Thumbing It Down Under – Part 9
I love looking back at the synchronicity of how the soulmates that I met on my travels affected each other’s journeys.
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Thumbing It Down Under – Part 8
Pinky Promise Let’s stay in touch for the rest of our lives and if any of us gets stagnant the other two will come and
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Thumbing It Down Under – Part 6
Donna Lawther’s adventures through Tasmania, where hitchhiking leads to memorable characters and scenic beauty
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Thumbing It Down Under – Part 5
Adventures Through The Australian Outback, From Train-Hopping To Hitchhiking I was gobsmacked when a huge swarm of budgerigars flew in to join us. There were
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Thumbing It Down Under – Part 4
Adventure, friendship, and unforgettable moments hitchhiking across Australia with a soulmate. Donna’s journey captures the magic of travel.
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Thumbing It Down Under – Part 3
Compared to New Zealand Australia had much longer distances between places and some history of disappearing hitchhikers.
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Thumbing It Down Under – Part 2
It was May 15, 1987 when I broke my promise never to hitchhike again. I was in a youth hostel in Kerikeri, New Zealand, trying
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Thumbing It Down Under: Part 1
After a perilous hitchhiking trip to Yellowknife, Cindy and I promised each other that we would never hitchhike again.
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I’ll Never Hitchhike Again! part 3
It was 7pm when Cindy and I got dropped off at the Big River Service Centre, outside of Fort Providence….
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I’ll Never Hitchhike Again! Part 1
Everyone tried to tell me that it was too dangerous to hitchhike, but I wouldn’t listen. I guess I just like learning things the hard way…
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Heed the Lore When You’re on the Move
Until very recently, I had never heard the expression “hitchhiker’s thumb”. Oh sure, there was that weird guy in Grade 9 named Pete Moss, who
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Thoughts and feelings of a young woman hitchhiking 10,000 km across Canada and the USA
I have been called many things. Crazy. Stupid. Brave. Adventurous. Trusting. But I‘d just like to be called human. Every human is special, and among
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