There’s only one thing that we’re pretty sure when we’re couchsurfing: we never know what we’ll find.

But when we’re on the island of the magic, it probably will be some kind of fantastic world after that bridge. Let me show you the entrance of the Sitio da Dona Pochi:

I’ve trained my yoga skills

I’ve trained my dog training skills

and my poledance skills

There are many questions about Hitchhiking. The main question, on the other hand, is why not!?

I’ve chosen hitchhiking, first of all, because I can. That’s the point! It should be the first option for every person who is not on a rush. If you have one or two hours to wait for a lift, why are you going to pay to take a dirty crowded tiny slow bus?

Another important point is about economics and resources. The only role that we play on the way that we want, that we’re free to choose, is when we’re paying, consuming. Not on the job when we have to obey the boss and rules, not discussing on Facebook, but only buying.

And when we expend money paying for traveling we are stimulating people working for petrol and mining industry, both things that I don’t really need, because I can hitchhiking.

Actually the main goal of traveling for long time is avoid the use of unnecessary thing, the complete detachment. That’s why my first topic was about how to bag, because it’s the first step of self known about what do you really need for living and what you can detach.

My first hitchhiking

I’ve taking a urban bus in Sao Paulo to the first city in 116 road to Curitiba. The bus goes to Juquitiba.

The bus stopped on the first gas station to refill, I tried to take a lift with everyone on that place and I haven’t gotten. Before the bus leave I entered back in the bus and the drive dropped me in a second gas station.

There I’ve gotta a lift in 20 seconds, like magic. It was a new, clean, comfortable, beautiful tank truck. Have a look:

The driver, Michael, was a show himself: a 31yo guy from Santa Catarina who has 10 kids of 6 mothers in 4 states.

One interesting point that is important is that there’s more trucks then cars on this road.

So you should hitichhiking trucks from sp to Curitiba

Have a look on the view

Let me show my bag: a tiny 20 litres bag with few clothes inside.

Have a look inside:

Tênis Asics R$300

On the feet, not in the bag

8 camisetas de R$25 casa = R$200

Jaqueta corta vento R$140

Jaqueta impermeável R$130

Calça-bermuda R$170

6 meias de R$8 dá R$50

Ceroulas R$40

Blusa under R$40

5 mochilas dobráveis de R$20 dá R$100

Mochila 20l R$80

Mochila 10 L R$30

Pochete R$50

Boné R$60

Bermuda R$50

Toalha R$35

Havaianas R$30

Óculos de natação R$25

Gorro R$20

Protetor orelha R$15

Travesseiro inflável R$30

Garrafa R$20

Total Decathlon:R$1.700

E ainda:

Calça jeans R$100

8 cuecas de R$12 dá R$100

pincel R$5

Moletom R$50

Calça de algodão R$50

Total outra roupas: R$300

Total de roupas: R$2 mil

Outros custos:

Passaporte R$270

Visto americano R$600

Celular intermediário tela grande

Moto X, Asus zenfone, Samsung A7 R$1.300

Total outros custos R$2.170

Total total R$4 mil