Travel Resources

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+ How to: travel for free 1; travel for free 2; travel for free 3

Safety / Race / Gender
+ for info on safety and all aspects of hitchhiking: hitchwiki.org
+ Race and the Great American Adventure
+ Should women travel alone? Should they hitchhike?
+ The woman traveling solo question (article)
+ multi-angle, balanced presentation – by the super-experienced solo female hitchhiker Amylin (a *must-watch* for all, female or male, especially if you plan to hitchhike or travel low-budget)
+ another solo female, discussing herself & some of her favorite solo female travelers throughout history

Hitchhiking
+ Hitchhiking in the Axis of Evil: By Thumb in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan
+ thorough book on how to hitchhike/live on the road
+ podcast (by Freakonomics) on hitching and its U.S. demise
+ Hitchhiking’s time has come again (NYTimes article)

Walking
+ Peace Pilgrim: An American Sage
(documentary on the incredible woman who walked 28 years with no possessions)
+ List of (some) people who have walked across the US
+ Walking the Land as a Spiritual Quest (NYTimes article)