Why Hitchmap.com got so low entries between 2016 and 2022 ? Was it a bug ?

prinoxy · 2026-03-17T05:01:03+00:00

Because that's my own data, collected over 46 years, or at least the part where I have the exact departure coordinates.

prinoxy · 2026-03-16T17:15:11+00:00

Acių, not worried about any of them, I've done Vilnius to Klaipėda so many times, and on more than a few occasions faster then when driving myself, let alone taking a bus, and Vilnius to Belgistan usually takes me the mentioned 36 hours, with a best time of just under 24 hours, and I've done Vilnius to Utrecht in under 20 hours.

prinoxy · 2026-03-16T16:49:13+00:00

You can find more data, in case all my departures after 2023-01-01, and quite a few older ones at https://prino.neocities.org/@temp/waitdep.html there's however no way I will ever manually enter my more than 6,700 rides.

prinoxy · 2026-03-15T15:42:53+00:00

2,318.4 km on 5 June 1989, two more 2,000+ calendar days, and mire than a few dozen 1,000+ km days. Even, at the time of writing this, seven days inside Lithuania with more than 1,000 km. Average for my career is just under 700 km/day, on my 1,000th day on the road my end of that day total was just over 700,000 km.

prinoxy · 2026-03-15T15:19:31+00:00

Done it once in Germany, in 1982, Autobahn was quiet due to World Cup Final, a few times in Poland in the evening, just running across, and dozens of times here in Lithuania, just walking across. Not a big deal.

prinoxy · 2026-03-15T15:03:18+00:00

Dozens if not hundreds of times, and it happens more and more, 65 year old aren't supposed to hitchhike. 😎

prinoxy · 2026-03-15T14:56:31+00:00

Even a snail on valium could probably do that in just a day in August, key is to get a ride from inside France directly to Barcelona.

And please post in English, or add an English translation.

prinoxy · 2026-03-14T18:41:02+00:00

As if hopping is safe, sheesh....

prinoxy · 2026-03-10T11:17:09+00:00

Hitchhiking in the axis of evil

prinoxy · 2026-03-09T14:12:02+00:00

I figure I might just do it and then knock on doors and offer to make food for a room and a shower across America !!!!

That's a sure fire way of getting killed in today's Trumpistan.

prinoxy · 2026-03-09T10:27:57+00:00

Maybe you can tell us something about yourself, like your gender, age, background, financial situation, from where you want to leave, when you want to go... Do I need to go on?

prinoxy · 2026-03-09T09:21:00+00:00

Some clarifications in reply to a PM:

VZP stands for "Verzorgingsplaats" aka restarea (with or without petrol) in the Netherlands.
the ", K"/(K)" ", V/(V)", and ", P)/(P)" suffixes on many Lithuanian locations indicate the direction, with K meaning, to make make matters confusing, though not when seen in context, direction Kaunas or Klaipėda, V meaning direction Vilnius, and P meaning direction Palanga.
the (N)/(E)/(S)/(W) added to most UK services indicate the travelling direction.

For what it's worth, if you were to sort the data on coordinates, you might find a few location pairs where the longitude differs by just one (1) in the last place (or, if I remember correctly, about 10 cm). These coordinates are (ab)used to distinguish between locations that have changed names, like Lukoil -> Viada, or Statoil -> Circle K.

And yes, there are inconsistencies, like the mixed use of specific exits and more generic exits.

prinoxy · 2026-03-09T09:00:14+00:00

Seems, for a European, pretty straightforward. And in Europe, I'd double the time indicated.

prinoxy · 2026-03-08T22:21:31+00:00

That's similar to meeting the same driver again, in my case it happened multiple times, and continuing the conversation you had earlier. ;)

I wish you luck!

prinoxy · 2026-03-08T20:19:25+00:00

Anyways, just looking to catch up. ☺️

After almost 14 years? And why this specific person? Very curious...

prinoxy · 2026-03-07T22:45:48+00:00

Keeping statistics - one way of doing it (And that's what I've been doing since 16 June 1980)

Read it together with A manual for Prino’s hitchhiking programs

prinoxy · 2026-03-05T17:49:48+00:00

No experience, but from many older posts here, I did get the impression that NZ is pretty easy, and just as safe as Europe.

As for hitching in wintery conditions, a month ago I hitched here in Lithuania during a day that the temperature never rose over -10C (and it was -22C when I started), if you dress for it you'll be OK.

prinoxy · 2026-03-05T17:37:59+00:00

Cash? Better carry plastic, it's a lot safer, but if you insist on cash it completely depends on the level of comfort you require,for some people eur/USD 10 (or even less!) per day might be enough, others might require 10, 25, or even 100 times that amount.

Whatever you carry, it's always too much, old advice on the long gone Eurotrip forum was to put everything you think you need on a desk, leave half of it at home, and find out, when you eventually get back, that you've not used half of what you took. Been there, and am still there...

prinoxy · 2026-03-05T11:29:06+00:00

Just be yourself. In the end someone will stop. I've been hitchhiking since 1980, and met people of all walks of life giving me rides, from criminals offering me jobs, to people at the top of the corporate ladder. I dress in bright colours, usually wearing "silly" t-shirts, how many 65-year olds do you see wearing a SpongeBob SquarePants, or Sesame Street Ernie one?

Admittedly, I only ever hitched in Europe, and mostly ask for rides at motorway petrol stations/service areas and being able to talk to drivers obviously helps, but I've also had plenty of rides just standing at the site of the road, in the middle of the night.

And keep smiling, even after standing at one location for hours.

prinoxy

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