Adventures in Hitchhiking

[brentwinsatlife]

I had some couchsurfers, Hannah and Jason, stay at my place Friday night. They were college students studying abroad in Kyoto. For the past two months, they’ve been traveling around Hokkaido, staying with couchsurfers and WWOOFing. They’ve been hitchhiking the entire time. So basically, they’ve had zero accommodation expenses and zero

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[animatedantmo]

This is beyond awesome XD

[brentwinsatlife]

Thanks. You should give it a try!

[gyuudon]

A+ post man

[brentwinsatlife]

I've always thought that living an A+ life would lead to writing A+ posts. Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

[thecomicissmrt]

that was a great adventure!

i want to hitch-hike around japan :D

[brentwinsatlife]

If you and your man ever make your way over here, you should! I've heard that mixed couples have an easier time getting rides than any other combination of people: something about people feeling sympathetic towards the woman but not afraid she's lost on her own.

[theshaw]

<- JEALOUS

Time to go learn 2% of a language so I can do this...

[brentwinsatlife]

I think you might need more like 10% so you have something to talk about with the people who pick you up. I've found that my Japanese is good enough when meeting someone new to talk about myself, my family, hobbies, etc. and ask them the same questions for about half an hour, but after that, I run out of things to say. So this kind of thing is actually perfect for being at this level, getting the chance to introduce myself over and over again. The people in my office think I'm at a much lower level than I actually am because I don't talk to them... they already know everything I could tell them.

[bluepixystix]

DUDE. I am beyond jealous. Talk about seizing life by the horns!

Glad you're having a blast!

[brentwinsatlife]

Thanks! I'm glad I was able to properly express my excitement about this.