10 best feelings while hitchhiking

The best feelings I've had were when hitchhiking. and here are some of my favourites:

1- When the car stops: You wont get this feeling if you've been waiting for 5 or 10 minutes, you get it only after waiting for a few hours. Big smile. trying to look friendly, adrenaline pumping in your brain, and the feeling that you are finally on your way.


2- When connecting with the driver: If you are going to be in a car with someone for a few hours, you want to get along and most times the drivers will make it quite easy. It's cool when they are old people and tell us how they were hitchhiking when they were our age, how they wanted to change the world and all their stories, and how things were so different from now, now everyone's scared of each other.


3- Absolute unmatched unrivaled freedom: I first read about it in Jurgen's profile, he wrote "The sense of freedom when hitchhiking without a plan and without a watch is definitely unrivaled :-)" and I thought: that's what life is about. Few months later i found myself trying it out for myself, only to get hooked up for life.

4- Non verbal communication: When you have no language in common with the driver, but still you understand each other through smiles and body language.

5- Empathy: When the driver sees you and notices you've been through a lot and they say "you can just sleep if you want".

6- Relax: Nothing better for relaxation than hitchhiking with a drink in your hand, if you know me you also a know I'm not a big fan of alcoholic drinks, but for a special occasion, few things can get you more relaxed than hitchhiking with a drink in your hand, and taking a break to appreciate the landscapes. breathtaking, the landscapes, after you see it you will know what I'm talking about, that's what life is about, the landscapes, the drink, the relaxation of not having any worries and knowing that everything's gonna be fine, no matter what, everything's gonna be just fine. 

7- Restoring faith in humanity: You know sometimes you feel like everything's lost already, our planet is doomed, everybody's violent and corrupted, we destroy everything, we kill each other. Well, the only thing you need to do, to realize there's still hope in the world is hitting the road, after a few rides you will know that there are still many good people around and not everything's lost yet.

8- Nature: When you are waiting or walking and suddenly le wild life appears, that's when you know it, that's when you know you're on the right track, that's when you know you're doing it right.

9- When getting off the car: The feeling of being truly grateful to the driver and the surprise on people's faces when they see a little guy getting of a massive truck in the middle of nowhere just to start walking along the road with a sign and a big smile. so happy. loving the world, loving everyone.

10- Camaraderie: Finally, this is probably the best thing I've felt on the 27 years I've lived is when you find a fellow hitchhiker, specially in a remote area, and you instantaneously understand each other without saying a word. "bro, i know what you've been through, here, have an apple". And if you get a ride first, waving at him from the car with the most sincere smile you've ever had, hoping they get a ride soon, or being waved at from the car and feeling truly happy for them to be on their way.

this was written from the heart, with feelings, so, sorry for the bad english and i wont even bother to edit so I dont kill what's written in between the lines., and all this feelings and experiences I'm talking about are just a fraction of the reasons, why I said in a previous post that if I die tomorrow I will die a very happy person, because I've already experienced amazing things, did everything I wanted to do and dont regret anything and had an amazing time, even today was amazing just for staying at home remembering all the amazing times. dont know how could it get any better.