Comments on: Hitchhiking the Romanian Ocazie http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/ Dispatches from an American in Romania (was Transylvania) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:38:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Morgan 'Salman' http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/comment-page-1/#comment-6608 Morgan 'Salman' Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:42:44 +0000 http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/#comment-6608 Wonderful article of a hitchhiking trip and all the little joys and oddities that come out of it. Would really like to re-publish this on digihitch.com, with a link back. Let us know what you think! (Something to chew on-- hitchhiking is NOT illegal in the USA, though our government and transportation industries have no qualms letting people believe it is) Wonderful article of a hitchhiking trip and all the little joys and oddities that come out of it. Would really like to re-publish this on digihitch.com, with a link back. Let us know what you think!
(Something to chew on– hitchhiking is NOT illegal in the USA, though our government and transportation industries have no qualms letting people believe it is)

]]> By: matthew vincent http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/comment-page-1/#comment-2884 matthew vincent Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:53:31 +0000 http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/#comment-2884 my friend justin blair and i made a documentary in transilvania and we were both very pleased with how easy and correct the hitchiking (hijacking) system was. we went all through maramures and the banat collecting supernatural stories from mostly older people in remote villages. our most productive days were when we got a "shark" for the whole day because the stories are only in the villages where the person or persons haven't died or forgotten them and we could just speed off to our next lead. oh boy, romanians will drive through some hellish conditions. romanians seemed to believe that everything was possible. it was nice to read your tale because it was a lot different from any experiences we had. i don't speak much romanian and every driver but one that we had didn't speak english. cosmin, the one driver who did speak english seemed very ready to take off off the edge of the earth. we even included some of this into the film it is good to read that americans are a little interested in romania my friend justin blair and i made a documentary in transilvania and we were both very pleased with how easy and correct the hitchiking (hijacking) system was. we went all through maramures and the banat collecting supernatural stories from mostly older people in remote villages. our most productive days were when we got a “shark” for the whole day because the stories are only in the villages where the person or persons haven’t died or forgotten them and we could just speed off to our next lead. oh boy, romanians will drive through some hellish conditions. romanians seemed to believe that everything was possible. it was nice to read your tale because it was a lot different from any experiences we had. i don’t speak much romanian and every driver but one that we had didn’t speak english. cosmin, the one driver who did speak english seemed very ready to take off off the edge of the earth. we even included some of this into the film

it is good to read that americans are a little interested in romania

]]> By: shadowchase http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 shadowchase Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:20:54 +0000 http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/#comment-1723 An interesting read of a roadtrip....hey that guy looks familiar! He looks like a cousin of mine! An interesting read of a roadtrip….hey that guy looks familiar! He looks like a cousin of mine!

]]> By: Romerican http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 Romerican Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:02:52 +0000 http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/#comment-1714 Kyah - thanks for stopping by! Taking this trip was, indeed, interesting. Andrea - I think that's really cool of you, to pick up travellers when you can. It's not always possible, of course, but it's great to return the karma you've been a recipient of. I'm leery of asking the cargo contents of some people ;] but I'd go nuts for a chance to fly in a Porsche! Kyah – thanks for stopping by! Taking this trip was, indeed, interesting.

Andrea – I think that’s really cool of you, to pick up travellers when you can. It’s not always possible, of course, but it’s great to return the karma you’ve been a recipient of. I’m leery of asking the cargo contents of some people ;] but I’d go nuts for a chance to fly in a Porsche!

]]> By: Andrea http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/comment-page-1/#comment-1704 Andrea Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:21:51 +0000 http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/#comment-1704 We take tons of hitchhikers with the new car - since we did this thing a lot a few years ago, including Romania-Hungary trips, it's only fair now to return the favor. And we did it in style, with signs prepared in advance and thumbs up. We never waited for more than half an hour, even if we announced in advance that we're broke. People (including cigarette smugglers and speed addicts in old porsches) are just nice that way. We take tons of hitchhikers with the new car – since we did this thing a lot a few years ago, including Romania-Hungary trips, it’s only fair now to return the favor. And we did it in style, with signs prepared in advance and thumbs up. We never waited for more than half an hour, even if we announced in advance that we’re broke. People (including cigarette smugglers and speed addicts in old porsches) are just nice that way.

]]> By: kyahgirl http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/comment-page-1/#comment-1703 kyahgirl Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:40:13 +0000 http://romerican.com/2006/08/22/hitchhiking-the-romanian-ocazie/#comment-1703 Hiya, it was so nice to see you again at my blog. This is a very interesting post...I love the way you describe everyday people and all the sights you see. Makes me feel like I'm there. Hiya, it was so nice to see you again at my blog.
This is a very interesting post…I love the way you describe everyday people and all the sights you see. Makes me feel like I’m there.

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