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Next is buying a backpack! I was hitchhiking with a suitcase and that doesn't work. It was even broken a bit, so I had to carry it along the highway and also in Paris when I got lost hitching out. So I am not hitchhiking anywhere until I have a good bag! Then, maybe hitchhiking across Australia or somewhere and meeting people along the way.
'''Going back home from Paris, you hitched by yourself . Were you afraid?''' <br />
Yes, very much. I kept pushing my departure back for very long, to see if there was anyone who wanted to join me. But nobody did, so I had to go by myself. I was afraid in Paris itself, but once I was on the highway I was fine.
With a big smile but I am also picky. I was looking for families, couples and women to hitchhike with. I think you have to be, it is one thing to hitchhike and trust people, but another to ... you know, I am a woman and also from South-Africa, where bad things happen relatively often. So what could happen to me is much more on the forefront of my mind. So I am definitely more picky. I actually ended up waiting at one petrol-station for some hours more as I could have, as I let a lot of cars go without talking to the drivers.
My last ride was going to [[LiegeLiège]], which is about 20 kilometers away from my destination, [[Maastricht]]. But the final petrol-station, where we arrived at 12 at midnight, was closed. So I thought, I want to get home, but I don't want to spend the night here as a woman alone in the middle of the night with nobody there. So they dropped me at the train station, where I spend the night. That was really cold. That is by the way the next thing I really have to buy: a sleeping bag!
