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As soon as somebody agrees to take you for free, you can be sure it is really like this. The concept of hitching rides for free is just unknown and strange for the people, be prepared to be asked a lot of questions like how you can survive without money, where will you sleep, where are your children.
Despite the fact that some locals and travellers who actually never tried it by themselves, will tell you that hitching is a pain in the ass or even impossible in Kyrgyztan, it is absolute recommended and a positive experience. Taxi drivers can be very pushing and indiscrete from time to time.
''Personally I had a great time hitch hiking in KGZ all around the country with cool people, short waiting times and offered places to sleep (for free) all the time. Worth to mention my girlfriend speaks Russian and we could explain our situation, that made it much easier of course. Because of hitch hiking I had the chance to get interesting contact to people. I didn't like the fact that in KGZ everything and everyone gets labeled with "Hospitality". Taxi drivers, homestays, guides, CBT...they all want your best, your money, so of course they are friendly, but if this is the definition of hospitality, also workers from my local Mc Donalds are friendlyhospitable. This honest hospitality, like getting into houses of people not used to strangers and without money as highest value, I witnessed because of hitching and it was cool!'' --[[User:dorfdisco|dorfdisco]]
[[File:Locals h-hiking in Kyrgyzstan.jpg|200px|thumb|left|This old woman stopped that car]]
