Hitchhiking in Chile

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I love hitchhiking in Chile actually. It's a beautiful country. People are really, really like you. I remember being in some kind of hiking refuge in deep in the mountains in Chile and then a truck came to pick me up. And they took like a cooking kitchen and started cooking food for us because we had been under the rain for like a couple of days. The Balkans have a lot of Ottoman influence, which means they are like having fresh ingredients in their food. You know, nowadays you have like genetically modified food, everything you can get in the store is like poison and stuff like that. That's the best answer to the question so far.

Travel writer Juan Pablo Villarino had visited 90 countries before making the trek to exotic Arlington, Virginia for this chat with Tyler. Amazingly enough, this recording marked his first trip to the mainland United States, which is now the 91st country in an ever-expanding list.

The world's best hitchhiker talks with Tyler about the joys of connecting with people, why it's so hard to avoid stereotypes (including of hitchhikers), how stamp collecting guides his trips, the darkest secrets of people he's gotten rides from, traveling and writing books with his wife, the cause of violence in the Americas, finding the emotional heart of a journey, where he's going next, and more.

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Recorded May 4th, 2018 Other ways to connect

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