User:Toortoth

Tourto is my nickname. Xavier my real name. I was born in Biscarrosse-Plage, a town on the Atlantic coast in Aquitaine Region, France. I speak fluently French, Spanish, English, and basics of German and Malay. I lived and worked bits in France, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, Australia and Malaysia. I hitchhiked in France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Switzerland, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. I travelled in the countries listed above plus Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Andorra, Austria, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Hungaria, Bulgaria and India.

Feel free to ask me any questions.

My plans of travels : October to December 2011 : Malaysia December 2011 to March 2012 : India March 2012 to June 2012 : Iran

Hitchhiking Experience

• Hitchhiked from France to Iran in 2009, through Belgium, Germany, Poland, back to France, then Italy, Balkans, Greece, Turkey.
• Hitchhiked in Australia in 2011 mostly around Western Australia and Northern Territory for several months. I've hitchhiked the Gibb River Road, an outback road running 800km from Broome to Kununarra.
• Other bits in Europe and South-East Asia.

Stats

• I Started hitchhiking in may 2009 aged 27, so far more than 30,000 km
• Longest rides :

- 1,700 km from Derby's turn-off on the Great Northern Highway, Australia to Katherine, Australia in july 2011 (all the way with the same truck driver, but we stopped in a bush camp to rest overnight) - ??km from Dijon, France to Prague, Czech Republic in september 2010 - ??km from Berlin, Germany to Karlsruhe, Germany in July 2009

• Longuest distance in one day :

- 1,500 km from Wroclaw, Poland to Macon, France with a detour by Berlin, Germany in around 30 hours (I didn't sleep at all) in july 2009 - 1,200 km from Broome, Australia to somewhere between Kununarra and Katherine, Australia in around 15 hours, in july 2011 - ??km from Dijon, France to Prague, Czech Republic in september 2010 (with only a 5 km ride plus a 1,000km ride!)

• Fastest trips :

- 4 hours to go ??km from Berlin, Germany to Karlsruhe, Germany in July 2009 - 3 hours to go 500 km from Lyon, France to Paris, France with 3 Romanians who were listening to 120dB techno music, smoking as crazy, windows shut and overheating the car... Happy it was fast!

• Worst waiting time :

- 2 days waiting for a ride in Gascoyne Junction, Australia, trying to go to Mount Augustus, 300 km of dirt road further. I eventually gave up after no car had passed and figured out I wouldn't have enough food to make the return trip (no shops in Gascoyne Junction)! -

Contact

• my travel blog : [www.tourto.fr www.tourto.fr]
• facebook : [www.facebook.com/tourto Tourto]
• Couchsurfing : [www.couchsurfing.org/toortoth Toortoth]
• GlobalFreeLoaders : [www.globalfreeloaders.com/tourto tourto]