Special thanks

We want to dedicate this page to everybody that made our journey possible. 
New friends, couchsurfers (CS) and people we randomly met along the way. 
They all have shown us kindness and support in so many different ways. 
(numbers in brackets are links to the corresponding posts)

United States 
Erika (CS), for letting us stay in her room (# 13)
Mr. Lefteris, “the Mastermind” and the passerby, for breakfast (# 13)
Boulis food place, for Greek coffee and tyropita (# 13)
Paul and Cristina (CS), for two great days (# 13)
Indian Restaurant Bengali, for dinner 
Titan Supermarket, for Greek dinner (# 13)
Daniel, you never forget your first.. hitch 
A crazy driver, for the ride 
A guy, for the ride 
A bearded guy, for the ride in his pick-up 
Holy Protection monastery, for two great days (# 14)
The elderly lady, for the generous gift 
A guy, for the ride 
A guy, for the ride and the generous gift 
Joel the trucker, for our longest ride ever (# 15)
The taxi driver, for the free ride (# 16)
Dimitris, Laurie and aunt Matina, for their hospitality and generous gift (# 17)
Fred the trucker, for dinner 
Joe, the trucker, for being Joe 
Michelle and Katie, for the ride 
A trucker, for the ride 
A guy, for the ride in his car 
Tator and Jordan, for the ride 
A trucker, for the shower ticket 
The waitress, for a free lunch 
The bus driver, for a free ride 
The Crawfords, for their hospitality and friendship (# 18)
A guy, for a ride 
Brandon, for the ride 
The person, for the generous gift 
Richard, for a ride 
Zack and Mickey, for a quite surreal encounter (# 19)
A lady, for the ride 
A woman, for the generous gift 
Amanda, for the ride 
The stoned old guy, for the ride 
Jeremy and his girlfriend, for the ride 
Katie and Callard, for the ride 
The person, for the generous gift 
Mr. Giorgos, for letting us camp behind his place and feeding us (# 20)
The Greek community, for welcoming us (# 20)
Mrs. Vaso, for the generous gift (# 20)
Nick and his wife, for their friendship (# 20)
Michael aka Peter and Katlyn, for the great time (# 20)
Aaron, for being so welcoming and helpful (# 21)
His mama Linda, for the generous gift 
Jay, for all the insider info about the Jamboree (# 22)
Kathy, for showing us around the Jamboree (# 22)
The guys, for the ride (# 22)
Brigitte, for her lovely letter and generous gift (# 22)
Mark and his son, for the ride 
Jason, for the ride 
Voytek the trucker/photographer, for the shower ticket 
Paul, for the generous gift 
Weird Mark with the gun, for the ride 
Justice and Christopher, very high, for the ride 
Grayson, for the saving ride 
The couple Carly and Dawn, for the ride 
Bud and the two ladies, for the ride 
Otis, for the ride in his truck 
Roberto, the coffee lover, for the 2-day-ride in his truck 
Mrs. Vasiliki, for the gifts 
The church Agios Dimitrios, for welcoming us 
Mrs. Elisabeth, for giving us a ride 
Chip and Beth, for their love and hospitality (# 25)
Charles, the real estate appraiser, for the ride 
John, for the ride 
Robert, the cool dude, for the ride (# 26)
Chuck, Cyndi and Lisa for a such an amazing time (# 27)
The elderly couple, for letting us camp in their garden (# 28)
The post lady, for the free stamps 
Kone Restaurant, for the sushi birthday cake (# 30)

Cuba 
Mrs. Stella, for the support 
Pater Athinagoras, for his hospitality (# 33)
Giorgos and Triantafyllos, for showing us around (# 33) 
Manolo and the others, for welcoming us to their beach (# 34) 
The night guards, for letting us hang our hammock 
Hector, for finding us a place to crash 
Papo, the night guard, for letting us crash (# 37) 
The two travellers, for putting us into the right bus 
The kids for asking us so many things (# 37) 
Lázaro and Julián, for letting us stay in the food place (# 37) 

Mexico 
Greek community, being my friends (N, # 44) 
Angie (CS), for spending a delicious day with me (N, # 44) 
Julio and Edyta, for being such wonderful friends (N, # 44) 
Sandro (CS) and his mum, for their hospitality (P, # 45) 
Fernando (CS), for all his advice (P, # 45) 
Arqui (CS), for his hospitality (P, # 45) 
Baruk (CS), for his hospitality (P, # 45) 
Mr. Alekos and Mrs. Flor, for their amazing philoxenia (# 47) 
Eric (CS), for his hospitality (# 48) 
Beverly, for the great time we had (# 50) 
Florian (CS), for showing us the jungle (# 51) 
Otho, his son and mum, for their friendship and hospitality (# 52) 
Julián (CS), for his songs and hospitality 

Guatemala 
Mariela (CS), for letting us stay at her place (# 56) 
Chad, for the photographic advice 

Peru 
Steph, Christian and their lovely kids (CS), for being so welcoming (N, # 59) 
Alex (CS), for his hospitality and pisco sour (N, # 59) 
Rath’s Edge, for playing amazing games with me (N, # 59) 
David (CS), for the time we spent together (N, # 59) 
Saul (CS) and his mom, for their hospitality (N, # 59) 
Nicolás (CS), for his great company and hospitality (P, # 60) 
Ruly (CS), for his hospitality (P, # 60) 
Andrés (CS) and his mum Rita, for their friendship and hospitality (P, # 60) 
The couple, for the ride (P, # 60) 
Victor, for the ride (P, # 60) 
Luigi (CS), Emilio and Gino for their friendship and hospitality (# 61) 
Mrs. Alicia, for being so sweet to us (# 63) 
The board gamers, for showing us so many games 
The Spanish couple, for giving us a ride 
The water transporter, for giving us a ride 
The ambulance driver, for giving us a ride (# 67) 
Gloria and her family, who welcomed us into their home (# 69) 
Eulalia and Nohely, for their Quechua lessons (# 70) 
Tito (CS), for introducing us into the art of macramé (# 71) 
Rubén for giving us a ride 
Daniel, for giving us a ride 
The cement truck driver, for giving us a ride 
Juan, for giving us a ride 
The priest, for letting us stay in his parish 
The brick truck driver, for giving us a ride 
Alex and Gabriel, for giving us a ride and stopping for food (# 75) 
José (CS) and his family, for their friendship and hospitality (# 76) 
The colectivo, for the free ride 
Dante and his girlfriend, for the ride 
The elderly couple, for the ride in their ancient VW (# 77) 
Douglas (CS) and his family, for the great time we had (# 77) 
The Italian woman, for the ride 
A couple, for the ride in their pick-up 
Alex and his girlfriend, for the ride 
Eloy from the Inka Hospedaje, for the discount (# 82) 
The San Pedro gang, for the great day (# 83) 
The Valentín family, work for stay (# 86) 
Pablo and his board game friends, for a great evening (# 88) 
Positive Hostel, for lodging (# 89) 
La Seño restaurant, for the delicious meal (# 90) 
A guy with his daughter, for the ride 
A truck driver, for the ride 
Guber and his wife, for the ride 
The colectivo, for the free ride 
A little truck, for the ride 
Jonatan, for the ride 
Carlos, for the ride in his truck 
The police, for letting us camp in the square (# 92) 

Chile 
Meli and Eduardo, for letting us use their camper van (# 102)
Oliver, with whom we shared lunch and macramé (# 102)
Marcelo, for giving us a ride 
Hector from hostel El Bajo, for letting us work for our stay (# 103)
Aris from Santorini restaurant, for his delicious Greek food (# 104)
The girl with her brother Luca, for giving us a ride 
The guy with the other hitchhiker lady, for giving us a ride 
Diego, for giving us a ride 
The tour bus, for giving us a free ride 
Marjory and Navor, for giving us a ride 
Carlos, for the ride 
Pedro, for the ride in his van (# 105) 
Lily and Aidé, who let us sleep in their hairdressing salon (# 106) 
Dimitris, the Greek, who showed us Antofagasta (# 107) 
Cristián, for the ride 
Julio, who gave us the longest ride in his truck (# 108) 
Max, for the ride 
Hostal Forestal, for lodging (# 109) 
La Chimba Hostel, for lodging (# 111)
Bellavista Hostel, for lodging (# 113)
Eugenio (CS), for sharing his home and stories with us (# 114)
Alvaro, for sharing cab ride
The taxi triver, for being so helpful

Australia
Ahren (CS), for being very thoughtful and friendly (# 119)
Vanilla Cafe, for a really tasty lunch (# 122)
Sean and Bronte (CS), for their friendship and hospitality (# 123)
Matt from the Barkly Backpackers, for everything (# 125)
Nick, for a great time and Greek humour (# 126)
Levi (CS), for being such a good friend (# 130)
Omri, for the ride
Tanner, for the ride
John and Marie-Ann, for the ride
Park rangers, for not giving us that fine (# 131)
Tamer, Peter and Maddie, for the ride
Christos and Theoni, for laughs and the ride
Kostas and his family, for sharing their lawn and wine
The Indian family, for the lift up
Nico and the two girls, for the lift down
Kristen, for the ride and the walk
Robyn from the Surfside Backpackers, for lodging (# 132)
Gisela, for the ride
Chris, Emma and baby Sierra, for the ride (# 133)
Dong and his parents, for the ride
Mark from the Flashpackers, for lodging (# 134)
Chelsea, for the inspiration and the generous gift (# 147)
Doola and Bajara, for the ride
Bus driver, for the extra mile (P)
Robert, for the ride (P)
Bas and Jasper, for the ride (P)
Quill and Ben, for the road trip (P)
Ruel, for the lift (P)
Mick the farmer, for the lift (P)
Dimitri and Ria, for the ride in their van (P)
Jen and son David, for the tour and the lift (P)
Connor and Anika, for the ride (P)
Sandy, for the ride and generous gift (P)
Tenneil, for the ride (P)
Teremayi, for the ride and good advice (N)
The elderly lady, for the lift (N)
Robert and Vivienne (CS), for their love, gifts and hospitality (# 135)
Donna, for the lift
George, for the ride
Chris, for the ride, lobster and hospitality (# 136)
Kim with his mobile home, for the ride (N)
Lisa and Neil, for the ride (N)
Joey, for the ride and good company (N)
Kaito the Japanese street musician, for good advice and company (N, # 137)
Rajeev (CS), for dinner and his amazing hospitality (N, # 137)
Levi and his brothers, for an enjoyable day (N, # 137)
Naomi and Tom, for great food and company (N, # 137)
James and Jason, for the ride (P)
David and Hannah for the long ride (P)
Garry from Travellers Inn, for lodging (P, # 138)
Dylan, for the delicious bread (P)
Darren, for his friendship and help (# 139) 
Christos, for his Cypriot hospitality and the fun we had (# 140)
Haroula and Giorgos, for delicious food and laughs (# 140)

Indonesia
James (CS), for hosting us
The manager from Pillow Inn, for dinner
Inn Da Lodge hostel, for lodging us (# 146)
Made, for being such a patient teacher (# 149)
A truck driver, for the ride
The bus, for the free ride
Arya, for helping with the translation
Oni, for the eventful ride (# 151)
Bella and Rio, for everything (# 153)
Eko, for the great company (# 153)
Yusuf from Palmyra hostel, for lodging (# 155)
Bella's parents Gatot and Etik, for their hospitality and kindness (# 159)
Andrew and Emi, for the ride and their generosity
Ferdian from Cakra Homestay, for lodging (# 160)
Kathy and Bryan, for their friendship and good company (# 161)
Phillipe and his friends, for everything (# 165)
Indah and her daughter Jovana, for the ride and lunch (# 168)
The two truck drivers, for an exciting ride (# 169)
Bintang Baron hotel, for lodging (# 173)
The young couple, for the ride
The lifeguards at Parangtritis, for their friendly concern (# 176)
The three guys, for the ride
Ardi and Imanuel, for their generosity and the long ride (# 177)
Zacka (CS), for his hospitality and good heart (# 181)


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