of 1,000 km like this with wonderful connections. Just by doing "nothing".
==Photos==
I have a collection of photos of people hitchhiking. [https://robokow.net/hitchhikers Check it out]!
==Missions==
These were my missions as I wrote them in 2010. None of these has been accomplished yet ;-)
* To hitch the complete [[:Category:E40|E40]], 8500 kilometer long from [[Calais]] to [[Ridder]] in [[Kazakhstan]], and further into [[China]].
* To cross one of the Oceans by [[sailboat|boat hitching]]
* To have a copy of [[Random Roads]] in my hands before [[6810|6-8-10]]
==Personal==
Currently I have no fixed addresslive in Amsterdam. The last place I also lived was for three years in [[SpainBarcelona]], [[Istanbul]], [[BarcelonaHet_Gooi|Huizen]] and [[Newcastle]]. If you're coming to Amsterdam, [https://www.bewelcome.org/bw/member.php?cid=robino Be Welcome]. [http://casarobino.org My house]used to be regularly visited by other hitchhikers (but that's kind of over now). At the moment I am staying in Istanbul where I doing some freelance writing work You can also have a look at my [https://robokow.net personal website] and photographingsend me [https://www.robokow.net/contact an e-mail].
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