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@Twitchhiker comes to Los Angeles before heading off to New Zealand

Do you remember us blogging about the Twitchhiker? Paul A Smith is traveling as far around the world as he can in 30 days solely on the kindness of Twitterers. He’s Twittering, blogging and taking videos along the way — all in an effort to raise money for a cause called charity: water. So far he’s raised about $5,000. Today Paul is in Los Angeles at the La Brea Tar Pits — or so he tweeted earlier today. Look for him on Google Latitude and follow his adventures or help him out at @twitchhiker. He’s off to New Zealand tomorrow. I wonder who paid for that ticket. … I also wonder if he’ll get the travel bug and not be able to stop after 30 days.

– Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel & Deal blogger

[Image: mapness.net]

This entry was posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 at 1:28 pm by Jen Leo and is filed under Los Angeles, News, Tips & Advice, Travel Technology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

4 Comments on “@Twitchhiker comes to Los Angeles before heading off to New Zealand”

Mark@Mapness Says:
March 21st, 2009 at 6:44 am
Hi Jen,

Thanks for using our screenshot and blogging about one of our favorite travelers.

However, your link to Google Latitude doesn’t work - you might want to link directly to Paul’s Mapness journey instead at http://mapness.net/journey/6805

Cheers,
Mark.
Jen Leo Says:
March 21st, 2009 at 7:50 am
Hi Mark -
Thanks for your note. The image of the map was supposed to link to Paul’s Mapness journey - because of your comment I saw that it wasn’t working and just fixed it.

The Google Latitude works fine - it goes to his blog where he talks about using Google Latitude. Not everyone knows what GL is so I wanted to link to him explaining his use of it.

Have a good weekend,
Jen
Mark Says:
March 23rd, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Thanks for the fix!

best regards,
Mark.
iNeverGetLost Team Says:
March 23rd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
It’s been a lot of fun to follow @Twitchhiker through his journeys. I started following him a couple of days before he left and I’m curious to see just how far he’s going to get!