thanks for your comments! I’m glad you’ve enjoyed reading my article. This way of traveling actually is fun, it’s just not all the time. Sometimes it’s exhausting and annoying. But it opens a door to a world that I think is hard to access when traveling otherwise.

@Lili: Do it. I don’t know a better and quicker way of getting in touch with the world and its people.

@Dave: I’m hitchhiking from Austria to America on a budget, that’s right. But without spending any money was only one experiment of these three days. Doing that all along the way would be an entirely different level, I agree 😉

@Michael: thanks for your kind words! I’m actually getting closer and closer, found a boat leaving across the Atlantic on February 2nd. I’ve just written a new article about that:

http://www.thousandfirststeps.com/how-to-find-a-boat-across-the-atlantic.html

Looking forward to see you on my website or on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thousandfirststeps)

Let’s stay in touch!

Cheers from Lanzarote,
Jakob

I’ve done some hitch hiking in New Zealand and in Jordan – both countries seemed to be quite accommodating to hitch hikers. However, hitch hiking from Austria to America, without any money…now that is an entirely different level of traveling on the cheap!

As a savvy solo traveler who is also a couchsurfer, and a couch surfing host myself, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this article.

OMG…. You make hitchhiking sound like fun. I might actually give it a shot some day!!

Thanks for sharing about this remarkable adventure of yours, Jakob! 🤗💜🤗