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Brazil needs to be taken with caution but hitchhiking is doable in every area except within greater [[São Paulo]], as you are overshadowed by the volumes of traffic. On roadsides, care must be taken because of the erratic ways of Brazilian motorists. Many use the slip lanes to overtake traffic or swerve to allow others past.
Areas like the Amazon and Pantanal backlands are much easier when asking on road sides and at [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stations]]. Areas with just one national highway are much easier for reaching your destination. Put your mind to it and it's 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 ''bandidos'' but when you get someone they will be talkative and friendly.
[[File:Guaka-hitch-brazil.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[User:Guaka|guaka]] ([[User talk:Guaka|talk]]) hitching to [[Rio]], 2012]]
Hitchhiking on the interstate highway is even 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 hardaccording to some, fairly easy according to others ([[User:Guaka|guaka]] ([[User talk:Guaka|talk]]) on BR-101 in RJ and ES). 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.
*SP is Sao Paolo
*RS is Rio Grande Do Sul
*ES is Espírito Santo
== Maps ==
[http://www.br.map24.com/ map24] was a useful online route planner for Brazil and the rest of South America. [http://www.guiamais.com.br/ruas GuiaMais] is another great website with maps and route planning for Brazil only. As of 2012 Google maps is pretty decent for Brazil.
Guia Quatro Rodas publishes a great road map of Brazil. Available at most some gas stations for R$13.
== Sleep ==
