#3.Tarifa’s Digital Nomad Scene This is part of a series on the epic experiences I’ve had of 2015. Part 1 is about Albania and Part 2 about hitchhiking an airplane over Malta. I wasn’t even planning to make a stop here until I knew this place is also the Southernmost Point of Europe on Land, Read more >
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Canary Islands, beware of the Hitchhiker
Just five days until I hit up Las Palmas! I can’t wait to wear summer clothes again and walk in flip flops or barefoot. Wow, I’ll miss the beautiful autumn colors here in my hometown though! Such wow… I hitchhiked here again today to see more family and friends and to start the packing process, Read more >
Going home and leaving soon to Brazil!
Visiting family and going to the beach with friends is a rare opportunity nowadays. Sharing a bottle of wine together and watching the amazing sunsets is not so rare. OK, I can’t hold it any longer, so I’m just gonna tell you that in a week I’m going to the Canary Islands and then I’m Read more >
Hitchhiking Gibraltar
I’m back in the UK! Last night I found a last minute couchsurfing host in the border town of LaLinea and he was so kind to drop me at the border today, so I can go hitchhiking Gibraltar and explore the monkey rock. The guy who took this photo is a born and raised Gibraltarian Read more >
Yurt-surfing
What began as a spontaneous one-night surf, turned into a three day adventure with my new friend from Hungary! Turns out she lives at this awesome place hidden in the woods with alternative housing, such as yurts, caravans and “outdoor furniture” (Spanish law is strange). As it’s really windy everywhere, we decided to sleep in Read more >
Hitching the scenic route
On the move again! I just left #Málaga to take the scenic route towards #Granada, though I might go to Ronda or #Gibraltar directly to catch some speed again on my way to #Portugal. I’ve no idea where I’m going, but it’s fun to pointlessly #hitchhike in some direction just because of a nice mountain Read more >
The Evolution of Packing
I wasn’t always a backpacking traveler. Being from a tiny affluent country in Europe, it’s pretty normal to go on holidays abroad (privilege!) and I personally don’t know any of my fellow same-passport holders who hasn’t been abroad. Travel has been a part of my life since birth. Normally, we’d travel by car, giving us plenty of room to bring Stuff™ and sometimes we’d go by airplane. Only for the latter we’d have to really think about what to pack as there’s limits to how much Stuff you can bring. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, July 2011. I’m flying to Argentina for five weeks to learn Spanish. My premature birthday present: a huge, lime-green suitcase for checked-in luggage. The weight limit is 23kg and that’s what I’ve loaded into it. Dresses, shoes – yes, even make-up – goes in there. I have to sit on it to close it. I drag the dead weight on the scales for luggage drop-off. Weighing the suitcase at the airport brings the total weight a little under the maximum. Success! Or not…… Read more >
A Little Tibet in Spain
The mountain view from the Buddhist centre! Yes, this is still Spain! We got our blessing at the main hall with the Buddha statue by crawling underneath it. I know very little about Buddhism, but it was a nice introduction by the international crowd of the retreat there. (at Karma Kagyue Diamond Way Buddhist Retreat Read more >
The Sierra Nevada from the Road
Dramatic skies, flawless tarmac and mountains everywhere: the Sierra Nevada in Spain! Just some shit-stains on the window, still it’s a pretty good photo taken through the windshield! This day I finished my speed hitchhiking trip towards Malaga in the south of Spain. It was a pretty rough trip of continuous hitchhiking for four days, because Spain Read more >
#Inspirational
“Not all those who wander were told to “Get Lost” ~ Iris the Hitchhiker I’m really on a creative roll for the whole “#inspirationalquotes” kind of thing after finding peace, love and tranquillity in the south of #Spain 🙂 first of all you should know that I find a lot of “inspirational quotes” very uninspiring, Read more >
They told me I could be Anything
I think it’s time to hop on the bandwagon of #inspirationalquotes and pictures to expand the blog and do silly shit to go #viral on the Internet, so here’s my first attempt! 😉 I took this photo when I was #hitchhiking in #Iran to the great city of #Shiraz. No thumb, because anyone who’s read Read more >
Hitch-bucketlist: Millau Viaduct
A couple of days ago I was still in France completing one of my “Hitch Bucketlist Masterpieces of Human Engineering”: the Millau viaduct! One of these pillars that keeps it all standing is taller than the Eiffel Tower and it spans the entire valley. My French driver spoke good English as he had just been Read more >
BFF
Remember this guy from #Tirana? We just got reunited in #France and I have a comfortable bed for one more night before I have to go #speedhitchhiking to the south of #Spain.. we made a little calculation yesterday and it’s more than 1500km I have to do if I want to avoid #Barcelona and #Madrid Read more >