Events in this story happened on Friday the 9th of August, 2019. We paddled our inflatable kayak from Bratislava to the Čunovo Dam in Slovakia. That’s a distance of 17.3 kilometers. At the Čunovo Dam, there’s a water sports center for whitewater canoeing/kayaking. Little did we know that on that day, there would be a sporting event organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). Our Stay in Bratislava We stayed in Bratislava for one week. Bratislava was our first stop across the historic West-East division of Europe. Finally, we’re in Eastern Europe! As with Austria, this was Jonas’ first time inContinue reading
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Free Chocolate for Hitchhikers! To the Netherlands…
When you’re hitchhiking home and some nice Italian guy gives you a box of chocolates! As you might have heard, I’m not wild about chocolate. I think it can be okay and the Ferrero Rocher stuff is a nice energy boost. So I told the guy to keep his chocolates, but it seems like he had stacks and stacks of boxes and he insisted. Perhaps it was a benign smuggling business, who knows. Funny thing: in Europe, I receive chocolate from drivers all the time. It’s such a pattern across countries. Like, why do car owners buy too much chocolateContinue reading
Chernihiv to Kharkiv via Sumy by Thumb (Ukraine)
These events happened on the 19th and 20th of August, 2021. We were hitchhiking in Ukraine. The first day, we hitchhiked from Chernihiv to Sumy. On the second day, we finished our trip from Sumy to Kharkiv. Contents1 The Plan2 Day 1: Hitchhiking from Chernihiv to Sumy2.1 Departure to the hitchhiking spot2.2 The angry lady2.3 Hitchhiking to Kulykivka (Sasha)2.4 Kulykivka to M02/E101 intersection at Nizhyn (Vladimir)2.5 Intersection to Bilopillya (Sergei + Valery)2.6 Bilopillya to Sumy (Pyotr)2.7 Exploring Sumy (until it rained)3 Day 2: Sumy to Kharkiv3.1 Packing up, again. Uklon to the hitchhiking spot, again3.2 To Kharkiv? No, butContinue reading
Penang National Park and the Meromictic Lake at Pantai Keracut
Events in this story happened on Tuesday the 30th of June 2020. We hiked in Penang National Park to the meromictic lake at Turtle Beach (Pantai Keracut). This is during the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) during the easing of the restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak. You can read my pandemic in Penang diary here. Preparations and Getting the Grab We took three liters of water in my hydration bladder and another 1.5 liters in a bottle in Jonas’ bag. Our lessons from previous hikes in the hills of Penang and on its beaches taught us it’s a good ideaContinue reading
Kayak Trip Day 38: Gönyű to Komárno
Events in this story happened on Wednesday the 14th of August, 2019. We paddled out of Gönyű on the Hungarian side of the Danube to Komárno on the Slovak side. Three Nights in Gönyű Gönyű isn’t exactly the center of the universe. Its biggest claim to fame is that for years it had a right-angled trapezoidal football pitch. Until 2012, when they corrected the shape of the field and wiped out the one thing that might pique anyone’s curiosity. It’s a relatively small town with one supermarket, two and a half food businesses, and two hotels. Besides our own Business HotelContinue reading
Paddling Gear
From May till September 2019, Jonas and I paddled half the Danube river from Donaueschingen in Germany to Mohács in Hungary. Our experiences self-organizing this trip taught us many things, including what’s necessary and what isn’t. Here’s a complete list of paddling gear we used on the trip in case you’d like to go on a similar adventure! Just hover over an image if you’re on a computer and tap and hold an image on your phone to see the item. If you prefer to just see a long list, click here to go to the packing checklist. If you’reContinue reading
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Check out my Facebook page for some real hitchhiking adventures :) Kudos to the awesome people who made the sounds for the game: "The Curtain Rises" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - License "Odyssey" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - License "Car Horns" freesound.org user 2hear - License "Car door slam" freesound.org user mlteenie - License "intro brass / won" freesound.org user klankbeeld - License "short swing / guitar" freesound.org user ValentinSosnitskiy - License "snoring" freesound.org user Daxter31 - License "morotbike beep" freesound.org user Kibben - License Read more >
The Hitchhiking Bucket List: #4 A Truck full of Hay
When hitchhiking through Armenia in summer you would regularly spot these trucks overloaded with hay. Oftentimes, the boys who had put the hay on the truck would ride on top of it for a while before being dropped off wherever they needed to be. They looked comfy as hell, especially because it was a poofy mess and not an organized machine-made hay bale. Connoisseurs will understand the appeal of an artisanal haystack. Even though I tried to thumb ‘em down every time I saw them, they never stopped. But I’m willing to lower my standards and go for a machine-madeContinue reading
Guest Posts
Hey fellow blogger! Yes, I accept guest posts on my website[note]Domain Authority (DA) 34, as of the 8th of May, 2020.[/note]. Please read the following paragraphs to see if we're a match! If you want to share your own hitchhiking story on my site and don't have your own blog, check out the Strangers page. What Kind of Guest Post Topics Do You Accept? Since this blog is mostly about adventurous travel, I'm mostly looking for stories about your lived experience while on the road. As long as it's a self-organized trip. You may take a very detailed moment of your trip (a conversation, a single day of your journey), or take the big view and write about an entire itinerary. Here's a (non-exhaustive) list of topics I'd love to welcome: Hitchhiking journeys Kayaking trips Long-distance/day hikes Long-distance cycling trips (e.g. the Danube Cycleway) Sailing/crewing a boat Journeys by donkey/horse Overlanding Freecamping/wildcamping Housesitting Accessibility travel Stargazing/amateur astronomy/visiting observatories/solar eclipses Travel/nature photography Cultural… Read more >