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Theo is a hitchhiker from [[Sweden]] who's often to be found on the roads in [[Turkey]].
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[[Image:Namibia road.jpg|600 px|thumb|center|Celebrating Christmas Eve in Namibia]]
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Just a decently respectable bum currently residing in [[Melbourne]] while planning a trip to [[Papua New Guinea]] :)
  
 
== Hitchhiking ==
 
== Hitchhiking ==
  
[[Theo]] hitchhiked in the following countries:
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[[Europe]] --> [[Bosnia]],[[Slovenia]], [[Poland]]*, [[Hungary]], [[Macedonia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Monaco]]*, [[Serbia]]*, [[Slovakia]], [[Kosovo]], [[Holland]]*, [[Belgium]]*, [[Luxembourg]]*, [[Greece]], [[Albania]], [[Austria]]*, [[Czech Republic]], , [[Switzerland]], [[Sweden]] [[Norway]], [[Italy]], [[Croatia]], [[Romania]], [[Denmark]]  [[Spain]], [[Germany]], [[Andorra]], [[Bulgaria]], [[France]], and [[Belgium]]*.
  
[[Bosnia]],[[Slovenia]], [[Poland]]*, [[Hungary]], [[Macedonia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Monaco]]*, [[Serbia]]*, [[Slovakia]], [[Kosovo]], [[Holland]]*, [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]]*, [[Greece]], [[Albania]], [[Austria]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Iraq]], [[Switzerland]], [[Norway]], [[Italy]], [[Croatia]], [[Romania]], [[Senegal]], [[Denmark]]  [[Spain]], [[Germany]], [[Andorra]], [[Bulgaria]], [[France]], [[Georgia]], [[Morocco]], [[Belgium]]* and [[Turkey]].
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[[Asia]] (25 000-ish kilometers) --> [[Iraq]]i Kurdistan, [[Georgia]] ,[[Turkey]] and [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Indonesia]], , [[Malaysia]]
  
* = hitchhiked through but never in the country
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[[Africa]] (10 365 kilometers) --> [[Morocco]], [[Namibia]], [[Senegal]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Mozambique]] and [[South Africa]]
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[[Oceania]] (25000-ish kilometers) --> [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea]],
  
 
== Statistics ==
 
== Statistics ==
  
 
Longest ride:
 
Longest ride:
From [[Barcelona]] to 10 minutes from my parents doorstep in [[Göteborg]], [[Sweden]] with a somewhat strange truckdriver. 2344 kilometers, 92 hours.
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Europe: From [[Barcelona]] to 10 minutes from my parents doorstep in [[Göteborg]], [[Sweden]] with a somewhat strange truckdriver. 2344 kilometers, 92 hours.
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Fastest ride:
 
Fastest ride:
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Slowest ride:
 
Slowest ride:
25 km in about 7 hours on a small, untrafficked (we didnt see a single other human being), [[Georgia]]n mountain road. We did come across a abondoned Soviet war-poison factory with all the poison having been left to decompose in a very un-organic way.  
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25 km in about 7 hours on a small, untrafficked (we didnt see a single other human being), [[Georgia]]n mountain road although we did come across a abondoned Soviet war-poison factory with all the poison having been left to decompose in a very un-organic way.  
  
 
Longest waiting time:
 
Longest waiting time:
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Funniest ride:
 
Funniest ride:
Crazy georgian truckdriver on another small georgian mountain road going to [[Mestia]].
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Crazy georgian truckdriver on another small georgian mountain road going to [[Mestia]] in the middle of the night.
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Longest ride offer:
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4127 kilometers from [[Namibia]] down to [[Cape Town]] then up to [[Livingstone]] in [[Zambia]]  through [[Durban]]. Who said you only get short rides in [[Africa]] ;D.
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Most hitchhiked country - [[Turkey]]. 128 days and something like 20000 kilometers (in need of a update haha)
  
Most hitchhiked country - [[Turkey]]. 91 days and something like 20000 kilometers
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Total distance: Somewhere in between 80 000 and 120 000 kilometers.
  
 
== Contact ==
 
== Contact ==
  
Try [[Target page#http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/asurfingviking/|couchsurfing]]
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Try [http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/hitchiebitchie/ couchsurfing]

Latest revision as of 14:35, 5 August 2014

File:Namibia road.jpg
Celebrating Christmas Eve in Namibia

Just a decently respectable bum currently residing in Melbourne while planning a trip to Papua New Guinea :)

Hitchhiking

Europe --> Bosnia,Slovenia, Poland*, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Monaco*, Serbia*, Slovakia, Kosovo, Holland*, Belgium*, Luxembourg*, Greece, Albania, Austria*, Czech Republic, , Switzerland, Sweden Norway, Italy, Croatia, Romania, Denmark Spain, Germany, Andorra, Bulgaria, France, and Belgium*.

Asia (25 000-ish kilometers) --> Iraqi Kurdistan, Georgia ,Turkey and United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, , Malaysia

Africa (10 365 kilometers) --> Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa

Oceania (25000-ish kilometers) --> Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea,

Statistics

Longest ride: Europe: From Barcelona to 10 minutes from my parents doorstep in Göteborg, Sweden with a somewhat strange truckdriver. 2344 kilometers, 92 hours.


Fastest ride: 1482 km in 7 hours. Messina - Chamonix.

Slowest ride: 25 km in about 7 hours on a small, untrafficked (we didnt see a single other human being), Georgian mountain road although we did come across a abondoned Soviet war-poison factory with all the poison having been left to decompose in a very un-organic way.

Longest waiting time: 24 hours of actively hitchhiking (time spent eating tapas and sleeping 2 nights are not counted ^^). On a petrol station north of Malaga.

Funniest ride: Crazy georgian truckdriver on another small georgian mountain road going to Mestia in the middle of the night.

Longest ride offer: 4127 kilometers from Namibia down to Cape Town then up to Livingstone in Zambia through Durban. Who said you only get short rides in Africa ;D.

Most hitchhiked country - Turkey. 128 days and something like 20000 kilometers (in need of a update haha)

Total distance: Somewhere in between 80 000 and 120 000 kilometers.

Contact

Try couchsurfing