Amylin

amylin hitchhiking from Laos to China in May 2007.

Hitchhiking Experience

Africa: Morocco;
Asia: China, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand;
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland
North America: Canada, United States: California, Connecticut, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York State, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington;
Oceania: Australia, New Zealand

Inside a truck, hitching the ferry from Algeciras, Spain to Tanger, Morocco, April 2008.

Cross-Section of Distance vs. Time:

2,710 km in 40 hours - Algeciras to Amsterdam
2,600 km in 48 hours - Erlangen to Porto
1,630 km in 22 hours - Grenoble to Porto (in winter, through heavy rain and snow)
1,560 km in 25 hours - Marijampole to Amsterdam
1,100 km in 16 hours - Amsterdam to Bordeaux
290 km in 3.5 hours - Oslo to Gothenburg
360 km in 4.5 hours - Rabat to Marrakech
220 km in 3 hours - Maastricht to Amsterdam in the morning...
...and the same 220 km in 4.5 hours in the evening of the same day returning Amsterdam to Maastricht in time for dinner.