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== About me ==
 
== About me ==
  
I'm born in [[Quebec city]] ([[Canada]]) and lived in a rural county ([[Portneuf]]) in the moutainous outskirt of Quebec city all my childhood, basically starting to hitch when I was missing the yellow bus to school at about 13yo. Hitching in your localities where everyone knew everyone was most likely easy.
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I studied in [[Sherbrooke]] by the [[Vermont]] State Border, before crossing the pond to live in [[Belgium]] ([[Leuven]] and [[Brussels]]) for a few years to complete my studies and currently living in [[England]] ([[Poole]] / Dorset) where I hitched already a couple of time to [[London]] or back to the continent. Worked in [[Ethiopia]] in Cooperation for a few months and here I am back in North America
  
I studied in [[Sherbrooke]] by the [[Vermont]] State Border, before crossing the pond to live in [[Belgium]] ([[Leuven]] and [[Brussels]]) for a few years to complete my studies and currently living in [[England]] ([[Poole]] / Dorset) where I hitched already a couple of time to [[London]] or back to the continent.
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== Hitch-hiking experience ==
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'''Americas'''
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* [[Canada]] (''[[Quebec city]]'' and ''[[Portneuf]]'' local hitching);
  
[http://www.bewelcome.org BW] (maplefanta)
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'''Europe'''
[http://www.hospitalityclub.org HC] (maplefanta)
 
[http://www.couchsurfing.com/maplefanta CS]
 
  
== Hitch-hiking experience ==
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[[Belgium]]; [[Netherlands]]; [[Germany]]; [[Denmark]]; [[Sweden]]; [[Norway]] (''Finnmark'');
[[Canada]] (''[[Quebec]]''); [[Belgium]]; [[Netherlands]]; [[Germany]]; [[Denmark]]; [[Sweden]]; [[Norway]] (''Finnmark'');
 
 
[[Finland]] (including ''[[Lapland]]''); [[Estonia]]; [[Latvia]]; [[Lithuania]]; [[Poland]]; [[Czech Republic]]; [[France]]; [[Switzerland]]; [[United Kingdom]] (''[[England]]'')
 
[[Finland]] (including ''[[Lapland]]''); [[Estonia]]; [[Latvia]]; [[Lithuania]]; [[Poland]]; [[Czech Republic]]; [[France]]; [[Switzerland]]; [[United Kingdom]] (''[[England]]'')
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[[Montenegro]]; [[Kosovo]]; [[Serbia]]; [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]; [[Macedonia]]; [[Albania]]
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'''Africa'''
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[[Ethiopia]]; [[Djibouti]]
  
 
Shittiest experience:
 
Shittiest experience:
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* Hitching from [[Ulm]] (Germany) to [[Barcelona]] (Spain) with a companion and having the chance to use all our different language skills to catch different rides (German - French - English - Dutch - Estonian - Spanish)
 
* Hitching from [[Ulm]] (Germany) to [[Barcelona]] (Spain) with a companion and having the chance to use all our different language skills to catch different rides (German - French - English - Dutch - Estonian - Spanish)
 
* Just walking along the road and having someone stop to pick me up simply because of my Canadian flag on my backpack
 
* Just walking along the road and having someone stop to pick me up simply because of my Canadian flag on my backpack
* Being invited for dinner and accomodation several times in [[France]]
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* Being invited for dinner and accommodation several times in [[France]]
 
* Hitching to work in [[England]]
 
* Hitching to work in [[England]]
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* Nice time in [[Djibouti]]
  
 
== Contribution ==
 
== Contribution ==
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**Other provinces highways sketch
 
**Other provinces highways sketch
 
**Quebec Regions!!
 
**Quebec Regions!!
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**Interstates Highway
  
 
== Network ==  
 
== Network ==  
I'm quite happy to notice that I know personnally many of the fellow hitchwiki members, this includes:
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I'm quite happy to notice that I know personally many of the fellow hitchwiki members, this includes:
 
* [[User:Dante|Dante]]
 
* [[User:Dante|Dante]]
 
* [[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]]
 
* [[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]]
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* [[User:Meenzer|Meenzer]]
 
* [[User:Meenzer|Meenzer]]
 
* [[User:Fabzgy|Fabzgy]]
 
* [[User:Fabzgy|Fabzgy]]
 
And at a certain point, have been in contact with:
 
* [[User:Tiziano|Tiziano]]
 
* [[User:Tmoon|Tmoon]]
 
* [[User:Mdsmendes|Mdsmendes]]
 
* [[User:Dangaroo|Dangaroo]]
 
* [[User:Pietshah|Pietshah]]
 
  
  
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*[[United Kingdom]]
 
*[[United Kingdom]]
 
*[[England]]
 
*[[England]]
*[[Europe]]
 
 
*[[Belgium]]
 
*[[Belgium]]
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*[[Djibouti]]
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*[[Kansas]]
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[[Category:Hitchhikers]]
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[[Category:Hitchhikers in Canada]]

Latest revision as of 15:47, 23 October 2011

About me

I studied in Sherbrooke by the Vermont State Border, before crossing the pond to live in Belgium (Leuven and Brussels) for a few years to complete my studies and currently living in England (Poole / Dorset) where I hitched already a couple of time to London or back to the continent. Worked in Ethiopia in Cooperation for a few months and here I am back in North America

Hitch-hiking experience

Americas

Europe

Belgium; Netherlands; Germany; Denmark; Sweden; Norway (Finnmark); Finland (including Lapland); Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Poland; Czech Republic; France; Switzerland; United Kingdom (England) Montenegro; Kosovo; Serbia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Macedonia; Albania

Africa

Ethiopia; Djibouti

Shittiest experience:

  • Being stuck in a desert between Finnmark and Lappland, freezing and having a flu
  • Taking three days to do Vilnius -> Berlin
  • All the blonde swedish head that just look at you for 2x 6 hours standing by the road

Greatest experience:

  • London -> Brussels within 5h
  • Brussels -> Nordkapp -> Helsinki -> Brussels
  • A ride from Copenhaguen to Paris
  • Hitching from Ulm (Germany) to Barcelona (Spain) with a companion and having the chance to use all our different language skills to catch different rides (German - French - English - Dutch - Estonian - Spanish)
  • Just walking along the road and having someone stop to pick me up simply because of my Canadian flag on my backpack
  • Being invited for dinner and accommodation several times in France
  • Hitching to work in England
  • Nice time in Djibouti

Contribution

  • Will try to add some more information about Canada, but as well about different place I have a good remembrance of in Europe.

My To-Do List

Network

I'm quite happy to notice that I know personally many of the fellow hitchwiki members, this includes:


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