I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

My friends used to tell me that I looked like Harry Potter. So for a long time I dreamt of becoming the magician of hitchhiking, having my right thumb as my magic wand.

In 2013 I left home with 80 dollars and so far I’ve traveled to 80 countries exclusively by hitchhiking means. In 3 years I hitchhiked more than 200 000 km in more than 3 000 cars, driven by joy. Beside a free ride, many people offered me a place to sleep, a meal, or some money to continue my journey.

People discovered my blog, appreciated my story and started to send small donations. That’s how I afforded a plane ticket to South America to continue hitchhiking there.

My photos are not of best quality because I couldn’t afford a camera or a smartphone, most of the time I didn’t have money for a Coke. So I asked people on the road to take photos of me and send them afterwards via email. Even if they are not professional images, I hope they capture happiness, youth and the love of living without useless expectations.

I had a lot of crazy adventures. In Afghanistan I met a taliban, in Mongolia I got lost in the desert and almost died, in Siberia I met 2 bears along the way. But, as you can see below, I had the time of my life.

I wrote a book about my travels and my dream is that one day I’ll have it translated to English and published. You can bet it’s gonna be the craziest travel journal you’ll ever read!

More info: Facebook

Peru, Machu Pichu

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Denmark, Copenhaga, love story

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Kazakhstan, Sharyn Canyon

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

In Northern Norway a viking ship gave me a 5 days lift

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Sahara, the largest desert in the world

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Russia, Siberia (near of Ust Nera). The Russian Army truck took me hitchhiking

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Russia, Sankt Petersburg, the beautiful russian girls

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Irak, Erbil. Police took me hitchhiking

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

In Mongolia, after getting lost in the desert

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

In Mongolia finally reaching Ulaanbaatar, with the portret of Chinggis Khaan

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

In Argentina, near Ushuaia I got a short ride with an helicopter

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Ushuaia, the end of the world

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Afghanistan, I met a taliban hidden in a forrest

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Afghanistan, they covered my head to look like one of them in a dangerous area

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Experiencing wild Amazonia

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Brasil, Rio de Janeiro

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Bolivia, Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

Ecuador, The Monument to the Equator

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking

The Famous Pisa Tower from Italy

I Left Home With 80 Dollars And Traveled To 80 Countries By Hitchhiking