Look at these mountains! | Couchsurfing at a Turkish pothead in SlovakiasteemCreated with Sketch.

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The following is about my experience in Slovakia to where I hitchhiked soon after Steemfest 3.

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This highway must be one with the most beautiful scenery I've ever seen.

So, after arriving late to Ružomberok, Slovakia with a Polish truck driver who kept yelling "kurwa" every other minute, I searched myself a bush to camp for the night.

The next day, after wild camping on a hill, I woke up like "oh, there's mountains here" - I never saw them in the dark on the previous day.

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Gotta say, I like mountains.

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A mountain next to Ružomberok.

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Some fortress on the way to Prešov.

After hitching another ride to Košice, I managed to find myself a host - a Turkish guy studying in Slovakia - to couch surf at. Given the turn of recent events in Steemfest, I found it ironic to step into a house smelling like weed.

And yes, I smoked with him, twice.

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In the last night of my stay when I smoked, I got sleepy and blacked out on the sofa. I woke up after midnight to another guy - a friend of the Turkish guy. "Oh, hi, we haven't met yet", I reached my hand towards him. Then we smoked a joint between the three of us, and I fell asleep again. Didn't see Max anymore in the morning though.

The Turkish guy was pretty chill (he smoked weed after all); we talked about languages, history and we even jammed a little with drums and guitar/bass.

Anyway, here's few shots from Košice:

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They had wine in a frigging 5 liter junk in there in a store, and my Turkish friend bought that, lol!

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Ha ha. The smoking story made me laugh. Nice way to encourage a good sleep 😂

The pics of Slovakia look awesome m8. Safe travels

Yeah, I slept pretty well after that, haha.

is this Celestal version of around the world in 80 days?

Don't give me any more crazy ideas.

Awesome story.. gotta love couch surfing.. especially at a stoners house

Oh yeah 😁

This is amazing! I can't believe you camped in the wild in this weather! You're hard core bro. Dude, Slovakia has some of the most beautiful mountains in Europe. Good luck with your journey :)

This is amazing! I can't believe you camped in the wild in this weather!

Meh... it's not that cold yet, even though I don't have the thickest type of sleeping bag. Although I have the Finnish "plus 100% resistance against cold" as a perk.

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