Hi, my name is John and I am currently travelling overland* from Aberdeen in Scotland, to Aberdeen in Hong Kong by hitchhiking!
I set up jaunt so that others can follow my journey and meet the people I encounter and who help me along the way. I am also using the expedition as an opportunity to raise awareness and money for the mental health charity and support resource Shout.
Follow my journey
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I am an artist and curator from Glasgow, who normally lives in London. After becoming worn out by the rat race, at the beginning of 2025 I made the decision to leave my corporate job and dive into a life on the road.
Through sharing my journey across the globe, my goal is to offer a channel of positivity in an increasingly unsettled world. I want to do this by shedding light on the perspectives of those I meet on my travels. Specifically, I am setting out to capture and share as many dreams as possible, and will do this by asking strangers what their hopes are for the future.
By using social media as a platform in this way, I will also work to raise awareness and funds for mental health charities in the UK. This is a cause that is close to my heart, as in the past years I have experienced how the pressures of modern life can impact our mental wellbeing. With this, I have come to learn how vital the incredible resources made available by organisations in this space can be!
Route
Start: Aberdeen, Scotland
Finish: Aberdeen, Hong Kong
This stage of my expedition will begin in March 2025 in Aberdeen, Scotland. The foreseen route will take me from the UK into Europe. I will then head east, working my way through the continent until I reach Turkey and then on to the Caucasus. From here I plan on crossing the Caspian Sea to reach Kazakhstan. I will then proceed east toward China. Upon arriving here, I will pass through the northern desert regions and into Mongolia, before turning south. I will continue in this direction until I reach Hong Kong, which is situated on the southern coast, where the Pearl River meets the South China Sea.
Roughly, this route will span over 14,000KM and up to 25 countries.
<<< My Journey, So Far
*as the land borders of Azerbaijan have remained entirely closed since 2020, it is currently impossible to complete this route without taking one short flight between Tbilisi in Georgia, and Baku, Azerbaijan (a distance of around 500km).
