Presentation of textbook “Hobo tourism” was held at the Crimean Republican Universal Scientific Library

Thursday, September 15, 2022

On Wednesday, September 14, Russian traveller, writer and wikimedian Viktor Pinchuk gave a presentation relating to new book, Hobo Tourism created in the Wikibooks project.

The event was hosted at the Crimean Republican Universal Scientific Library named after Ivan Franko during the literary festival “CrimeaBookFest – 2022” /(Russian): ??????????? – 2022/.

The lecture, accompanied by a demonstration of the photo and video material, lasted a little over an hour. Attendees included people of different ages and views. A number of diverse questions related to the topic of speech were asked to the author. Reportedly, the book’s focus is toward on practical advice for travelers who want to visit as many places on our planet as possible but have modest financial capabilities. Two language versions — in Russian and English — allow residents of different countries to get acquainted with the text of the tutorial and use recommendations in the future. The methods proposed by the author are similar in some ways to the well-known pro-Western backpacking, but there are also differences.

• Poster presentation (in ru)

• Visitors to the event

• Answer to a question

• Diploma to the author of a textbook (in ru)

On forty-five pages, the nuances of a long intercontinental trip in the hobo tour format are described in detail: overnight accommodation options (among which there are extravagant and exotic ones); use of transport; necessary equipment; food self-sufficiency advice. A separate category contains educational materials, where the creator of the textbook, using many years of experience, gives readers recommendations on how to avoid tragic mistakes in distant countries, citing specific examples from their own practice. And as an optional material, articles with a detailed description of the traveler’s expeditions are presented.

• During the performance

• The author in the background of the title page of the textbook.

Concluding speech, the author spoke about cases from his own practice that are not mentioned on the pages of the textbook. In particular, about a two-week stay in a comfortable hotel (two swimming pools, three meals a day in a restaurant with a choice of dishes, a private room) near the city of Nadi (Fiji), where he was placed by local emigration authorities, before deportation from the island state, commenting on the events with a quote from book “Six months by islands… and countries” /(Russian): ??????? ?? ????????… ? ???????/:

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