thanks to everyone who read the guide
and wrote back with their comments,
suggestions and kind words. to date,
i have sent over 200 copies around the
world.
the guide is currently in
the revisions mode
and i will be working on
the second edition
as soon as i finish my thesis!
so look for the second edition
in june.
"You don't know me, but you send me your travel guide a while ago. Let me tell you, it's great. It has definitely made my preparations a lot easier, while giving them a little meaning at the same time."
Max Cortex-UK
"Your guide helped out a lot already. What you wrote about people in Europe doing this normally has given me a boost of confidence (I don't fear it as much anymore.)"
Young
"Well..I've finished it and made my decision, Europe it is. I figure I can survive anyway..."
Chris Row - USA
"Hi Marina and thank you very much for your guide to Europe, Hitch-hiking. I read it today and found it fascinating and Very informative. I enjoyed reading it immensely and would recommend it to anyone wishing to travel Europe on a budget. For months, whilst trying to plan my trip to Europe for April '99, I surfed the internet constantly in search of backpacker's information or travel the budget way. All to no avail. I was particularly frustrated to read budget guides to hostels in Europe which only cost you (Aus$) 99 !!! per night!!! That's budget ???! Your guide is fantastic and I cannot thank you enough."
Luis Fiore - Australia
"Your writing style is excellent. I really like the naked honestness that shows through in your Europe story."
David - USA
"I wanted to thank you for sharing such a personal part of yourself with me and others in order to aid novices like myself. I know now how important it is that I go and that I do it correctly."
Kevin Murray - USA
"I'm writing to say thanks for the guide that you send me; I read it last night, it was great, I found a lot of good tips and very funny as well."
Allan Garcia - USA
"Good luck in the future, and who knows maybe you'll find me in some squat in some far away place. Thanks for compiling the guide."
Chris Swanda - USA
"I think the guide is a great idea, I think its a necessity. Furthermore, the way you have set it up is really informative and easy to follow, and the personal accounts make it enjoyable. Hell, I wasn't even planning on reading the whole thing at once, but I couldn't put it down."
Dave Pacifico - USA
"First thank you for your guide -very good. In April I will hitch hike to Paris from Hungary, hope also your guide will help."
Gabor Denes - Hungary
"I read your book, I love it. I'm Armenian, and when I went to Armenia I experienced the same thing, I saw the place, I didn't feel luxury, I felt life there."
Annie Minassian
"I have done extensive hitchhiking (and hopped freight trains- dirty and unpredictable but very worthwhile) in America, but I have yet to go abroad and I am leaving with a one-way ticket to Europe in a couple of weeks."
Christiaan Roselund
"I can't thank you enough. i've had a chance to look through a small part of the information and it all looks great, not only as a guide, but as a source of inspiration to take the backpacking trip that i've always wanted to take."
Dan Edstrom - USA
"There is little of worth when it comes to hardcore travel on the web, and it seems that your work in progress remedies this situation.."
Eric D Beecroft - USA
"Wow, it really is refreshing to find
a web site about hitchhiking in Europe. It's the first real one I've found
to date... And it's about
time."
Jean-Pierre Dufault - Canada
"Thanks for taking the time to write something like this."
Steve T. - USA
"what a beautiful thinking!
what a crystal perception!
what a taste for life."
Thilo Schüler - Germany
"its exactly what i've been looking for...thanks alot"
Mike O. - USA