Tag How to meet locals?

FINNS ON BICYCLES: ANTTI AITTOLA

Antti Aittola ja Suomen lippu Patagoniassa

This is the second part of the blog post series Finns on Bicycles – encounters on the road. This time let me introduce to you: Antti Aittola, a 23-year-old man from Porvoo, Finland. Antti left his hometown together with his friend…

FINNS ON BICYCLES: KAISA LEKA

kaisa leka on strangerless

This is the first part of my new series of posts called Finns on Bicycles, encounters on the road by other Finnish long-distance cyclists. As I’m definitely not the only one who is continuously meeting wonderful and helpful strangers on the move, I’ve decided…

FLYING: WHO WILL SIT NEXT TO ME?

Flying who will sit next to me

The anticipation of a flight for me is the anxiety of who will sit next to me on the plane. I don’t particularly enjoy flying per se, but I love imagining the people I meet at the airport and my…

WHY CYCLE LATIN AMERICA?

Why cycle latin america

A bicycle really is all you need if you want to meet people in another country (disclaimer: these pics don’t really look like it, do they?). And I’m not saying this solely out of my own experience, but also from the experiences…

URBAN HITCHHIKING: WALKING WITH STRANGERS

Urban hitchhiking in Helsinki

Would you like a spontaneous encounter with a stranger in the midst of your day-to-day life? If the answer is yes, then Urban Hitchhiking is for you! Created by urban-space-mastermind Lauri Jäntti and myself, Urban Hitchhiking is all about unexpected encounters in an…

TRAINING FOR LATIN AMERICA WITH A PINK RIKSHAW

rikshaw standing on its own

How on earth do you train for long-distance cycling and contact with strangers if you live in a city? Unless you’re one of those people into Urban Hitchhiking [sic!], meeting people on the streets of a city can be a tricky business. However,…