The World By Hitchhiking

Author : Kevin McNally
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1080999825

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Hitchhiking the World by Kevin McNally Pdf

For over 35 years Kevin McNally has been hitching, climbing and sailing on all seven continents. In 2009 he was interviewed on National Public Radio's The World. As host Marco Wermen thumbed through Kevin's seven swollen passports, which are witness to his hitchhiking through 132 countries, Kevin told Marco's 2.5 million listeners a few of his adventures. In Ethiopia he drank beer with naked Hamar warriors and in Panama roasted a Howler monkey with the Choko Indians while on an 18 day walk through the Darien Gap to Columbia. Hitchhiking the World is fifty adventures about low budget optimistic global travel, including bribing local officials, sailing a century old 150 foot schooner to Antarctica, swimming with elephants in Asia and more.

Author : Ludovic Hubler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798592268601

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The World by Hitchhiking by Ludovic Hubler Pdf

A business school is everything but a hitchhikers' training place. Its main objective is to train tomorrow's business leaders and decision-makers and prepare them for the work environment. But Ludovic Hubler from Alsace in France, a graduate of Strasbourg Business School, chose to break with the traditional educational mould and do things differently... When he obtained his Master's Degree at the age of 24, he believed that discovering the realities of the world was a necessary prelude to embarking on a professional career. That's why on 1st January, 2003, he started off on a 'tour of mankind' that he likes to call his "Life PhD". His adventure lasted five years, during which he travelled the world solely by means of hitch-hiking in every conceivable form. From "boat-hitching" across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to "ice-breaker hitching" to reach Antarctica, to crossing the Sahara desert or passing through countries such as Colombia and Afghanistan, Ludovic put his thumb to the test in all imaginable situations. His experiences and meetings were vast and varied. Among the most outstanding, the Dalai Lama received him at his home in Dharamsala in India, but equally interesting were the thousands of students from all walks of life with whom Ludovic shared his adventures on the road. A total of 5 years travelled, spanning 106,000 miles and 59 countries, hundreds of lectures given and lifts from more than 1,300 people received, give an idea of the extent and richness of the journey. More than recounting an extreme feat, this book traces an extraordinary human adventure where you're transported by the wind of freedom.This book was awarded "Prix Pierre Loti", the best travel book in France. It was translated in numerous languages (arabic, korean...)

Author : Patrick Laviolette
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030482480

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Hitchhiking by Patrick Laviolette Pdf

The first English-language social science book to comprehensively explore hitchhiking in the contemporary era in the West, this volume covers a lot of ground—it goes to and fro, in an echo of the modus operandi of most hitchhiking journeys. As scarification, piercings, and tattoos move from the counter-culture to popular culture, hitchhiking has remained an activity apart. Yet, with the assistance of virtual platforms and through its ever-growing memorialisation in literature and the arts, hitchhiking persists into the 21st century, despite the many social anxieties surrounding it. The themes addressed here thus include: adventure; gender; fear and trust; freedom and existential travel; road and transport infrastructures; communities of protest and resistance; civic surveillance and risk ecologies.

Author : William Stoever
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 150288481X

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Hitchhike the World by William Stoever Pdf

Bill Stoever hitchhiked 50,000 miles in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. He was imprisoned by the secret police in communist East Germany, sailed on an Arab dhow to Zanzibar, impersonated a Russian journalist at Uganda's independence, was stranded on a hippo island in Uganda, hitchhiked the length of Africa, violated the apartheid laws in South Africa, rode (fell off!) an ostrich in South Africa, rode six hours through the Congolese jungle standing in the back of a truck, traded currencies on black markets in Congo and Egypt, celebrated an expatriate Christmas in Madagascar, and moved in with a Somali woman in Mogadishu. "Most travelers haven't taken the risks I took, living on three dollars a day and thumbing rides with strangers," says Stoever. "My story is different, stranger, wilder, and more adventurous than most travel books." A wild ride full of laugh-out-loud moments and harrowing predicaments, Hitchhike the World-Book I: America, Europe, Africa is a one-of-a-kind, captivating journey into the heart of a free spirit, a modern-day Marco Polo whose daring exploits remind us that life is to be lived. The author describes his experiences in a straightforward narrative with humorous asides that will appeal to fans of Paul Theroux or William Least-Heat Moon and to all readers interested in a good adventure tale.

Author : Jim L. Carr
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781664137837

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Hitchhiking Around the World by Jim L. Carr Pdf

This book is about a 22-year-old young man wanting to see the world on a limited budget. If he could get to Europe from Michigan, then he could hitchhike around Europe and beyond. The author writes in a way that makes you feel that you are there with him as he has one predicament after another predicament. This journey was before the cell phone, but somehow he and his friend meet up. After two weeks, they decide that it's better to split up and meet again in two months. This young man continues his journey to Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, and Denmark. Making his way to Bremerhaven, Germany, he asks for assistance from the American Consulate to get a job on a ship going back to the States. The Consulate set him up with a meeting with a ship's Captain, and he was hired on an American ship.

Author : Adam Cochran
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780557043309

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Hitchhiking Around the World by Adam Cochran Pdf

In 1991, at age 19, I set out hitchhiking from California, into Mexico, through Central America, and finally ran out of money in Colombia. For nearly a year and a half, I hid from Nicaraguan Guerillas, rode on top of trucks, was held up with guns and knives, attacked by a whore house, and narrowly escaped being poisoned by Moroccans. Frankly, Iâm lucky to be alive, and this is my story.Hitchhiking Around the World â Guns, Knives, and Poison is a non-fiction book about my adventure. It is autobiographical and completely true. This narrative journal is about as exciting as it gets and includes over 20 photographs of my journey.

Author : Jason Roberts
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061979941

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A Sense of the World by Jason Roberts Pdf

He was known simply as the Blind Traveler -- a solitary, sightless adventurer who, astonishingly, fought the slave trade in Af-rica, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, and helped chart the Australian outback. James Holman (1786-1857) became "one of the greatest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored," triumphing not only over blindness but crippling pain, poverty, and the interference of well-meaning authorities (his greatest feat, a circumnavigation of the globe, had to be launched in secret). Once a celebrity, a bestselling author, and an inspiration to Charles Darwin and Sir Richard Francis Burton, the charismatic, witty Holman outlived his fame, dying in an obscurity that has endured -- until now. A Sense of the World is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history's most epic lives. Drawing on meticulous research, Jason Roberts ushers us into the Blind Traveler's uniquely vivid sensory realm, then sweeps us away on an extraordinary journey across the known world during the Age of Exploration. Rich with suspense, humor, international intrigue, and unforgettable characters, this is a story to awaken our own senses of awe and wonder.

Author : John Waters
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780374709303

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Carsick by John Waters Pdf

Carsick is the New York Times bestselling chronicle of a cross-country hitchhiking journey with America's most beloved weirdo. John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads "I'm Not Psycho," he hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, braving lonely roads and treacherous drivers. But who should we be more worried about, the delicate film director with genteel manners or the unsuspecting travelers transporting the Pope of Trash? Before he leaves for this bizarre adventure, Waters fantasizes about the best and worst possible scenarios: a friendly drug dealer hands over piles of cash to finance films with no questions asked, a demolition-derby driver makes a filthy sexual request in the middle of a race, a gun-toting drunk terrorizes and holds him hostage, and a Kansas vice squad entraps and throws him in jail. So what really happens when this cult legend sticks out his thumb and faces the open road? His real-life rides include a gentle eighty-one-year-old farmer who is convinced Waters is a hobo, an indie band on tour, and the perverse filmmaker's unexpected hero: a young, sandy-haired Republican in a Corvette. Laced with subversive humor and warm intelligence, Carsick is an unforgettable vacation with a wickedly funny companion—and a celebration of America's weird, astonishing, and generous citizenry.

Author : Elijah Wald
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781569762370

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Riding with Strangers by Elijah Wald Pdf

This fascinating tale of the author's cross-country hitchhiking journey is a captivating look into the pleasures and challenges of the open road. As the miles roll by he meets businessmen, missionaries, conspiracy theorists, and truck drivers from all ages and ethnicities who are eager to open their car doors to a wandering stranger. This memoir uncovers the hidden reality that the United States remains hospitable, quirky, and as ready as ever to offer help to a curious traveler. Demonstrating how hitchhiking can be the ultimate in adventure travel—a thrilling exploration of both people and scenery—this guide also serves as a hitchhiker's reference, sharing the history behind this communal form of travel while touching on roadside lore and philosophy.

Author : Kinga Choszcz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Hitchhiking
ISBN : 8373802053

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Led by Destiny by Kinga Choszcz Pdf

Author : Lesley Blanch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439197349

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The Wilder Shores of Love by Lesley Blanch Pdf

Originally published in 1954, The Wilder Shores of Love is the classic biography of four nineteenth-century European women who leave behind the industrialized west for Arabia in search of romance and fulfillment. Hailed by The Daily Telegraph as "enthralling to read," Lesley Blanch’s first book tells the story of Isabel Burton, the wife and traveling companion of the explorer Richard Burton; Jane Digby, who exchanged European society for an adventure in loving; Aimée Dubucq de Rivery, a Frenchwoman captured by pirates who became a member of the Turkish sultan’s harem; and Isabelle Eberhardt, a Swiss woman who dressed as a man and lived among the Arabs of Algeria.

Author : Matt Fox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 064856732X

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The Hitchhiker Man by Matt Fox Pdf

In June of 2007 Matt Fox left his middle-class life in Toronto behind to go hitchhiking. One year later he arrived in Alaska with less than fifty dollars to his name. This is his story.

Author : Jonathan Purkis
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781526160034

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Driving with strangers by Jonathan Purkis Pdf

At a time of climate crisis, isolation and social breakdown, Driving with strangers is a manifesto to alter how we think about our place in the world. Veteran hitchhiker and lifelong aficionado of hitchhiking culture, Purkis journeys through the history of hitchhiking to explore the unique opportunities for cooperation, friendship, sustainability and openness that it represents. Join Purkis on the kerbside, in search of Woody Guthrie as he examines the politics of the travelling song, deep on a Russian hitch-hiking expedition, or considering the politics of travel and risk on the ‘Highway of Tears’ in British Columbia, Canada. The reader is taken on a panoramic road trip through a century of hitchhiking across different decades, countries and continents. Purkis, a self-styled ‘vagabond sociologist’, is the perfect passenger to accompany you on a journey away from isolation, social distancing, closed borders and into a better understanding of why and how strangers can enrich our lives.

Author : Walt McLaughlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-21
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1734517530

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Seven Thousand Miles to Nowhere by Walt McLaughlin Pdf

During the summer of '76, a disillusioned college boy set aside his books long enough to hitchhike from Ohio to British Columbia and back. A hunger for meaning stirred deep within as he climbed in and out of other people's cars, other people's lives, while dealing with the realities of the open road. Truckers, a philosopher/farmer, cowboys, born-again Christians and hippies all had something more to offer, but the author kept moving through the western American landscape until he reached a dead end. Then the adventure really began. This is a tale of numerous highway encounters and one young man's attempt to make sense of the world in the process.

Author : Douglas Adams
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780330513081

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Pdf

'One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius' - David Walliams An international phenomenon and pop-culture classic, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been a radio show, TV series, novel, stage play, comic book and film. Following the galactic (mis)adventures of Arthur Dent, Hitchhiker’s in its various incarnations has captured the imaginations of curious minds around the world . . . It's an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and his best friend has just announced that he's an alien. At this moment, they're hurtling through space with nothing but their towels and an innocuous-looking book inscribed, in large friendly letters, with the words: DON'T PANIC. The weekend has only just begun . . . This 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by former Doctor Who showrunner, Russell T Davies. Continue Arthur Dent's intergalactic adventures in the rest of the trilogy with five parts: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless.