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== The Southern Rim: Hitching from [[Reykjavík]] to [[EgilsstadirEgilsstaðir]] ==

Hitching from Reykjavik to Egilsstaðir, some 700 kilometers, is doable in a week or even less (down to two days) if you're in a hurry. Like anywhere, getting out of a major city (ReykjavikReykjavík) is difficult, but many people on Icelandic roads do drive long distances. People are nice, and Iceland is ridiculously safe, with the exception of some dogs and cows that like to chase hitchers. Getting to [[Hella]] is easy and can be done in less than a day, but the next leg/road from Hella to [[HofnHöfn]] is more difficult to hitch, although with some patience you will get your ride, too. The last leg, from Hofn to Egilsstadir, is the hardest route to hitch on Highway One (the highway that goes all around the Icelandic coast). For the rest of the route, there are generally five cars, or less, per hour. That does not mean it is hopeless to hitchhike on such roads: on the contrary, it is very often the fewer cars there are, more likely the drivers will not ignore a lone hitcher in the middle of nowhere. After HofnHöfn, there are two ways to get to Egilsstaðir: you can hitch from Hofn Höfn until you get to the juncture between Highway 1 and a mountain route - this may be faster, but '''only doable with a 4x4''', and there is no way it is anywhere near as scenic as to continue along Highway 1 - the untouched nature between Hofn Höfn and Breiddalsvik Breiddalsvík is magnificent. From Breiddalsvík you take the road that goes through Breiddalur (a wide valley) and eventually gets you to EgilsstadirEgilsstaðir.