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Hitchhiking stories – Japan

Sendai to Aomori To hitchhike in Japan is pretty difficult. Keeping in mind that the whole country is pretty urban with lots of highways, it makes stopping the cars more difficult and sometimes even impossible. The locals are not used to share a car with someone and also a language barrier makes everything more complicated… But I was determined to do it, or at least to try it.… Continue reading Hitchhiking stories – Japan

A night in Sri Lankan “baila” bus

After rooming around dark Colombo market and bus station area, which is probably the worst place to be alone at night in the whole city, I’m finally sitting in the night bus to Jaffna. Sri Lankan buses, I call them “baila buses”, they need a separate article, cause they take a huge part of Sri Lankan experience, where you can smell a variety of aromas from cheap “Aramanni”… Continue reading A night in Sri Lankan “baila” bus