14 Funny Situations You Might Come Across in Your Travels

1. Most Hitchhiking Days

If you’re intentionally looking for funny situations, then the best course of action is going on a hitchhiking trip. It’s the epitome of randomness. No days are quite the same, and you’ll get to meet amazing people along the way.

Hitchhiking is a great opportunity to feel strangers’ generosity first-hand, like meeting a Czech priest who’ll help you find the next ride, or an old Slovak truck driver who doesn’t speak any English. Just make sure you hide every time there’s a police car and you laugh together about it!

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