Hitchhiking to Australia
A friend of mine hitchhiked to australia, because he figured that it was greener than all the CO2 belched out by flying. Amazingly, he made in it 10 days.

And then flew home.

When I asked why, he said 'mate, if you'd seen the shit coming out of the exhaust pipes of most of the lorries I ended up in, I reckon a 747 is the cleanest way to go.'
(inflateable, Mon 25 Aug 2014, 22:27, 18 replies)

how do you hitchhike to an island?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 25 Aug 2014, 22:48, closed)

to be fair this was some time ago, before the whole 'continental drift' thing

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 25 Aug 2014, 22:58, closed)

I was into that before it was popular

( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 2:39, closed)

..
He went overland to I think it was vietnam, and then somehow blagged a lift on a commercial ship.
(inflateable, Mon 25 Aug 2014, 23:02, closed)

bloody immigrants

(Plague Hedgehog 'posting crap', Mon 25 Aug 2014, 23:12, closed)

you're an idiot if you think he did that in ten days

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 7:47, closed)

woahhh!!!!
he reckoned a 747 was the cheapest way to go and you replied at 7.47.
You are *inserts somebody/something with an appropriately funny name* AICMFP.
( Ya What Skiddlyboop, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 16:48, closed)

An ex-girlfriend once tried to do the same thing, except by train.
She got quite far to be fair, to Vietnam also (after about a month), before giving up and flying the rest of the way.

But anyway - both she, and your friend - are fucking idiots.
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Mon 25 Aug 2014, 23:30, closed)

Where did he start?
I started by assuming UK or Europe as you could do most of the way by road, but then did some maths

London to Darwin (plenty points on the north coast are nearer but nobody lives there) is 8600 miles in a straight line, have to assume 12,000 miles by road (including one extended sea voyage)

That assumes an average speed of 50mph all day and all night all the time. Which is impossible (on average) even for a truck let alone a ship. So somewhere in eastern europe or asia was the start point?
(Carpe Cyprinidae, Mon 25 Aug 2014, 23:57, closed)

Or possibly
c) his mate is a massive bullshitter?
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 0:01, closed)

I am leaning..
.. toward your incisive conclusion
(Carpe Cyprinidae, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 0:02, closed)

Very possibly.
He started from France, and said he was travelling full on all the time.

Come to think of it though, he should write some stories on here, as although he really did do it there is probably some 'embellishment'...
(inflateable, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 6:56, closed)

Either that or he started in Iceland
and it's all a fabrication.
(the other guy not the one that gave you coochie warts, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 0:03, closed)

I once walked across Iceland
They made me pay for all the pizzas I squashed and fridge tops I dented, and I'm not allowed back in so I have to shop at Morrisons now
(Carpe Cyprinidae, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 0:04, closed)

If he said he
made it in 10 weeks, that would've been a good and credible time. If he meant Austria in 10 days, he's shit at hitching.
( social hand grenade I was a lurker before you were a lurker, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 9:28, closed)

didgeridoos and alpine horns look very similar
it's an easy mistake to make
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 9:32, closed)

Does he think that the shit he saw coming out of exhausts
Was more than the shit coming out of a plane, then?
(clinteastwoodbradfield, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 10:03, closed)

I don't think numbers
were his strong point
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Tue 26 Aug 2014, 10:11, closed)