Um mês já se passou desde que peguei um avião da Turquia pra Tailândia. Ainda não viajei por aqui pedindo carona, em vez disso tenho trabalho no aplicativo pra caroneiros MyHitchhikingSpots.
Meu anfitrião aqui em Banguecoque tem carro e em alguns finais de semana a gente tem feito algumas viagens curtas pelo país. Se quiser acompanhar o que eu tenho experienciado e explorado pela Tailândia, você pode me seguir tanto no Facebook quanto no Instagram. Assim que eu voltar pras estradas caronando eu deverei voltar a postar no Youtube e aqui no blog também.
Nos vemos!
A month has past since I flew from Turkey to Thailand. I haven't done any hitchhiking here yet, but I've been working on the app for hitchhikers MyHitchhikingSpots.
My host here in Bangkok has a car and in some weekends we've been doing a few small trips around country. If you wanna follow what I've been experiencing and exploring in Thailand, make sure you follow me on Facebook or Instagram. Whenever I'm back to the roads hitchhiking you'll get updates on Youtube and here on the blog as well.
In times when the world speaks about the war in Syria and the terrorist attacks in Turkey, here I am. While in western and northern Europe I've heard and seen what war refugees and immigrants sometimes face, here in Turkey I've experienced the most amazing hospitality on this trip up to now. It turned out that in this part of the world been a foreigner actually gives you privileges instead.
I couldn't go camping in anywhere here, because it's been just too freezing cold for that. But in the other hand, as a big contrast comparing to my time in Bulgaria, finding a place to stay in Turkey was as easy as putting a message on CouchSurfing or on Facebook groups which Turks would read it and invite me to their homes right away. Some of the people who picked me up (on cars or trucks) also invited me to stay at their places, and there was even two cases in the Turkish capital (Ankara) when I was sitting in a cafe or I was partying in a club and people that I've met said that I was welcome to stay at their places or I could call them on their phones if I needed just anything.
I had the chance to learn a bit about Kurdish people, and why there are Kurdish groups doing some of these terrorist attacks that happened in the country while I'm here. I hitchhiked the South coast of Turkey where loads of English people migrated to, and I even had the lucky to get a lift with a English lady on her motorbike.
Welcome to Turkey, the country where a female Italian hitchhiker was raped and murdered 8 years ago, and where I only met hospitality, friendship and loads of other hitchhikers who love hitchhiking through these lands where getting a lift usually is super quick. And these lands where you're always offered a cigarette (and very often also food) by the drivers who pick you up. The people who host you here rarely let you split the costs of the bill (they want to pay it themselves, because "the guest always comes first"), and basically everyone invites you to have some delicious traditional food, tea, salep, etc.
As you might have noticed on this map, the closest that I have come to the Syrian and Iranian borders was just to near the city of Adana. But this alone was already enough to worry some friends and family of mine who follow my stories on the internet (as if knowing that I'm traveling in Turkey while terrorist attacks are happening wasn't worrying them enough).
The fact that I've initially considered hitchhiking to Iran also got some people worried, due to homosexuality been considered a State crime (and I'm gay if you don't know it yet) and it can be punished by some cruel ways, including a possible death penalty. The temporary good news is that due to the cold of wintertime and the fact that Brazilian citizens have to pay to take visas to enter Iran, I've decided to postpone my trip in that country to the future.
The full list of photos, stories or videos that I've posted during this time travelling in Turkey is organised for you below - by date and by locations, so that you can click the ones that might interest you the most.
Here goes a playlist of videos uploaded to Youtube. The GoPro camera that I have been using unfortunately broke somewhere near Fethiye, therefore you might see some videos recorded with my phone camera instead (which is a bit shittier).
I thank you a lot for the amazing experiences, Turkey! I feel like I learned so much! And I can't agree more on how amazing it is to travel in a country culturally and geographically so mixed between Middle East and Europe!
Next stop
I'm flying tomorrow to Thailand, where I'll be hitchhiking around for probably one month before crossing the border to Malaysia. Besides that, the only plan I have so far is to be in Indonesia in April. And I know just nothing about that part of the world and their culture! Come together and explore it with me, and remember that you can always keep an eye on my posts on Instagram or Facebook to get updates more often!
Estou pelo leste Europeu há uns 2 meses e meio já. Quer saber resumidamente um pouco do que eu estive fazendo por aqui até o momento? Entāo esse post vai pra você.
Me deu crise de saudades (texto), passei quase duas semanas numa casa nas montanhas (foto), fui hospedado pelo neto de uma cantora famosa em Sofia (foto), cruzei a ponte na fronteira da Bulgaria pra Romenia a pé (video), perdi peso (foto), me voluntariei pra ir visitar crianças num hospital de Bucareste (foto), pedi carona à beira de uma rodovia nacional num breu total onde não tinha luz de poste nem da lua (video), alcancei 1000 inscritos no meu canal do Youtube (post / video), me vi fazendo novos amigos (foto) e os reencontrando em outras cidades (foto). Questionei de volta um policial (texto).
Criei um mapa pra marcar lugares onde me sugeriram ir ou onde me convidaram pra me hospedar (link). Consegui criar uma primeira versāo razoável do app que programei pra salvar os locais onde eu peço carona e com ele descobri que eu nunca esperei mais de 20min pedindo carona na Bulgária (foto / video).
Postei sobre a Bulgaria: porque a Bulgaria pode ser um ótimo destino pra Brasileiros (texto), encontrar couch não é tāo fácil (texto), pegar carona nunca me levou mais que 20 minutos (video).
Me apaixonei pela cidade de Plovdiv, virei amigo do caroneiro que me hospedou e fui e voltei pra cidade umas três vezes. Você pode ver isso na lista abaixo desses dois meses.
Pra juntar todos os vídeos que gravei durante minha passagem pela Bulgária e Romênia eu criei uma playlist no Youtube e você pode assistir todos os vídeos aqui.
I've been in Eastern Europe for almost 2 and a half months now. Would you like to know briefly what I've been doing here during this time? Then this post goes for you.
I missed my friends (text), I spent almost two weeks in a hut in the mountains (photo), I was hosted by the grandchild of a famous singer in Sofia (photo), I crossed the bridge at the border of Bulgaria to Romania by foot (video), I lost weight (photo), I volunteered to visit kids in a hospital in Bucharest (photo), I hitchhiked on a highway in the complete darkness where there was no light poles or moon light (video), I reached 1000 subscribers on my Youtube channel (post / video), I saw myself making new friends (photo) and meet them again eventually in other town (photo). I've questioned a policeman back (text).
I created a map to save the places where people have suggested me to go or places where I was invited to (link). I managed to create a first decent version of the app that I developed for saving the locations where I have hitched and it made me realize that I've never awaited for more than 20 minutes when hitchhiking in Bulgaria (photo).
I published about Bulgaria: why Bulgaria could be a great destination for Brazilians (text), finding a couch in Bulgaria isn't so easy (text), hitchhiking in Bulgaria never took me more than 20 minutes (video).
I fell in love for the town of Plovdiv, became friends with the hitchhiker who hosted me and went off and back to the town again at least three times. You see it on the list below for these two months.
Duas semanas intensivas pedindo caronas e acampando da Alemanha até a Bulgária
Apesar da forma como eu escolhi escrever sobre a minha experiência no campeonato de caronas que me trouxe da Alemanha até a Bulgária durante as últimas semanas, eu acredito que seja hora de destacar o fato de que eu também me diverti bastante à beira das estradas desses diversos países pelos quais nós estivemos passando. Foram 2 semanas bem pesadas de intensas viagens pedindo caronas e acampando sem parar.
Rota Emil e todas as cidades onde eu passei pelo menos uma noite indo da Alemanha até a Bulgária durante o campeonato de caronas Tramprennen 2016. Clique pra ampliar.
Nós passamos pela Alemanha, Áustria, Eslovênia, Croácia, Hungria, Sérvia, Romênia e Bulgária. E neste post eu vou colocar todos os links de textos e imagens que publiquei durante esses dias no campeonato, organizados por datas, cidades e países, pra você poder ver direto aqueles que mais te interessar. ;-)
Talvez você também se interesse em conferir a playlist de vídeos no Youtube que gravei durante os dias do campeonato. Pra assistí-la, basta dar o Play abaixo e lembrar de me deixar um comentário pra eu saber se você curtiu! ;-)
Atualizado em: 27/10/2016.
Despite the way I've chosen to write about my experience on the hitchhiking race that took me from Germany to Bulgaria during the past weeks, I thought I should highlight the fact that I also have had a lot of fun by the roadsides of these many countries that we've been through. It was 2 weeks of nonstop hardcore hitchhiking and camping experiences.
Emil route and the all the cities where I've spent at least one night on our way from Germany to Bulgaria during the hitchhiking race Tramprennen 2016. Click here to zoom.
We've been through Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. And here's some links to all the texts and pictures that I've published during those racing days, organized by dates, cities and countries so that you can check just the ones that you feel more like checking. ;-)
You may also feel like checking the Youtube playlist that I've made for the videos I've recorded during the race. Just push the Play button below and remember to leave me a comment letting me know what you found about it! ;-)
