points by cubefox 10 hours ago | 0 comments
This is a crazy story. 28 years. Crossing the Bering Strait by foot, swimming across the English Channel after they didn't let him walk through the Channel Tunnel, etc. I wonder what his main source of income is/was.
[–] paradine7 10 hours ago
[–] TFNA 9 hours ago
Rather, any longterm overland traveler, even if they can pay their own way and are even posh, will encounter situations where local people want to extend hospitality and do something to help you, even if they are of much more modest means. Sometimes this isn't actually helping you, because you'd rather sort your own accommodation and food and have downtime to yourself, whereas being a guest requires socializing and energy, but you feel compelled to accept because people want to be seen as kind and generous.