Thinking back of Sines
Submitted by gutuater on Sun, 29/08/2010 - 20:15
Part of the Hitchgathering Crew at the campsite in Sines
Two weeks after the Hitchgathering in Sines, what is left of it? We have been hitching, hiking, waiting, waving, running, crying, laughing, singing, strumming, sunburnt, windswept, hungry, sleepless. And we made it, about 80 people from all over Europe and beyond, some of us meeting along the way on random roads, to the designated location in Sines. Some of us thought it was impossible, but it was. Some others didn't make it, and stuck to the motto "somewhere (else) in Portugal". Some got to Sines in two days from Holland, some allowed several weeks.
Barcelona with our cardboard thumbs
Submitted by Tau on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 22:45
Plaça Catalunya the 1st of August.
It seemed to us that we tried really hard to do promotion about the gathering. We walked for 2 hours under the sun and then we were wondering whether all that effort was worth it. I am secretly happy that I took them through a nice tour of Barcelona.
Newsletter On The Road To Sines
Submitted by robino on Sun, 01/08/2010 - 17:59
Are you on the way to Sines yet? Then you probably already know where to go! If you're not, get on the highway, stick up your thumb and let the road bring you where need to be this Friday. If you're late, not to worry. You can take your time as we will stay there for the weekend and some days extra.
This year's hitchgathering destination is a free camping place in the town-center of Sines, 160km South of Lisboa, in the Parque das Merendas with shade, free toilets, showers, water-supply and a beach only 10 minutes away! Check the exact locations. It is the spot with all the green and trees, with a beach further North.
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Portugal On The Run!
Submitted by Tau on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 17:37
In August 2010, hitchhikers from all over Europe will attend the third edition of the European Hitchhiking Festival. After Paris and Odessa, armed with a thumb, a piece of cardboard and a big smile, direction : Sines!
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Sines Yes We Come!
Submitted by hitchhiker on Mon, 05/07/2010 - 21:07
For the third time more than a hundred hitchhikers are set to take part in The Third European Hitchhiking Week. It will be held in Sines, 160 kilometers South of Lisbon, on the 6th of August 2010, lasting for a couple of days or more.
The first two editions took place in Paris, France on 08-08-08 and in Odesa, Ukraine on 07-08-09. Check out last year's atmosphere in this short video of the event.
Pre-gatherings
Pre-gatherings are also being organized along different routes. They are excellent ways to find a travel-buddy. You can also organise one yourself.
- Post-Gathering Vama Veche(3 days)
Forum
You can use the forum also to propose playshops, flash mobs, performances and skill-sharing activities. Or to find a travel-buddy.
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Over a hundred Hitchhikers say they are joining!
Submitted by robino on Fri, 11/06/2010 - 14:58
With 55 days to go, we just received our number 100 person who says s/he is joining us for the 3rd European HItchgathering. That's wonderful news. In the last year we didn't have that many people who registered on our website, though we still ended up with well over a hundred participants who joined the event for one or more days!
Obviously, we can expect that some people are not joining after all, and also that more people will be coming without having a profile on the website. So we can't really know how many people will be joining in the end. But in terms of numbers this is great news, especially since one of our goals for this year was to reach out to more people than before.
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After Meeting end of August in Budapest?!
Submitted by wukk on Wed, 09/06/2010 - 19:27
Hey Hitchhikers!
I would like to suggest a meeting after the 6-8-10!
the 23rd of august up to 75 hitchhikers will race from hamburg down to romania, taking three different routes. after one week we're going to meet in budapest, means up to 75 people will be there!
we plan to be there the last weekend of august, around the 28th!
It would be awesome if some crazy hitchhikers will join us and meet in Budapest coming from portugal, probably going the rest with us to vama veche in the south of constanta.
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May Newsletter: Flyers, Location and Pre-Gatherings
Submitted by mirtillosmile on Mon, 24/05/2010 - 18:47
News about our location, flyers we printed and a pre-gathering in Berlin coming weekend.
Location Scouting
So we decided to meet in somewhere Portugal, but where? At the moment we have several proposals under "investigation": Tomar, Aljezur, Sintra, Costa de Caparica, Lisbon.
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Send Me Flyers!
Submitted by robino on Mon, 24/05/2010 - 14:36
We have printed flyers for the gathering and spread them around several places around Europe. We want you to have those flyers. You can use them to spread among your friends, or give them to your drivers while hitching to Portugal.
You have three options to get flyers:
- Get in touch with someone who has the flyers. You might want to hitch to that location, or find someone who is traveling from there (try couchsurfing-forums for example of that particular city). You can also add your request through that page.
- Give us your maillingaddress and we will send them to you via normal mail (don't worry, your details can only by viewed by site-administrators).
- Find someone randomly with flyers
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