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'''Hitchhiking''' (also called ''lifting'' or ''thumbing'') is a form of transport, in which the traveller tries to get a lift (ride) from another traveller, usually a car or truck driver. This wiki contains a lot of information about hitchhiking: [[Where to hitchhike|where to start]], practical info on how to do it, pictures and much much more..If you've never hitchhiked before and you want to try it out you should check out the article hitchhiking for the [[first time]].

Contrary to popular opinion there are still a lot of hitchhikers, all over the world, even in the [[United States]]. There are people like [[User:Irvthom|Irv Thomas]] whose hitchhike experiences span more than half a century. Hitchhiking is a very common means of transportin most less affluent countries (although often a form of payment isexpected). Hitchhiking is probably as old as the wheel and willIf youprobably exist as long as people need to move from one place toanother. There has been surprisingly little scientific research on hitchhiking,so it've never hitchhiked before you might want s really hard to check out say come up with any hard statements on the article rise or demise of hitchhiking for . There are is a nice community of hitchhikers inEurope, and it seems to be growing. It's sort of going hand in handwith the [[first timehospitality exchange]]movement. Some try to link thisto the much larger (and economically highly influential) movement offree software and free information (think GNU/Linux and Wikipedia),and there is huge potential in this sense. If we want it ornot, internet will be in people's pockets and most of our locationsare already easily tracked. Link this to the potential trustavailable in online social networks (friends of friends), the risingprices of petrol and the lower need to be in one location andhitchhiking could be just at the start of a global come-back. People will participate because it's ecological, others because of theeconomical aspects. Numerous people pick up hitchhikers is means of getting abit of excitement in their life. For some hitchhiking starts as a formof extremely cheap transport and then it turns into a lifestylethat allows to do amazing and useful things without being trappedin an office 5 days a week. Some people havethis idea that hitchhikers are stinky bums. Of course, at (rare)times hitchhikers can be on the road for more than 24 hours and feel the need for ashower, but others are traveling equipped with laptops, mobile phones, a fresh shave and shower and GPS devices.