Speakers that Make the Forest Vibrate
I love moving every day or two to visit new places. The new people, the new sights. The unexpected experiences that you stumble over. Sometimes though, it is nice simply to stop. Just for a
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:25:29+00:00 September 9th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
I love moving every day or two to visit new places. The new people, the new sights. The unexpected experiences that you stumble over. Sometimes though, it is nice simply to stop. Just for a
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:26:28+00:00 August 26th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
On a farm, several kilometres from the nearest shop in rural Lithuania, Hitch Gathering 2012 was organised. Over a hundred people, ranging from Europeans to North Americans and Oceanians had come together, via hitchhiking, to
By Jamie| 2014-03-10T19:13:02+00:00 August 16th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012, Video|
Since I left England, I have slept in a huge variety of places. From truck cabs to orchards, and bridges to the Eiffel Tower, they are all listed on my hitchhiking beds page. Today I am sharing
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:26:08+00:00 August 13th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
Most drivers pick you up for conversation or for an interesting experience to add to their day. Some pick you up just to be helpful, without much desire to talk. Occasionally, although quite rarely, you
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:34:36+00:00 August 10th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
Life feels good. It becomes hard to convey. Good is a weak adjective. Exhilarating, intoxicating, maybe? Rather than failing with words any further, I will continue sharing my journey. After jam and banana sandwiches we
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:34:16+00:00 August 3rd, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
Latvia has a currency that is stronger than the pound. At the time I entered, one pound gave me only 88 little lats. Little lats have a proper name, but I forget it. It is
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:33:26+00:00 July 30th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
So I had heard rumours of lots of drinking in Poland. We (myself and the Irish guy I am hitching with) were picked up by a 'party bus' where I couldn't tell if the people
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:32:26+00:00 July 28th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
Waking up in a tent to hear voices around you, you gingerly open the flap in the hope that you have hidden your tent well enough to be hidden. Thus far, nobody has disturbed me
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:32:20+00:00 July 18th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
What do you do when you meet a man with a gun who asks you what you are doing in the compound he guards the entrance to? A guide to this and many other typical
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:27:37+00:00 July 15th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012, Thoughts and Inspiration|
What do you like to do when (you think) nobody is watching you? For one man in Porofino, he likes to drive his boat about the coastline without wearing any clothes. I took the photos
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:26:34+00:00 July 14th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
What a nice place for a Birthday. On the shores of beautiful Lake Garda, we swam in a warm lake and ate delicious Italian gelato as we walked the harbour. Food was delicious and we
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:36:38+00:00 July 13th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
Snowboarding is one of my favourite sports and standing up on waterskis is easy. Putting two and two together, I figured that wakeboarding wouldn't be a problem. I was wrong. I was incapable of standing
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:36:55+00:00 July 5th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
Hitch hiking around Europe results in some very big ups and downs. It isn't often that you are caught in the middle area of life where things don't really matter. It is amazing. It is
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:37:12+00:00 June 28th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
As dark creeps in around you, the question arises about when to stop for the night. At what point is it no longer worth trying to hitch-hike because sleep becomes more valuable? After an unsuccessful
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:37:34+00:00 June 25th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
I slept under the Eiffel Tower in an awful thunderstorm as my hitchhiking through Europe continued. Then I met up with my new friend (from the evening before) for breakfast. We decided to hitch-hike together
By Jamie| 2014-02-26T03:32:16+00:00 June 19th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
Is it possible to camp under the Eiffel Tower? Almost. According to hitch wiki, the Eiffel Tower is a good place to camp for free in Paris. Having never been to the Eiffel Tower, I
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T19:38:20+00:00 June 17th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
Upon a recommendation, I decided to head to Maastricht as I continued my hitchhiking journey. I had no idea how to spell it, nor even which country it was in when I first got told
By Jamie| 2014-02-26T02:46:45+00:00 June 13th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012, Thoughts and Inspiration|
I love you, she told him. I always will, he replied. Passion. /ˈpaʃ(ə)n/ noun [mass noun] strong and barely controllable emotion. [in singular] an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. Origin: Middle English: from Old French, from late
By Jamie| 2014-02-26T02:48:52+00:00 June 11th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012|
Is it possible to start a hitch hiking journey from a rural village in Norfolk? Yes, I've done it before. This time around, my kind mother drove me out to the main road. It's quite