A Gateshead man travelled all the way to New Zealand - thanks to donations from people who use Twitter.
Paul Smith, 33, dubbed the Twitchhiker, made the 11,000-mile trip without buying a single ticket, reports the Daily Mail.
He gave himself 30 days to complete the trek, and was forbidden to spend a penny on so much as a taxi journey.
"The Twitchhiker project showed that kindness is universal, that the whole can be infinitely greater than the sum of its parts, and that social media may begin online but it will converge with the real world whenever and wherever you let it," he wrote in his blog.
Mr Smith first crossed to the Netherlands, Germany and France. He then doubled back after being given flights from Frankfurt to Amsterdam, and on to New York.
He then made his way through Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chicago and LA, where a final flight saw him arrive in New Zealand with days to spare.
Paul's journey, which has raised more than £5,000 for charity, was governed by two key rules. He stayed nowhere for more than two days and he never planned more than three days ahead.
His original goal was Campbell Island, a remote outpost off New Zealand, but that would have relied on a ship's captain prepared to cross treacherous seas on a six day round trip for free.
So instead he headed for Stewart Island, population of just 400, and said he was satisfied with that.
"The aim was to travel as far as I could from home as possible within 30 days, and by reaching Stewart Island I'd travelled to a place the majority of New Zealanders have never set foot on," he said.
Paul Smith, 33, dubbed the Twitchhiker, made the 11,000-mile trip without buying a single ticket, reports the Daily Mail.
He gave himself 30 days to complete the trek, and was forbidden to spend a penny on so much as a taxi journey.
"The Twitchhiker project showed that kindness is universal, that the whole can be infinitely greater than the sum of its parts, and that social media may begin online but it will converge with the real world whenever and wherever you let it," he wrote in his blog.
Mr Smith first crossed to the Netherlands, Germany and France. He then doubled back after being given flights from Frankfurt to Amsterdam, and on to New York.
He then made his way through Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chicago and LA, where a final flight saw him arrive in New Zealand with days to spare.
Paul's journey, which has raised more than £5,000 for charity, was governed by two key rules. He stayed nowhere for more than two days and he never planned more than three days ahead.
His original goal was Campbell Island, a remote outpost off New Zealand, but that would have relied on a ship's captain prepared to cross treacherous seas on a six day round trip for free.
So instead he headed for Stewart Island, population of just 400, and said he was satisfied with that.
"The aim was to travel as far as I could from home as possible within 30 days, and by reaching Stewart Island I'd travelled to a place the majority of New Zealanders have never set foot on," he said.
