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[[Image:Amylin-laos-hh-websiteversion.jpg|700 px|thumb|center|[[User:Amylin|Amylin]] hitchhiking from [[Laos]] to [[China]] in May 2007.]]
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==Random Trivia==
 
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'''amylin''' is working artist, model, certified Thai Massage Therapist, and world-renowned vegan chef from [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], who later moved to [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], and began hitchhiking around [[North America]] (and later, the world) with [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] from there.  She details some of her hitchhiking trips in her [http://amylinicle.livejournal.com blog], as well as through [http://www.flickr.com/photos/amylin/sets/72157594407738263/ letters and drawings]...most of which are addressed to an old friend, Nelson Ferreira, who she had only met for 2 weeks of her life, more than 2 years ago.
 
  
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'''Amylin''' is based in İstanbul, Türkiye, where she is often found hitchhiking everyday (mostly motorcycles).
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[[Image:3722864915 ba9dbf3a1d.jpg|375 px|thumb|right|Amylin hand-drew & painted this flyer for the [[789]] hitchhiking gathering in [[Odessa]], [[Ukraine]].]]
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==Hitchhiking Experience==
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* '''[[Africa]]''': [[Morocco]];
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* '''[[Asia]]''': [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Laos]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]];
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* '''[[Europe]]''': [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Croatia]], [[Denmark]], [[England]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Moldova]], [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Spain]], [[Slovenia]], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]], [[Turkey]], [[Ukraine]]
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* '''[[North America]]''': [[Canada]], '''[[United States]]''': [[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Nevada]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York State]], [[Oregon]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Vermont]], [[Washington]];
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* '''[[Oceania]]''': [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]]
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==Statistics==
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[[File:Espana.jpg|375 px|thumb|hitchhiking from [[Portugal]] to [[Spain]] with Dominic, August 2010.]]
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'''Sample Cross-Section of Distance vs. Time:'''
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* 2,710 km in 40 hours - [[Algeciras]] to [[Amsterdam]]
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* 2,600 km in 48 hours - [[Erlangen]] to [[Porto]]
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* 2,750 km in 50 hours - [[Istanbul]] to [[Amsterdam]]
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* 1,630 km in 22 hours - [[Grenoble]] to [[Porto]] (in winter, through heavy rain and snow)
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* 1,560 km in 25 hours - [[Marijampole]] to [[Amsterdam]]
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* 1,100 km in 16 hours - [[Amsterdam]] to [[Bordeaux]]
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* 290 km in 3.5 hours - [[Oslo]] to [[Gothenburg]]
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* 360 km in 4.5 hours - [[Rabat]] to [[Marrakech]]
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* 220 km in 3 hours - [[Maastricht]] to [[Amsterdam]] in the morning...
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* ...and the same 220 km in 4.5 hours in the evening of the same day returning [[Amsterdam]] to [[Maastricht]] in time for dinner.
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==Links==
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* [http://amyl.in personal site]
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* [http://society6.com/amylin/prints society6]
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* [http://www.artflakes.com/en/shop/amylin artflakes]
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/amylin flickr]
  
  
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She intends to visit every country in the world before she dies, and has been traveling at a more rapid pace, as of late.  amylin is one of the rare breed of girls who is somewhat fearless when it comes to hitchhiking, and doesn't mind traveling long distances on her own, as long as eventually she will have a warm place to sleep.  However, she has traveled extensively with Guaka, who was the first (and only) person to "teach" her how to hitchhike.
 
  
  
  
  
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==News and Updates==
 
  
  
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-  amylin is planning to exhibit the artwork she made while traveling, and is searching for a nice, small independent gallery or museum in Northeast North America.  Please e-mail her if you have any suggestions.
 
  
  
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-  Recently (as of August 2007), amylin was interviewed by Jeff Stark for the series [http://wherehaveyoubeen.wordpress.com Where Have You Been?] about her hitchhiking experiences in Asia, at [http://www.bluestockings.com BlueStockings Radical Bookstore] in [[New York City]].
 
  
  
  
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==Hitchhiking Experience==
 
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[[Europe]]: [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Austria]], [[Germany]], [[England]], [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]]
 
  
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[[North America]]: [[Canada]], [[United States]]: [[New York State]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Vermont]], [[Maine]], [[Oregon]], [[California]], [[Washington]]
 
  
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[[Asia]]: [[Thailand]], [[Laos]], [[China]] (to [[Hong Kong]])
 
  
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[[Oceania]]: [[New Zealand]]: around the South Island, [[Australia]]
 
  
  
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[[Image:amylin_hitching_northern_ca.jpg |right|thumb|150px]]
 
  
  
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Possibly had my longest ride ever, in Europe at least: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=piacenza&daddr=cologne&sll=45.255555,9.662476&sspn=1.840641,5.141602&ie=UTF8&ll=45.009477,9.84581&spn=0.231075,0.6427&z=11&om=1 from Piacenza to Cologne], and the St. Gotthard tunnel was actually closed, so it was probably 1000 km :)
 
  
  
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Latest revision as of 00:03, 15 August 2012

Amylin hitchhiking from Laos to China in May 2007.

Amylin is based in İstanbul, Türkiye, where she is often found hitchhiking everyday (mostly motorcycles).


File:3722864915 ba9dbf3a1d.jpg
Amylin hand-drew & painted this flyer for the 789 hitchhiking gathering in Odessa, Ukraine.



Hitchhiking Experience

Statistics

File:Espana.jpg
hitchhiking from Portugal to Spain with Dominic, August 2010.

Sample Cross-Section of Distance vs. Time:

Links

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