Hi Jon and Jack
This is the said Hitchhiker Carl here. Remembered you had a web site so I thought I’d check it out and see how your trip’s going. I have to say, it’s a bit strange having a discussion about me going on. Was there a disclosure form I was supposed to fill out….? Just jokes.
The wedding was fabulous, had about 50 people camp out in the creek bed that night after the wedding. Including the bride and groom. Swag city!
You guys were a very welcome relief from the tedious dusty wind of the highway in coober pedy. I’d had enough of throwing pebbles at the tin can on the side of the road and was keen to get moving. As tedious as it is though, waiting for such lengths of time, I think hitching does a few great things for me. It forces you to rely on the others, which we spend so much time trying to avoid - desperately wanting to be totally independent, and it allows you to get to spend a little bit of time with and get to know a bit about a total stranger, which I have to say is always rewarding. Each lift I got was with an equally unique person or people, on vastly different journeys and despite different people’s quirks, there was a generosity and willingness to have a chat that made each lift rewarding. One of those little things that is slowly diminishing unfortunately.
Thanks again guys. All the best with your travels, Maybe I’ll see you at the Katoomba skyway some time.
Carl
………….and the same day we also got this post:
By Annette Pereira July 11th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
I think i met that guy hitchiking a few weeks ago! Is he from the Blue Mountains? Isn’t he lovely. Probably one of the nicest people i’ve ever met.
I remember thinking to myself after i had dropped him in Sydney, ‘he would make a great prime minister one day’.