Do You Stop Cars With Your Smile?

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I always like to say that you stop cars with your smile and not with your thumb. So there are actually a lot of things you can do to improve your chances of getting a lift. And I think really definitely smiling as a car is passing, it's a really important thing. Then there are very subtle things that people wouldn't guess that have an impact and they do. For example, one is smiling, the other one is when you manage to get eye contact, then I reinforce.

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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