We've seen it a thousand times in movies. Years ago in Spain, it was commonplace to see people on the side of the road waiting for a kind soul to give them a ride. Even in recent years, this type of travel has increased, allowing people to get around with minimal expense. We're talking about the adventure of hitchhiking, whether in your own town, your own country, or (almost) anywhere in the world.
You can do the same route 100 times, traveling by hitchhiking, you will go through 100 different adventures since different people will pick you up in each one. This is what makes traveling by hitchhiking a unique, human and close experience that serves to discover the hospitality and generosity of human beings, as well as being a direct way of connecting with the native people of the place you are traveling to.
5 Instagram accounts to travel by hitchhiking
We bring you five IG and YouTube accounts that tell us in different ways that hitchhiking without much money is not only possible, but also necessary to eliminate certain stereotypes and discover that the planet is full of beautiful people.
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Viajazero is the only community in Spain of people who travel the world by hitchhiking on a shoestring budget. They've been doing it for years, and among their greatest feats are hitchhiking across Europe from Spain to Istanbul in 2015 and crossing the United States from coast to coast in 2018. Other interesting places they've also explored by hitchhiking include Morocco and Senegal in Africa.
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