5 Best Ways To Hitchhike

Make sure you take pictures and notes. You will regret it if you don’t. I’m not kidding. In years to come the memories will fade. That’s what memories do. The best way to keep the memory sharp is to record them. All you need is a decent camera and a pen and you’re golden (along with your memories).
Not that great of a writer? Fear not! The internet has the answer to everything. Just take meticulous notes and have a writing site turn them into a story for you. Do make sure that you pick the right service, though. Maybe use something like Essay Guard (http://essayguard.com ) to figure out which site you can trust.

You’ll have more fun this way. Yeah, you’ll meet those people who claim that travel is better done alone. And there’s something to that, but not the first time. Go with somebody. That way you’ll have somebody to bitch to if it goes wrong, somebody to laugh with if it goes right and somebody to share with when it’s all over.
But make sure that the friend is the same sex as you. Why, you ask? It’s simple. If you travel with somebody of the opposite sex everybody will think you’re a couple, which will guarantee you won’t meet half as many people as everybody will assume you want to be left alone. And though you’ll see a lot of amazing things, it is the people that you’ll remember.

When you meet awesome people on the road and they say, “Hey we’re going white water rafting tomorrow. Wanna come?” You’ll regret saying “no we’ve got plans.” So don’t plan too much. A rough sketch will do. And do not feel bad about staying somewhere longer if you like it, or skipping on if something gives you a bad vibe. Trust your gut. Millions of years of evolution have made it a pretty good danger detector.

The best source of information about where to go is not your guide but other travelers. Listen to them and then act on it. To make other traveler’s advice even more useful, do a character check before you decide. This doesn’t just mean do they look trust worthy, but also how much they’re like you.
Are you out for the first time and you meet somebody else your age from your country that tells you something is absolutely worth seeing? You’ll probably think it’s pretty sweet as well. You’re thirty, have been on the road for three years and get told by somebody that’s flown straight to where you’re at from their birth city that some place is cooler than the North Pole? Maybe take what they’ve got to say with a grain of salt.

It’s always easy to spot first time travelers on the road. They’re the ones groaning under the weight of a backpack twice their size. The longer people have been traveling, the more they realize they don’t need all that much stuff. Two pairs of pants, a week’s worth of undergarments, a pair of shoes, flip-flops, one sweater and a bunch of t-shirt will cover most of your clothing needs. Maybe throw in one outfit for the town. Afraid you’ll need more? You can always buy it! It’s not like they don’t have shops in other countries.