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Buy First time hitchhiking doesn't necessarily mean a short trip -- but starting with a short trip might help you get used to the motions and what to expect. Take a mapday trip to the next town! This said, don't prepare too much. Decide where you're going, check out the [[Top Tips]]best road to get there, other pages on this wikiwalk a distance, other [[hitchhiking websites]]. Make sure you know what and at a good spot meansface the traffic and stick up your thumb. You'll feel like the center of attention at first, but after a while you'll get used to it, and that you know some good spots on the trip will become more concerned with trying to ''win a ride'' than your worries about what you're makingdoing. It might be nice and less intimidating to do it with a mate for the first time preferably someone who have already done it at least once. Also That way you will feel safer and you will have someone to pass the time with waiting. Sometimes it happens that you can wait for quite a look at your long time, due to a variety of possible reasons: [[AppearanceHow to find a good spot|appearanceIs it a bad spot]] ? Can the driver see you clearly for long enough to make sure a decision? Can cars stop easily and safely without blocking the traffic? Are the cars going too fast to react? Is it a holiday and all cars are filled up with families? The list of possible reasons is long, but to calm you look like down there's one universal rule for every hitchhiker out there: '''Somewhere out there there is someone who will pick you up. Always!''' The only question is when this is going to happen, but as Einstein once said: '''Time is relative'''.[[File:Amylin-luoping-china-2.jpg|thumb|Hitchhiking in [[China]] is for the more advanced]] == My first time Hitching == * [[User:Farshnuke|Farshnuke]]'s [[First time hitchhiking/Farshnuke]]* Zoe's [[First time hitchhiking/Zoe|First time Hitchhiking]] * [[User:Guaka|Guaka]]'s [[First time hitchhiking/Stories#Guaka]]* [[First time hitchhiking/Quarim]]* Pnadapand's [[First time hitchhiking/Pandapand|You Can Do It Too!]]* [[User:Brackers|Brackers]]'s [[First time hitchhiking/Brackers]] == A Step-by-Step Approach == You want to try hitchhiking but never find the courage to do so? Here is an attempt at providing a hitchhikerstep-by-step method to overcoming your fears and gaining enough self-confidence to adventure yourself out of your comfort zone. == Mental preparation == # Have you ever hitchhiked at all? What experience do you have that resembles hitchhiking most?# If not, what prevented you from not doing it?# What makes you want to hitchhike?# How do you imagine you first hitchhiking day? What distance would it be? Between where and where? Where would you try to start from? Who would pick you up? Let your imagination run!
First time == Join (more or less) organized events ==It can be a good idea to participate in [[hitchhiking doesn't necessarily mean a short trip -for charity|charity hitchhiking events]] or [[hitchhiking races]] - but starting with a short trip might help also on CouchSurfing you get used to the motions and what to expect. Take a day trip to the next town! This said, don't prepare too much. Decide can often find people organizing bigger or smaller events where you're going, the best road can probably find a more experienced hitchhiker to get there, walk a distance, and at a good spot face the traffic and stick up your thumbhitchhike with. You'll feel like the center of attention at first, but after [[Hitchgathering]] is a while you'll get used great way to it, and will become meet other more concerned with trying to ''win a ride'' than your worries about what you're doingseasoned hitchhikers.
Sometimes it happens that you can wait for quite == External links ==* [http://danielsiegmund.nl/2011/07/hitchhiking-is-easy/ Hitchhiking is easy], a long timehitchhiking how-to* [http://www.ehow.com/how_4848627_hitchhike-effectively. This can have different reasons: Is it html How To Hitchhike] a bad spot? Can cars stop easily there without blocking the traffic? Is it a holiday and all cars are filled up with families? The list useful set of possible reasons is long, but to calm you down there's one universal rule tips for every hitchhiker out therefirst time hitchhikers at ehow.com* [[:moneyless:how-get-rid-your-car|How to get rid of your car]]
'''Somewhere out there there is someone who will picks you up. Always!''' The only question is when this is going to happen, but as Einstein once said: '''Time is relative'''.
[[Image:Amylin-luoping-china-2.jpg|thumb|Hitchhiking in [[China]] is for the more advanced]]
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[[ImageFile:Carl_Nai_Maroc.jpg|thumb|A sign and a ''hitchhiker'' look can help you a lot]]
If you've never hitchhiked before, you have to get over your '''first time hitchhiking''' fear. Every hitchhiker went through this. The first time, standing on the side of the road, heart pounding.
'''To get over this, ''just do it!'''''
This is , of course easy to say, more easily said than done, but before standing along you can prepare yourself by [[maps|buying a map]], checking out the street [[Top tips|Top Tips]], other pages on this wiki, and watching cars passing byother [[multimedia|hitchhiking websites]],making sure you know what a "good spot" means, and that you can prepare yourself know some good: spots on the trip you're making and taking a look at your [[appearance]] to make sure you look like a hitchhiker.
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