After hitching all over the world, Turner Wright reveals his 10 best secrets for improving your hitchhiking game.
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10 Essential Tips to Improve Your Hitchhiking Game
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I’ve hitchhiked in the US, Japan, Thailand, and New Zealand. Inevitably, there will always be that awkward encounter at rest stops and random intersections: the fellow hitchhiker who tries to dissuade you from sticking out your thumb.
“Where you headed? I’ve been trying to get a ride for two and a half hours. Good luck, man …”
The Arty Vagabond
The European art scene's best-kept secrets from a cultured cheapster.
High Culture on a Low Budget: Budapest’s State Opera House
Budapest State Opera © Leandro’s World Tour
In the triumvirate with Vienna and Prague, Budapest is proud to be one of Central Europe’s top three musical cities. A city that produced two of the world’s greatest 20th century composers in Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók, it is no surprise that the musicality is felt everywhere–especially along the Danube. Hungarian Rhapsody is a title justly deserved. Classical music is king here, and to go to the castle that houses it all, look no further than the State Opera House (Operahaz).
Dispatches
Tall travelers' tales from around the world.
Redefining Kenya
A small boy outfitted in an oversized, threadbare t-shirt grabbed my sleeve. “Nipe, Mama,” he begged. Give me.
Street orphans abound in Kenya. They crowd nearly every corner and vacant space in Kenya’s largest cities. Nobody knows for sure how many homeless kids roam the country, but estimates range from 20,000 to 60,000 street children in Nairobi alone, and with the ongoing civil conflict, there are sure to be even more.
News & Sidelines
Offbeat travel news and magnificent miscellany from around the web.
June 29 / Photo of the Moment: Load the Luggage, Hat Yai, Thailand
© M Rego Burrows From the photographer: At the station sending off a friend returning to Lopburi Province. The simplicity of this train station came as quite a shock, and wake up call, after only recently having spent 6 months in Tokyo, Japan, where efficiency and convenience is a norm at their stations. The man carrying the [...]
May 27 / Photo of the Moment: Glimpse of a Cairo Market, Egypt
May 26 / Photo of the Moment: Caños de Meca, Andalucía
May 25 / Photo of the Moment: The Human Cost of the Iraq War in Normal, Illinois
May 19 / Photo of the Moment: Under Seljalandsfoss Waterfall, Iceland
May 19 / Celebrating 2009 Dragon Boat Festival
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What We're Reading
The best online travel-related goodies that we didn't write.
- Luggage Container Fail [Photo]This may pose a problem.
- Surface Tension in Greenland [Gallery]Stunning. The sexiest (and chilliest) photo essay you'll see today.
- Man, 83, Lands Plane on Expressway [News]Wow!
- The Return Home [Photo]Fantastic photo manipulation.
- Stay in the Entrance [Photo]Lovely prose as always.
- Venice with Other Eyes [Photo]Electric like only HDR can do.
- Alice in Wonder Land [Photo]Looks fake, no?
- Let's Find Some Beautiful Place to Get Lost [Buy]Simple - to the point. I rather like it.
- Painted Canyon Road [Photo]Love this one.
