What is it? What's going on?
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+ + I hitched for the first time in 2022. At the time, people I asked either + said "it won't work", or "you'll get killed". I'm writing this blog post + to inform everyone that I am not dead. +
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+ + Generically, hitchhiking (or in French, "le Stop") is asking strangers + for lifts. Usually, by standing at the side of the road with your thumb + out, sometimes with a sign expressing where you want to go (important + for longer journeys). +
++ Rather than trying to summarise my thoughts into a quotable statement, + or boiled down retrospective on my hitchhiking adventures, I thought + it'd be fun to let you explore them. I've made a clickable map, filled + it with the journeys I've taken (only in the UK so far!), and written a + bit for each stage of the journey about who picked me up. Hopefully, + from clicking around, you get some ideas about hitchhiking, whether + society is (still) kind, and about talking to strangers in general. +
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+ + So... here's the map! + (scroll into view) +
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