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Areas like the Amazon and Pantanal backlands are much easier when asking on road sides and at [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stations]]. Areas where there is purely the one national highway make life easier for reaching intended destination. Put your mind to it and its very possible to cover a little over 300 kilometer daily or more depending on area. North East may be trickier as there are less cars and peoples fear of Bandidos but when you get someone they will be talkative and friendly.
Hitchhiking on the interstate highway is much more easier. Interstates highway have different names, depending on the state you are in. For example, if you are in the state of Santa Catarina, the interstate highways are read as SC. They are called in portuguese as the Rodovia do Estado. There is less traffic on these highways, so hitchhiking is easier. And you get more rides on private vehicles, rather then trucks.
The national highways are shown as BR. Hitchhiking here is pretty hard. The best way to get rides, is to talk to truck drivers at the Petrol Station or the Posto BR as locals would call them.
Note that vehicles license plates are different, depending on where the car was issued.
It starts with the State abbreviation and followed with numbers. This way you can also somehow figure out where the vehicle is going to.
For example:
PR is Paraná
SC is Santa Catarina
RJ is Rio do Janeiro
SP is Sao Paolo
RS is Rio Grande Do Sul
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