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  1. amines

    Hello everyone, my name is Paul

    Officially you don't have to bring proof of having sufficient funding or anything. If you are unemployed and not a student they might question this. But they never wanted me to bring any proof and I have had an ESTA and currently have a B1/B2 visa for which I had an interview but they only...
  2. amines

    Hitchhiking in the Cold

    https://warmroads.de/en/long-distance-winter-hitchhiking-from-new-york-to-alaska/ Also one of the greatest blogs on various hitchhiking techniques
  3. amines

    Hitchhiking with facial hair

    My personal opinion, and experience. I try to avoid having any beard whilst hitchhiking through North America. In Europe I can get by with a short beard. In my case with a beard I look like I'm about to hijack a plane. Without it I look like a 16yo collage student. I guess to sum it up it...
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    Nicaragua Border

    You can easily cross from Nicaragua to Mexico all borders without a passport, crossing into Mexico from the US I didn't get my passport stamped and when exiting Mexico on the Border with Guatemala I got a piece of paper saying I was illegal and got an exit stamp without having to pay the usual...
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    Squat Across Europe Summer Media Project Idea. Need Your Advice

    Check out Bikewarz, it's in Utrecht in the Netherlands, actually just outside of Utrecht towards De bild, Wednesdays at 7 is donation vegan dinner (beer for 1eur), there's another smaller squat in Utrecht, forgot the name and location. and ADM in Amsterdam (biggest one in NL) and Ruigoord is an...
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    Foreigner in US

    On an ESTA you can stay for 90days, on a B1/B2 you can stay 180 days. Alaska and Canada is awesome for hitchhiking. Just stay warm!
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    Featured Riding La Bestia through Mexico

    not yet, I've only seen my laptop and all the Vitamin Ts, also the canyon, and the tacos around the corner
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    Featured Riding La Bestia through Mexico

    wow! thank you! It's my dream to write a book, more likely a photobook
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    Featured Riding La Bestia through Mexico

    Im a lotta tequila drunk too, why I was affriad? Let me try to explain it, I'm a little white European boy, who thought walking across tent city in Portland or the Bronx made him a tough guy. Two months ago I was riding my bike thought-out The Netherlands (what used to be my home) where, if...
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    Featured Riding La Bestia through Mexico

    thank you ! viva Mexico! thank you ! I snapped that selfie thinking "fuck it, we're rolling the last mile into guadalajara, I need a memory" it is quite a sight watching the north-bounds being full, not only ridable cars.. also looking ahead and seeing tons of people surfing grainers thank you...
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    Photos sometimes it gets hard, mentally

    WOW! Thank you so much! I am super happy, excited and motivated to write more now!
  12. amines

    Photos sometimes it gets hard, mentally

    We worked as trash pirates at the Joshua Tree Music Festival, we had a butt recycle program, of course we took some of the nice butts for smoking but mostly we were separating the trash away, so like spliffs and hand rolls without filters. The cigarette butts are later sent to NJ and they become...
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    Featured Riding La Bestia through Mexico

    Riding La Bestia As I was walking down from El Centro after being dropped off there the night before by Frank who swore he saw me with my friend Forrest hitchhiking at the i-8 on-ramp next to the In-n-Out three years ago, I get picked up by a lovely woman that drives me into Mexicali, feeds me...
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    Photos sometimes it gets hard, mentally

    We all know those days, the miserable ones. And we all know those people that just have to give you shit for your lifestyle. Here's my story, what happened while I was hitchhiking across the US and Canada. One day you wake up with your regular three I-smoked-too-much-last-night coughs on a...
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    Photos My way North (NY-Alaska)

    Thank you all for the comments!! I will find a place to crash for a week in SoCal to edit the videos and write some more!
  16. amines

    Photos My way North (NY-Alaska)

    This is not a story about a tough guy train hopping, hitchhiking, hiking and making his way across the north American continent. This story is mine. Couple of months ago after my collar bone surgery I got into a mental state where I couldn’t get out of my house, couldn’t ride a bus, was...
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    Photos My American Dream

    Thank y'all for the likes, nice words and support, I'm currently writing a thread with some of my past travels. It was by far the most exciting hitchhiking experience I've gotten so far and changed some of my plans as I will explain later
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    Photos My American Dream

    Oh yeah, I've met a lot of people from StP, but can't rember their names, there was this guy at the slabs, he knew you too he told me he was hosted by you several time, he was taller than me.. most likely 6'5'', dreadlocks .. And yes, it was an amazing trip .. I'm definetly coming back to the states
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    Photos My American Dream

    So, I'm familiar with the concept of writing, but I keep my writing to myself, so this'll be a little weird. Oh, and I write in details usually so the US trip would be a long thread, so I'll try to keep it short. *takes a shot* "You have been randomly selected for a security check" moments...
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    Hello from Slovakia!

    Oh I just want to say that I made it back home! And it was amazing Give me a few days/weeks till I sober up (I didn't drink during my trip)(but now back home everyone is "welcoming") and I'll write a story about it, pictures too!
  21. amines

    Travelling Europe, Need Inspiration

    When are you planing on comming to europe? The nordic countries are very expensive but good for sumpster dicing Spain offers alot of abandoned cities in the mountains If you're looking for some fun places with lovely peole loud music and all... The balkans (serbia...
  22. amines

    Hello from Slovakia!

    Where is that ? :D I'm still in the slabs
  23. amines

    Hello from Slovakia!

    @Odin yep, it's a maluch. I love that car.. how do you know about the maluch? and yes, I'll definetly PM you. @Matt Derrick : well, I'm going to Chicago because the cheapest way to get south from NYC was megabus NYC-Chicago-Dallas When I come back and finish my exams I will defibetly try to...
  24. amines

    Hello from Slovakia!

    well, I've hitchiked over 160 rides, 20,000km and 17 countries(in europe). I can post some stories. And I did a few roadtrips aswell in one of the smallest cars in the world and really old one :D
  25. amines

    Hello from Slovakia!

    Hello everyone! I'm amines, I actually joined StP over 4 years ago. I wanted to educate myself about trainhopping but since most of the info and stories were from the US I never had the urge to post anything, since I live in europe where I do my travels I won't bother you with how this happened...
  26. amines

    Difference between hitchhiking USA and Europe

    A big thank you. I was looking for a summary like this for a while, I've HHed most european countries and I'm heading to the states in about 3 weeks and I want to see as much as I can during my 35days stay and of course I want to HH. But I was a bit affraid of it, since it's a country I've never...
  27. amines

    Hitchhiking in Europe

    Always check hitchwiki, you can find all kinds of usefull info (country in generel, hitchin in and out of cities, what to avoid etc.), oh and get a MARCO POLO euroatlas, they even have gas stations marked on highways, When going long distance, stick to highways and station dropping (therefore...