This is a book about hitchhiking (as well as hydrostop, railway stop, airstop) by a very active, intelligent and independent woman, Tatyana. She visited many places - in Europe and Kamchatka, in Tours and in the USA, in remote villages and big cities. The book includes the famous 2002 article “On the Safety of Women's Hitchhiking” and an addition to it written eight years later; memories of how hitchhiking began in post-perestroika Russia - the author was an eyewitness and participant in many key events; stories about airstop practice. The book also contains “implausible” stories from the author’s life: about a squat in a new Moscow building, getting rid of an illegal situation by missing a plane from America, and the miraculous recovery of a stolen handheld. Bonus: stories about the author’s favorite animals, some of which were travel companions.