“Going to Los Angeles without money? Even the police told me: You can’t do that, it’s stupid. Someone will kill you or rob you,” says traveler Vojtěch Pechar aka Mullet on his trip across America without a single own dollar. Locals gave him food, lodging and money. How dangerous is such a journey and what must the traveler be prepared for? And was he ever afraid?
You can watch the entire interview in the introductory video or listen to it in your favorite podcast app. What were its main themes?
0:27-1:30 Pechar appears on Instagram as a Mullet on a trip, how did he get his signature hairstyle and does he only wear it “on trips”?
1:30-3:48 Did he have a specific route or goals in mind? How many people drove it during the journey of about 4,500 kilometers?
3:48-8:35 What was the biggest attraction for him in America? How did he manage to fly the plane? And also about why the police checked him several times.
8:35-10:25 Did he have some financial stash to tap into just in case?
10:25-16:41 Was he afraid to sit in the car with strangers? Did it happen during his trip that he preferred not to sit next to someone? How do Americans feel about hitchhikers?
16:41-21:12 According to Pechar, why does a person on a similar journey have to get into the mentality of a homeless person? About what crisis he experienced and what luck he had in the Grand Canyon.
21:12-25:48 Didn’t he ever feel like he was taking too many risks? What must a person who would like to undertake such an adventure have with him? Where was he at his best in the USA and what was his strongest moment?
