This is so interesting. I wonder if hitchhiking is truly on the wane these days, as it seems to be? Are there any organised pockets of hitchhiking culture left flying the flag?
Have you read Hokkaido Highway Blues by Will Ferguson, about him hitchhiking up Japan? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37438.Hokkaido_Highway_Blues That book very, very nearly turned me into a hitchhikers because as a young & ambitious travel writer I wanted to make a name for myself writing something *that* adventurous and *that* funny. (Tragically, my spineless cowardice ruined all my plans.)
I'm a sucker for a good travelogue, will definitely check it out. As for hitchhiking in the modern world - I don't really know. Back when I was active on Couchsurfing (8-10 years ago), a lot of the people I hosted were hitchhikers. But that was a self-selecting group.
What a fantastic ending.
This is so interesting. I wonder if hitchhiking is truly on the wane these days, as it seems to be? Are there any organised pockets of hitchhiking culture left flying the flag?
Have you read Hokkaido Highway Blues by Will Ferguson, about him hitchhiking up Japan? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37438.Hokkaido_Highway_Blues That book very, very nearly turned me into a hitchhikers because as a young & ambitious travel writer I wanted to make a name for myself writing something *that* adventurous and *that* funny. (Tragically, my spineless cowardice ruined all my plans.)
I'm a sucker for a good travelogue, will definitely check it out. As for hitchhiking in the modern world - I don't really know. Back when I was active on Couchsurfing (8-10 years ago), a lot of the people I hosted were hitchhikers. But that was a self-selecting group.