ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PHILOSOPHY

  Traveling Alone
          —Learn to be more comfortable in your own skin!
          —The Ukrainian shakedown
          —The plight of the lone Japanese female

  Hitchhiking
          —Wait! Wait! Wait! Don’t say “no"–yet!
          —Isn’t it dangerous?
          —How to find someone to try it with

  CouchSurfing and Servas
          —Couch what? Servas? Are these cults? (Yes!)
          —Why the human element trumps hotels
          —The 100 word stories: no more, no less

  Rideshare and Substitutes for the Insidious Rail Pass
          —European rideshare’s gone mainstream
          —Free Scandanavian ferries
          —Japan can be visited cheaply–seriously!

  Hostels
          —Is a youth hostel card worth it?
          —What’s wrong with booking online?
          —Don’t forget sleepinginairports.net!