Sailing with Hippies (Hitching a Ride – Part II)
Over the course of the past four years we’ve had a lot of correspondence deriving from our first article about hitching a ride across the Atlantic. Most of the would-be ocean travellers who read it accept that it was written tongue in cheek; and most also recognise that, besides taking the piss, it also offers sound advice. On the other hand, a few hitch-hikers have taken the whole thing to heart – perhaps they were so upset by the first…