Tuesday March 20: The Germans have found me! "Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis der Netizens" wrote the Academie.de, what means "Hitchhiking through the galaxy of the Netizens". Read the article in German on their website or read the English translation.

By hitchhikers by the galaxy of the Netizens

 (19.03.2001) better translations are more than welcome!

Even if he stayed in each offered place-to-stay really only one day, then the Dutch Ramon collected castles would have meals already after the first week of its under "letmestayforaday.com " announced self attempt for more than two months (free) a roof over the heading - included.

Letmestayforaday.com: Per Anhalter durch die Internet-Galaxis His "only" problem with the NO budget trip around the world starting in six weeks: Still the private overnight accomodation all too unequally distributes itself over the globe. Apart from only sorted invitations from Africa, Australia and Asia the offers in the Benelux countries and (headed for first by) the USA accumulate themselves up.

In addition, there long yet sufficient start actions are not present: Because in an approach of thriftiness and self-sufficiency the student wants to do all far as possible without penalty, courses or airplanes and only travel "at the long thumb", thus by hitchhikers.

On the idea not to shift its dream of the trip around the world on short vacation episodes in wealthier life phases or the pension Web projects brought it like the DotComGuy, which had supplied themselves the whole last year via Internet, or beg-sites such as Sendmeadollar.com.

Whether he is ever invited by the US-American Talkshow legend David Letterman, is not yet constituted. But improbably, because for example he already did not draw the attention of Wired on itself. In an interview the optimistic backpack tourist of the on-line sage already schwaermt from the large hospitality of its potential hosts: "humans are really great, genuine Internet enthusiasts."

Pleasantly - and interesting for future on-line optimization attempts - at the project of the 24-year-old: Differently as with exclusively Web-based projects it provides with "letmestayforaday.com" for everything else than easy linkage of virtual and real world. And it promised to report on its individual stations and the made experiences - over hospitality, accommodation and meal quality - when he leaves on 1 May, the "day of the work".