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The most usual way to start an hitchhiking journey is to take a bus out of town, to a junction in your direction. Almost every junction has a hitchhiking spot (the famous ''[[Trempiyada]]''), or at least a bus station where drivers can stop. Many drivers stop in such a place simply to drop or pick up people, not for picking you up - approaching them can still pay off well though, as often they will pick you up anyway. [[User:Guaka|guaka]]'s wild guesstimate is about 20% of the time, definitely worth the walk, the gesture and the smile.
In some places, like [[Tel Aviv]], it's very hard to hitchhike from the city, and inter-urban buses are relatively cheap and can get you to the nearest junction. However, in [[Jerusalem]] it is possible to hitchhike to the suburbs from within the city, a practice used extensivly extensively among religious Jewish kids.
== Safety ==
== Shabbat ==
In Israel people work on [[Sunday]]s so you'll be fine, but Shabbat is a fairly bad 24 hours for hitchhiking there since religious people are not driving at all (and they're usually quite skilled at [[picking up hitchhikers]]) and theres there's generally less traffic, but particulalry particularly on smaller roads there will be a lot of people out with their families and people pickup hitchhikers more becuase because there is no public transport. Note that Shabbat starts on Friday when the Sun sets and ends at sunset on Saturday. Friday night, a few hours before sunset and Saturday night, immediately after sunset, are both EXCELLENT times to hitchhike! Many people drive from rural areas to the "center" of the country, urban Tel Aviv or Jerusalem due to visiting family for the Shabbat (Jewish sabbath).
== Crossing borders ==
# In northern Israel, next to [[Beit Sheaan]], you can cross in the Abdallah bridge crossing, from which it is quite straight forward if you continue onwards to Amman.
# In [[Palestine]] (the occupied territories) the Israeli forces run the Allenby bridge crossing, seperating separating [[Jordan]] from the Palestinian territories. Because of its location, this border is only crossable to Palestinians and internationals (not Israelis) and the passengers are subject to intimdating intimidating "security" interrogations. This is also the most direct border crossing from [[Amman]] to [[Jerusalem]]. Notice that if you need a Jordanian visa, it cannot be acquired at this crossing.# In the south, 3km north of [[Eilat]], you can cross at the Arava crossing (''Yitzchak Rabin terminal'') which seperates separates [[Eilat]] from [[Aqaba]]. This is probably the most popular border terminal.
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