So I've been doing hitchhiking for quite a few years now and was wondering if any of you by any chance does it on a regular basis. The first time I tried it (on long distances) was 7 years ago on a holiday in France (I was 16 then) and since then I have travelled this way quite a lot, never outside Europe though. If any of you is into this then this is the thread to post any experiences you might want to share.
My best one probably was when I returned from France (near Lyon) home to Poland in just 19 hours. I was returning with my sister then. We made almost 2000km in just 19 hours. Used 4 cars. And arrived almost at our doorstep. That was great.
But the most memorable ride was when I was with a friend some 2 years ago. We were near Brno in Czech and were trying to get to Bratislava. And we actually caught a limo. It was on a petrol station, we have been waiting for some 5 hours, on the road for the past 24 hours, and starting to get desperate when this limo came. It was a driver working for the Chinese embassy in Bratislava and he took us all the way there. It was really my friend who asked him so credit goes to her. Pretty much the only time I rode in a limo.
Anyway, why I'm writing all this... there is this annual hitchhiking competition held in Poland, and every year it is from Gdansk in Poland to a different city in Europe (the idea is to visit and get to know other European cities). I'm participating for the third time this year; that limo incident happened on one of those. Anyway, the idea of the competition is you travel in 2-people teams, you can only use hitchhiking and whoever arrives first wins. Then there is 1 or 2 days during which you can visit the city.
Anyway, today the official announcment came. This year the 10th edition of the competition is from
GDANSK to
SPLIT in Croatia. 28th April to 2nd May. I'm really excited. [img]smile.gif[/img]
So, if by any chance any of you from Europe would like to come and participate just let me know and I'll get you more info. And since I've never hitchhiked in Croatia, if and of the Croatians here have any tips then I'm all ears.