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When hitchhiking out of a city, try to stand by the road where there are no people around. When [[User:CRCulver|CRCulver]] tried hitching out of Jisrash Shugur, he accepted an invitation to tea from employees of a nearby garage. They thought he was lost and called the police, who sent him to a military base where he was interrogated for several hours and told hitchhiking was illegal before being forced onto a bus bound for [[Damascus]].

Most European tourists can get their visa directly at the border, but of course check your local embassy for country-specific visa requirements. When entering Syria, you also get an entry/exit card. Don't loose it, you need it when leaving the county. When leaving [[Syria]], you additionally have to buy an exit/return-ticket at the border checkpoints. These can be bought in most cases in little supermarkets just in front of the ''we stamp your passport''-offices. As in August 2008, the price for an exit card was 550 Syrian Pound (500 SYP exit card, 50 SYP taxes).

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* [[The Golan Heights]]

* [http://www.geo.de/GEO/reisen/58593.html Interview] about hitchhiking in '''Syria''' {{de}}

* [http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi/archives/61 Blog article] with thoughts about hitchhiking in Syria {{en}}

* [http://www.digihitch.com/article1052.html Hitchhiking Syria], article from [http://www.digihitch.com digihitch] {{en}}

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Image:Damascus.jpg|Hitchhiking Spot in Barzeh

Image:Roads Syria.jpg|Roads in the desert

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