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• HikingCaravanCamino/Spring2024
  Because most of the people motivated are hitchiking from far away we are gonna give, for now, a 10 day ...s the biggest path of the Camino de santiago (picture bellow), most or all people will wild camp.
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• Fortaleza
  ...stop there, but there's plenty of people who are willing to stop. Lots of people are going to beaches along the way... I even got someone going all the way
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• Siegendorf
  ...at unreliable here, but there is a big parking lot in front of Hofer where people can pull over after they've seen you standing on the intersection. You'll k
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• Santa Elena de Uairen
  ...on in this area. Lots of people have pick-up trucks and don't mind letting people hop in the back. A lot of Brazilians go here for buying things cheaper. It
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• South-Eastern Asia
  * [[File:Flag of Laos.svg|30px|border]] [[Laos|Lao People's Democratic Republic]]
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• Caye Caulker
  Most people ride a ferry to get to the island. But there are a couple of private boats ...easy. There are almost no cars, but golf carts. Each golf cart can carry 4 people confortably, and more sacrificing confort. Half the carts are driven by tou
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• Melanesia
  ...e have brown skins and this is one of the characteristics that defines the people. ...erally VERY SAFE, and the people in the remote regions ARE the friendliest people on this planet!
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• Project 888/Workshops
  For Saturday we are planning to create an open space for people to share experiences, knowledge and ideas. We want to do games, organise wo ...ople want to do, what expectations people might have of this day, and what people want to learn. Then we will move towards smaller groups doing exactly what
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• Strausberg
  ...€2,80, but you can try to "hitch" on people's monthly tickets because some people are allowed to take a second person with them after 20:00 and on weekends. You can use the Kulturpark at the lake. There are people with dogs in the morning, look out for dogshit. Place yourself hidden, don'
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• Airport
  ...ur destination: "''City centre''", "''South''"... People freshly landed or people waiting for someone will be quite receptive to such a sign and may approach
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• Madeira Islands
  ...s region of [[Portugal]]. The official language is Portuguese, but most of people speak English very well. The exact place is not so important, since the streets are not crowded, people even stop in front of tunnels or in round a bound to pick up hitchhikers. B
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• La Bufadora
  ...ure to camp behind the dunes, as it might be windy in the night. Ask local people for hot water to make some tea, and keep in mind that you might even be inv
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• Copiapó
  ...dera, Bahia Inglesa, Chañaral, Taltal and Antofagasta. On the weekend many people just go to the beach so they are usually not going very far. Try asking for
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• Sylt
  ...on most people are tourists and outside the season there are not that many people.
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• Muonio
  ...[[Kilpisjärvi]]. Also, the intersection is a central spot in the town, so people might stop just to ask, what are you doing. ...f Finland and the nearest bigger city is Rovaniemi. That is why more often people are driving towards east than south. Therefore it is probably easier to hit
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• Random Roads/Contributors
  This page is about the people behind the [[Random Roads]] magazine. Whatever... * give people courage/knowledge
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• Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
  ...heir cars since they have just dropped someone off. You can either talk to people directly or stand at the end before the extended highway on-ramp begins; if
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• Lappeenranta
  ...from the center though) coming out of the city in direction west, plus the people coming out from the airport. ...You can also try to go when a flight of your interest lands and go to ask people to give you a ride. There aren't many flights every day, so you better chec
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• How to hitchhike through Cities
  Problem: Too much traffic, multi-lane roads and people who don´t drive far.
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• Borneo
  ...r [[Kutai]] national park. First truck passes, stopped at my waved hand, 3 people inside, I became the fourth! From the middle of the jungle to the next big ...not pay for a lift. Gratis is a handy word and most people understand it. People are very friendly and its quite safe to wild camp at night.
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• Monterrey
  ...y''). Note that Monterrey has suffered heavily under the Mexican drug war. People are therefore extremely suspicious to strangers. This can often be noted wh
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• Hope
  ...'t take long but remember, it's illegal to pick up people on Highway 1, so people may not want to stop. ...n the highway that splits North towards Kelowna or East to Princeton. Most people will be Kelowna bound, going the other way can take forever. It is possible
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• Central Asia
  ...rtation is rather scarce so people normally pay. Private taxis are common. People invite you easily in their homes (be careful that you do not abuse that gen ...need to walk your way out of most towns, but it makes also more sense for people to see you walking and eventually ask for a free ride: if you get no free r
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• Anton Krotov
  ...ers in Russia by posting advertisements in relevant magazines and inviting people to his home in Moscow or to go on trips together. ...lace in Indonesia in 2015. He now opens houses "of good people" where only people known to him are allowed, and who have to financially contribute. In 2016 h
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• Mendig
  ...dig|Maria Laach]] which is a beautiful monastery on a very nice lake, many people make weekend trips to there.
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• Asia
  * [[File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|30px|border]] [[People's Republic of China]] * [[File:Flag of North Korea.svg|30px|border]] [[North Korea|Democratic People's Republic of Korea]]
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• Rødby
  ...'. Talking to people on the ferry is no problem at all, just watch out for people that are sitting alone in the restaurant or around the boat. If you are left just after the ferry, there is a gas station but not a lot of people stop there. A good possibility is to stand just before the gas station: mos
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• Asahikawa
  a lot of people are passing by and you'll easily get a ride within 5min.
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• Amherst (Massachusetts)
  ...[http://www.Ridebuzz.org Ridebuzz.org], which is an online tool that helps people connect to share rides.
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• Brocéliande forest
  ...asily hitchable. It is better to have a sign because it will encourage the people to give you a lift if you're not going to far, or get you closer to your de ...try to tell you some things even through the language barrier. The younger people usually speak a little English but usually with a very strong French accent
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• Borsh
  '''[[Borsh]]''' is a village in [[Albania]], famous among the travel people for hosting some Rainbow Gatherings close by and for the easiness of campin ...field (Haliq), go for hiking in the mountain over Vonja, meet all the 90+ people, there is a bar with a waterfall in Ixuar(IZvor) etc.
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• London Stansted
  ...up to them when getting in their cars, or stand next to the machines where people pay for their parking time. ...nty of sign prohibiting to walk in direction of the roundabout but lots of people still walk there. The roundabout is about a 10 minute walk from the termina
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• DIY Travel Gear
  ...ur own travel gear, not only to save money (or stop giving it to the wrong people) but also to make something that does exactly what you want.
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• Good times to hitchhike
  ...efinitely the best time for hitchhiking in most western countries. So many people are rushing to visit friends or family for the weekend. Also, everyone is i ...working people on the road. It usually gets better in the afternoon, when people are driving back from their weekend trip alone. Sundays during extended wee
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• Embassy
  ...e a request for it. Other people also have to. It's your chance to talk to people waiting whether they want to go to the country of your choice and when and
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• 888/Evaluation
  * For french people, the place wasn't so new, but when we were seen all the people smiling about we understand what they feel about this place ! [[User:Terreh * It was great to see how people were contributing to organising the food. It was all very spontaneous and t
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• Baden-Baden
  ...located at the edge of the Black Forest. Mostly retired people and/or rich people who want to get rid of their money in the casino come here.
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• BLAF
  ...se or dress up a royal person. The contestants are divided into teams of 4 people, and everyday the team splits further into pairs who will hitchhike togethe
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• Eastern Europe
  ...get to know more about your culture. Especially outside of the big cities, people tend to be very friendly.
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• Sistan and Baluchestan
  Most people in Iran and other countries are afraid and if you check Iran's security des Once you put the fear aside, you will find a beautiful landscape and great people.
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• Bytom
  ...an Area - the largest conurbation in Poland populated by about 2.7 million people. Conurbation consists of 19 cities. Beside Bytom there are eight cities wit ...nd walk to the '''''Sosnowiec Szpital Wojewódzki''''' (hospital), just ask people about ''Szpital'' (pronounce shpital).
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• Tychy
  ...an Area - the largest conurbation in Poland populated by about 2.7 million people. Conurbation consists of 19 cities. Beside Tychy there are eight cities wit ...nd walk to the '''''Sosnowiec Szpital Wojewódzki''''' (hospital), just ask people about ''Szpital'' (pronounce shpital).
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• Dąbrowa Górnicza
  ...an Area - the largest conurbation in Poland populated by about 2.7 million people. Conurbation consists of 19 cities. Beside Dąbrowa Górnicza there are eig ...nd walk to the '''''Sosnowiec Szpital Wojewódzki''''' (hospital), just ask people about ''Szpital'' (pronounce shpital).
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• Chorzów
  ...an Area - the largest conurbation in Poland populated by about 2.7 million people. Conurbation consists of 19 cities. Beside Chorzów there are eight cities ...nd walk to the '''''Sosnowiec Szpital Wojewódzki''''' (hospital), just ask people about ''Szpital'' (pronounce shpital).
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• Bahia de Los Angeles
  ...to this town to relax and go fishing. Don’t hesitate to smile and approach people, you might be invited for some meal and make friends. ...you walk through / hitch-hike the town, you’ll definitely meet and talk to people. Ask when they’re leaving and get out of Bahia with them.
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• How to find a good spot
  * Ask people - Most people living in a town will be able to tell you how to get out of town. They can ...ople driving pass, you start to have a bad feeling, then do something. Ask people if this the right way and they will tell you a better spot.
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• Dax
  ...lk, a light so you can hitchhike at night if there's traffic and space for people to stop. 43.745598, -1.055465 If you want to go further than [[Bordeaux]], you can ask people to drop you at Aire de Bordeaux-Cestas. You can easily find a ride towards
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• Ruda Śląska
  ...an Area - the largest conurbation in Poland populated by about 2.7 million people. Conurbation consists of 19 cities. Beside Ruda Śląska there are eight ci ...nd walk to the '''''Sosnowiec Szpital Wojewódzki''''' (hospital), just ask people about ''Szpital'' (pronounce shpital).
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• Sosnowiec
  ...an Area - the largest conurbation in Poland populated by about 2.7 million people. Conurbation consists of 19 cities. Beside Sosnowiec there are eight cities ...pressway S86. Optionally you can walk there from the city centre. Just ask people about ''Szpital'' (pronounce shpital).
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• Zabrze
  ...an Area - the largest conurbation in Poland populated by about 2.7 million people. Conurbation consists of 19 cities. Beside Zabrze there are eight cities wi ...nd walk to the '''''Sosnowiec Szpital Wojewódzki''''' (hospital), just ask people about ''Szpital'' (pronounce shpital). There is a petrol station on express
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• Lillehammer
  If you've hitched in Norway before then you probably know that asking people for rides at gas stations is the way to go. ...oil" down by the lake close to a shopping mall called "Strandtorget". Some people stop there if they're going to Trondheim or Oslo.
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• Haverfordwest
  ...le are just turning back to Haverfordwest, but during the peak season more people might stop here before catching the ferry from Fishguard.
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• Porto Velho
  ...talk with driver at the gas station Ipiranga before but there are too many people staying in the city.
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• Nouméa
  You can hitch within the city. People do this regularly and it works quite well. It is fairly easy to get a lift ...talking to people in the airport or just outside, because about 99% of all people will drive down to Nouméa. Speaking French helps.
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• Raiatea
  ...Tahiti but it is easily possible. You will find sooner or later a ride and people tend to drive a bit further than where they wanted to go to. It should take Especially in the South there are not many people living and be warned that you may end up walking for an entire hour or more
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• Bruchsal
  ...km down the Bundesstraße and there is a Aral gas station where you can ask people for rides again. ...sign. Getting rides to Karlsruhe or Heidelberg on B3 is difficult because people tend to take the A5.
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• Jalisco
  ...metropolitan area is the second largest in Mexico with more than 4 million people. Jalisco is one of the most important economic centers of the countries. It ...hapala (one of the most popular weekend destinations for ''tapatíos'' i.e. people from Guadalajara), and [[San Juan de los Lagos]] and [[Lagos de Moreno]] in
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• Hamedan
  ...the range behind it, is really worthy to visit. wheather is quite cold but people are very warm Couchsurfing community is quite small, but local people are extremely welcoming. [[User: Fedecicco| Fede]] was spontaneously invite
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• Levis
  ...go to Levis, so it might remain unknown for most of them, hence that many people in Quebec won't be able to give tips regarding the southern shore. ...op at the St-Nicolas [[rest area]] where you'll be able to ask directly to people.
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• Sápmi (area)
  '''Sápmi''' (area), the entire cultural region inhabited by the Sami people minority in northern [[Europe]], sometimes erroneously referred to as [[Lap
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• New Caledonia
  ...t people live there and it is the main city. Nouméa city has about 100.000 people wheras the second biggest city Koné has only about 5.000. Keep the time in mind and the public holidays. Most people leave [[Nouméa|Noumea]] for the weekend and there is plenty of traffic goi
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• Liftari @ IRCnet
  ...). If you have anything to ask about hitchhiking in Finland, these are the people.
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• Sumatra
  ...nd in western [[Indonesia]]. It has an area of 470,000 km² with 45 million people <small>(as of 2005)</small> living on it. ...e a travel car, don't forget to bargain for the price and before that, ask people around for the normal price ("harga biasa").
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• La Spezia
  ...e cars to stop safely. You have traffic lights just before the station, so people can see you early and see the place to stop well. The traffic is heavy, and ...ions because it's in the city center, and both streets are pretty main, so people generally know them.
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• Nyköping
  ...bro".. Here you can ask people for a ride north or south on the E4 as many people stop for gas and food on both sides. Its impossible to not get a ride to St
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• Murwillumbah
  The people in this area are friendly and will often pick up hitchhikers. You should kn ...you have a [[signs|sign]], you might get a lift to your destination. Most people heading along this road are heading along the Kyogle road and will likely g
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• Ivano-Frankivsk
  ...off at the stop ''Radiozavod'' (a big green industrial building). Then ask people for directions to the highway (''Halytske shosse'') towards Halych and Lviv ...get off at the stop ''Radiozavod'' (a big green industrial building). Ask people for directions to the Kalush highway (''Kalus'ka trasa'').
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• Hitchgathering/2011/Workshops
  ...nlibrary.org but briefly: it's an event where the books in the library are people who represent one part of their identity (e.g. plumber, geek, queer, politi ...he local living library people could help (they are everywhere), and b) if people who sign up for the hitchgathering could already announce if they want to b
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• Kyustendil
  '''Kjustendil''' is a small city in [[Bulgaria]]. Around 45,000 people live here. ...nly reason to go further west after Kyustendil, traffic is very scarce and people are reluctant to stop for you as this road passes through a Roma neighborho
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• Tianjin
  {{IsIn|People's_Republic_of_China}}
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• Benin
  won't insist. Getting invited to people's houses to sleep isn't very people, the South has the Vodun religion and most of the little tourism
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• Project 888/Utrecht
  On the 8th of August over a hundred people (and counting) will join up to hitchhike to Paris from different places aro ...tchhikers coming from further to have a rest before hitting Paris, and for people leaving from the Netherlands to listen to the stories from other hitchhiker
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• Hitchgathering/2021
  ...ing in Western/Central Europe and another one in Norway for those who can. People could meet at the primer to go to the later together or to stay if they wan A few people already had gatherings there. [[User:Swaden]] is messaging them and will ad
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• Tornio-Haparanda
  ...weden]] along the northern Baltic Sea. There are no border checkpoints and people can freely move from one side to another. ...h ''(so maybe this is a good spot for this direction?)''. You can also ask people at the Ikea ''(maybe good for going east to Finland?)''.
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• Deva
  ...ver the competition with locals can be overwhelming. If there are too many people, you may consider walking a few metres and hitchhiking from the nearby petr ...ou place yourself in the same spot that gets you to Timișoara, most likely people will make you hand gestures to indicate that you have to go the other way,
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• Hitchhiking
  ...e world, even in the [[United States of America|United States]]. There are people like [[User:Irvthom|Irv Thomas]] whose hitchhike experiences span more than probably exist as long as people need to move from one place to
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• Haiti
  ...oads like this and only turning around to hitch if I heard a car, oft time people driving motorcycles would stop and give me free rides, a basic knowledge of ...of the island which I haven't visited is according the stereotypes of the people I meet more "civilized", richer and more money-oriented, has better roads,
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• Lanzhou
  ...On the way to it you will pass by a gas and service station where a lot of people stop and it is easy to find a lift. {{IsIn|People's Republic of China}}
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• Mozambique
  ...back of trucks or bakkies. Pick-ups and minibuses specialized in carrying people are known as ''chapas'', whereas the big trucks often go by the name ''Frei Few people speak English, so communication may be minimal unless you know Portuguese o
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• Mississippi
  ...ve it. Barefoot people with fishing rods- comes straight out of Huck Finn. People like to drink in bars and party here, you should too. Lots of pills (painki Some places are kinda clannish, meaning both meanings basically- "people don't take kindly to strangers 'round these parts" and I don't know but I w
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• Frankfurt
  ...nkfurt am Main]], one of the biggest cities in Germany, usually meant when people just mention "Frankfurt"
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• Dumpster Dive
  ...le. There also is the concept of '''table diving''' which is finishing off people's leftovers. In some countries such as [[China]], you will become fat and r
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• Boa Vista
  ...of conversation but you should be able to find a lift sooner of later. The people in the restaurant are very kind and will help you out with hot and cold wat ...with drivers. Even if people don't go very far you could accept the ride. People do stop on the side of the road if you stick your thumb up and wait for a l
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• Redding
  ...oom for them to pull over, but the cars are moving pretty quickly and most people seemed surprised at the mere sight of a hitchhiker, so you should probably ...ht up to you and offer rides. If you are more proactive and go out and ask people where they are headed (maybe offering cigarettes or gas money) you can find
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• Petra
  Be aware Friday is the muslim day off. There are not so much people driving on Fridays, and around 12.00 the city is empty, so it might be quit ...bedouins) will try to make you pay for the ride. They know how to make the people pay for everything so take care, because they will try to convince you that
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• Ruta 5 (Chile)
  ...ay from north to south. Always try to get into spots where you can talk to people. Especially as a foreigner this will be of great use to get rides.
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• The Search for the Commons
  cultures. This we will do by inviting people from live and eat with Danish people carrying out their
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• Macau
  ...nese: 澳門), is one of the two special administrative regions of the [[China|People's Republic of China]].
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• Woolley Edge services
  Last Verified October 2015 - [[User:Tognut86|Tognut86]] found that most people are heading into Leeds, but managed to get a lift right into Newcastle, in
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• Amersfoort
  ...You're not allowd to ask people at the petrol station. Make a sign and ask people to stop at a parking next to the highway (verzorgingsplaats). ...ergen. Walk in the north direction to the petrol station. Here you can ask people for a ride.
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• Douai
  ...hhike here. There is places to stop, people are driving slowly and lots of people goes directly to the highway A21.<br/> ...re the exit that shows "A1" or "Arras". There is place to stop and lots of people take the D950. Don't take a car if it doesn't go at least to Fresnes-lès-M
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• Bahamas
  ...o than in the past, now that more people have their own vehicles. Bahamian people are generally friendly and outgoing, and outsiders are often in a good mood People may recommend against hitchhiking or camping around urban areas like Nassau
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• New Athos
  ...talk to locals, which will most likely result in being invited to camp in people's gardens. Otherwise, just ask locals at some houses near the beach, as the
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• Randstad
  ...ag]], [[Delft]], [[Rotterdam]] and [[Utrecht]]. For such an urbanized area people are relatively friendly apart from the complexity of the motorway system hi
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• Worcester
  ...ing either 'M5 North' or 'M5 South'. Worcester is an insular place and the people are not typically very trusting of strangers so be prepared to wait but it ...o camp next to the river for free on the side opposite from the cathedral. People camp here often about 5 minutes walk from the bridge. Be warned that in win
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• Catalonia
  ...nya as their own country. Most people speak both Catalan and Spanish. Many people speak French. Young Catalans might also speak English but at times it can b ...Dourada than in the mountains. It is also easier to find English speaking people there.
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• Swaziland
  ...oken languages are siSwati and English. Overall, the country is very safe, people are friendly, and the hitching is great. ...l, everyone speaks siSwati and maybe a bit of English; in general, younger people speak more English than the old.
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• Cadiz
  ...last petrol station (on your right) before the N-443 and CA-33 split. Ask people (learn some Spanish) and/or use signs. ...aleta beach in tents, but in summer it may be unsafe as there are too many people around. The beaches further down the coast are way more quiet, but it takes
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• Harrisburg (Pennsylvania)
  ...off on [[highway|interstates]] (I-83, I-81) or the [[toll road|turnpike]]. People are generally nice and will pick you up in no time. ...o cars slow down by it. You can stand here with a sign to Duncannon or ask people at the gas station. The journey takes about 30 minutes to reach Duncannon.
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• Balassagyarmat-Slovenské Darmoty border crossing
  ...e very city is just a collection of summer cottages and there is almost no people. If you are there, better to go back to Hungary and change direction to Hon
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• Hisarya
  ...[[User:Platschi|platschi]] also made really good experience with the local people, they are extremely friendly and hospitable. * For going east, just walk until end of town and hitch a ride. Make sure people are going towards [[Karlovo]] or at least to ''Banya'', because you will no
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• Speed Hitchhiking
  A possible explanation is this: Many people see the first person too late, they can not read the sign, go not as far or * many people, also [[Hitchhiker's safety|strange ones]], stop for the female traveller
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• Ohio
  American Midwest is full of friendly down to earth people that enjoy life at a slower pace than some from the east coast are used to. ...had to wait two hours till he left). A woman at the store said she'd seen people have to sleep overnight because they didn't "look as friendly as you" and c
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• Ayacucho
  ...be there in the rainy season and people actually die on this road. Most of people there have no idea what hitchhiking is, but they will be happy to help you
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• Mestia
  ...c seems to leave Mestia for [[Zugdidi]] in the mornings than the evenings. People making day trips into [[Zugdidi]] leave early to traverse the mountain road ...Mestia have become accustomed to the tourism economy and staying in local people's homes for free is not common (the traditional Georgian hospitality of the
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• Xinjiang
  Xinjiang is inhabited by the Uyghur people and their language, written in Arabic script has official status here. That ...people works just as well as anywhere else in China, hitching with Uyghur people is more similar to [[Central Asia]]: They will be very likely to stop, but
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• Mitfahrgelegenheit
  * it's cool that it enables people to find organized rides further away. * and some people seem to use it to actually make money
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• Psychology of hitchhiking
  ...] by approaching potential drivers. Therefore, it is important to approach people in an efficient way. Nevertheless, even while thumbing next to the road, a ...hiking (or unsuccessful attempts to hitchhike) are enough to pick up other people.
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• Fethiye
  ...either from the area or people on holidays. You will find that quite a few people do speak some English or German and are generally very eager to help.
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• New Zealand hitch course 2007
  ...d]] or going there. You can help with ideas, writing, planning, contacting people, and by improving the wiki pages on the Hitchwiki. # Get more people to stick out their thumbs
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• 6810/Berlin meeting
  ** Goal: to show more about people who pick hitchhikers up ** Many people are not included in the newsletter and are not included upon account regist
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• Chatillon-sur-Loire
  ...n-sur-Loire''' is a small town in [[Centre (France)|Central France]]. Many people live here and commute to [[Paris]] which is about 150km in the north. In th People are incredibly friendly here, especially when it rains. [[User:Whisperingof
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• Van
  ...beaten track, and not many Turks go there because of the Kurdish conflict, people here are very friendly towards visitors (especially westeners). Hitching ou
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• Hitchhiking for charity
  Some organizations and people organize regular events to '''hitchhike for charity'''.
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• 6810/Goals
  ** To inspire more people to set up hitchhiking associations
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• Korea
  * [[File:Flag of North Korea.png|20px]] [[North Korea|Democratic People's Republic of Korea]],
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• Samothraki
  ...m a distant beach - not the best idea because traffic is inverse: a lot of people going to the beach and noone from the beach. Wildcamping on the distant fro ...reece normally can be hard but that doesn't really concern islands because people there are more friendly and even other tourists who rent a car are stopping
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• Tips for hosting hitchhikers
  ...hiking is the chance for something new – people, talks or ideas - and some people love losing themselves in there.
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• Peel
  ...straights but be wary of hitching outside the cemetary as this could cause people to swerve in the road. The fishing on the pier is said to be the best on the island and lots of people fish in summer.
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• Gozo
  ...take you there and back for about €12. Freecamping spots are easy to find. People often stop their car for you while you're just walking to offer you a ride,
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• Kautokeino
  ...Norway]]. It is known as a cultural, academic and economic centre for Sami people in Norway. ...ow much money they have in their saving account. Other than that most Sami people are more than happy to answer respectful questions about their culture and
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• Hitchgathering/2013
  ...August 2013 (5-8-13) and continues approximately for a week or as long as people want to stay together. Post here your location proposals. Team of people who are ready to travel in this location and take responsibility on the gro
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/appendix-1
  ...pse. There is also the opposite possibility that I may have double counted people seen in the distance The rates of flow were as follows: ...s very heavy I was often unable to work my way up and down the line before people got their lifts away. This was particularly the case with pretty girls who
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• Tanzania
  ...vate cars covering long distances but most of them will stop for ''white'' people as they consider them ''not dangerous''. Food is amazingly cheap and most people very hospitable, especially if you're quite obviously a traveller from a di
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• Punta Prieta
  ...ch means that it’s not the middle of nowhere. If you run out of water, ask people for some, or buy it in the restaurant.
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• Point-du-Jour Services
  ...ing driven more than 2h and before entering [[Montreal]] Island as well as people from [[Ontario]] often does the same thing after having crossed [[Montreal]
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• Georgia
  Hitching in Georgia is easy most of the time! Short waits and very friendly people. Road conditions in some places are quite bad so it can take some time but ...lish. A few phrases of Russian will be handy or with a little extra effort people will be amazed if you know some Georgian.
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• Political hitchhiking
  ...media reports, 2000 people reached in events and street action, 3 million people reached through media reports and 50 young Europeans qualified as multiplie In the 17 years the Hitch has been running, over 4,440 people have successfully thumbed lifts across Europe. The Hitch takes place during
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• São Miguel
  ...e a detour. As many people on the island live from tourism, you might find people picking you up only to practice their English. Also, you are more likely to
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• Esquel
  ...ted along the famous Ruta 40. When traveling south through Patagonia, many people recommend heading east at Esquel to continue south along the Ruta 3, which ...re. If you encounter too much local traffic, or if you prefer talking with people, about 1 km further down is a petrol station where you can try your luck. I
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• Honduras
  ...poor country and a lot of people don't have cars. Rides come readily from people with pick-up trucks and it is not rare to see locals hitch-hiking. ...you're paying or hitching free when you climb in any type of vehicle. Here people refer to hitch-hiking as ''jalón'' or ''ride'', ''pedir jalón'' and ''bus
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• Metro
  Some people don't feel like paying for any transport and in some cities it might be pos
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• Guadalajara
  ...is the second biggest metropolitan area of Mexico with more than 4 million people. ...but it is smaller than the one up ahead and you will find it is where many people stop just on their way to the Technology Park.
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• Windhoek
  .... Get out at the Engen Petrol station. You got two possibilities here: Ask people either at Engen or Puma petrol stations or stand at the traffic lights just ...re into walking it`s a 5km walk. At the spot, do rather not join the other people waiting in the ramp itself as they are mostly looking for charged lifts. Tr
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• Border crossing
  ...you can easily hitch a ride going far towards your destination. Generally people are much more likely to pick you up ''after'' you crossed the border yourse ...crossing|crossings]] in [[Turkey]] and [[New York State]], they don't like people walking across the border. It's mostly better to get a ride across the bord
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• North Macedonia
  ...orth, by [[Kosovo]], [[Serbia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Greece]] and [[Albania]]. People are extremely friendly here and particularly fascinated by travelers due to Just thumbing a direction will produce quick results with people eager to help. There are many truck drivers headed to the border of [[Greec
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• Gedser
  ...und [http://www.scandlines.de/tickets-and-prices/sailing-table here]. Ask people on the ferry if they are going in your direction, it shouldn't be hard to f ...up. I don't know what would have happened had he pushed the button for two people in car.''
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• Tadmor
  Be aware of ''private taxis'', the people in the city are used to many tourists and might want to have cash in return ...is not recommended to walk far out of town along the road into the desert. People might be easily give you rides because they wonder why the hell you're stan
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• Hanoi
  ...re not surrounded by bikes. Make sure they have enough space to stop. Some people speak English, having a translator with some key phrases ready (google tran If you have time, hitch your way out and meet many nice people from the city.
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• Sost
  ...done here. Apparently, no private cars are allowed to cross the border and people can only go by bus. That's what the border police told me and it seems that
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• Saint Martin
  ...ou hitch-hike on St.Maarten/St.Martin, don't expect to get a ride fast (as people are not used to it), but wait a little, and wait for that one cool person w ...distinction between taxi and normal passenger car is very small though, so people will often stop for you and ask money for a ride. Keep this in mind.
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• Aqwa
  ...t, it might be uncomfortable for the hitchhiker to stop cars there, though people might stop for you anyway. ...where you can find somewhat more silence at night. If nothing helps, many people also rent private rooms, a good indicator is 250-300 Rouble within Sukhum p
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• Cluj (county)
  ...capital city at [[Cluj-Napoca]]. It is quite easy to hitchhike around, the people being friendly, and the roads good.
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• Sri Lanka
  == People == People are hospitable, generous, happy and laid back. Get to know them. Speaking a
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• Prostějov
  ...treet ''Olomoucká'' in direction of the shopping centre TESCO (you can ask people, everybody knows where this is), on the roundabout turn right go 10 metres ...wn the street ''Dolní'' to the motorway approach Prostějov - střed (or ask people how to go to Kralice), on the crossroad before motorway turn right and stay
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• Gotemba
  it is really big and you'll find plenty of people going tokyo or nagoya
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• Arriaga
  ...ough Arriaga. There is an immigrant shelter in the town and its common for people to ask to see your papers when you're hitchhiking in Chiapas. Specially whe ...ristobal, there is a short-cut that doesn't take you through Arriaga. Many people use it, so you might decline a ride to Arriaga.
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• Oberhausen
  ...]]. You have a bridge there to not get your thumb wet in case it rains and people tend to stop for you within the first 15 min. ...back to the entrance of the autobahn. No shelter but a traffic light where people have to stop and notice you.
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• Dorohusk-Jahodin border crossing
  ...akes longer and can easily be up to 4 hours. Its advisable to start asking people in the very beginning of the queue and it might even pay off to abandon you ...o get a ride and it takes much longer to cross, since '''a lot''' of local people try to smuggle cigarettes and do business there. [[User:n0id|n0id]] experie
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• Palau
  ...average like other Pacific islands. Camping is difficult around Koror as people/developments everywhere, much easier outside the city. Dogs a little more
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• Qeshm Island
  ...women whose faces are covered. If there is only one spare seat in public, people will shuffle around so that no woman sits next to a man she doesn't already ...nguage but everyone also speaks Farsi. Basic English is spoken by very few people.
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• El Chaltén
  ...ad idea to bring a book or something to do and just sit and wait while the people who got there before you get their rides because trying to hitch a ride fiv ...if you're hitching here, and no one is stopping at all, there are probably people on the other side of the roundabout, about 50m before the bridge, who are h
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• Madagascar
  ...t are also reserved and quiet. Spontaneous house-ups are quite uncommon as people normally help when asked for help but don't go out of their way of their ow ...s are shit, gas is expensive, vehicles are too full, and there are too few people with private cars to make hitchhiking long distances all over the country r
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• Lofoten
  Normally, people travelling to Lofoten, are coming from [[Bodø]] with the ferry that arrive ...alk path on the right and you arrive in a view point with enough space for people to stop.
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• Insurance
  There are different types of '''insurance''' people can have for their vehicle. Often drivers refuse a ride because of ''insura ...for insurance reasons. Insurance reasons are also the favourite excuse for people who are driving company cars.
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• Tabriz
  ...e second largest city of the country, it belongs to the Azerbaijan region, people, speak Azeri (very similar to Turkish) as first language and are still quit ...anel "No taxi", better written in Persian, you will call the attention and people should easily stop and pick you up.
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• Albuquerque
  ...y local residents. Therefore, hitchhiking out will be rather difficult, as people will assume you are just another homeless person (maybe you are, or not). T ...but be warned Albuquerque is full of tramps, drug addicts and other random people that may or may not harm or hinder you. If you can, catch a ride to Moriart
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• Project 888/Meetings
  As a preparation to the [[project 888|888 European Hitchhiking Event]] people are also organising meetings in the check-point cities to have participants On the 8th of August over a hundred people (and counting) will join up to hitchhike to [[Paris]] from different places
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• Budzisko-Kalvarija border crossing
  ...top buses, cars with Belarusian register plates, or cars with dark skinned people for checking passports. ...main road. You may see some police officers stopping cars (they check for people illegally transiting from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad), but they are
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• Finland
  ...le pick you up. Sunny weather might help you a great deal because it makes people more happy and open-minded. ...get easier the more North you go in Finland, because towns get smaller and people feel more open to help others. However, the highways are better in the Sout
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• Academy of Free Travel
  ...mostly from the former Soviet Union and the main language is Russian, but people from all countries are welcome to join the AVP. * to educate people on the properties of the surrounding world and the possibilities for indepe
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• Austin (Texas)
  ...[Texas]] have moved here. There is so much music that there are stages for people to play music on in laundromats.
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• Cipolletti
  ...aje'' on the highway, but in Argentina you will likely be sent away by the people working at the ''peaje''. You might be very lucky and get a ride at the YPF
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• Czech Republic
  ...ng bit annoying. If you wanna just pass Prague it is not very easy as most people on the highways go only there and no further so instead of getting stuck on ...ple also on small roads parallel to a highway but as mentioned before most people have it.
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• Fes
  Go to a calm quarter like Ouadi Fes, for instance, speak with people and look for nocturnal guardians, they will show you the best spot and will ...option, but there are also some other calm and nice places, just ask right people for quarters to avoid, might be pretty dangerous also during the day.
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• St. Louis
  * ''Refer to it as St. Looey for fun - lots of people call it this - not all.'' ...e downtown is an under-utilized skyscraper forest, but outside of that the people are really cool in a unique way (the good kind of hipster) and will appreci
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• 789/Website
  ...have all the relevant links to this wiki, the forum and whatnot ; so that people wanting to imput can do so. *We really have to get a Forum to help people organize their rides. We can't rely on CS groups, they suck.
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• Beatty
  ...ate desert road 95, north east from [[Las Vegas]]. It's a common place for people to stop on the way to [[Death Valley]].
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• Puerto Madryn
  ...he road, but will work for traffic in all directions. In Patagonia, asking people directly works better than waiting with a thumb and/or sign. ...can hitchhike around to the lighthouse, but out of season there's not many people going there picking up hitchhikers. In summer, the town is apparently a sur
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• Hitchgathering/2011/Magdeburg Meeting
  ...if possible. A few mattresses are available. If there are no more than 15 people the space should be enough. If there are more, it might get crowded, but in # facilitating the people who want to participate/collaborate but donno how (TODO lists, skill sharin
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• Colchester
  Most people on that round are going as far as [[M25 (GB)|M25]],
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• Suriname
  ...to chose between ''the big boat'' (the official, legal ferry, this is for people with passports) or ''the little boats'' (home-owned, illegal boats that tak ...a little), or by making friends with a boat owner. Otherwise be aware most people do pay to travel by boat.
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• Rownhams Services
  ...much doable. Traffic isn't huge, but frequent enough for a steady flow of people going into and out of the service area for you to ask.
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• Kara Dere
  It is (one of?) the last wild beaches in Bulgaria where you'll find many people "wild" camping. The only place there is a small kiosk, selling drinks.
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• Fuerteventura
  ...t comes to local people and Italian, you will have no problem hitchhiking. People in Fuerteventura are '''really''' hospitable, talkative and funny. However, ...hree and even more) can get in one car. This is because there are a lot of people riding trucks and vans (specially surfers). Hitchhiking in petrol-stations
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• Princes Highway
  ...here tends to be room for cars to pull over most of the time. It isn't for people who are in a hurry, as the reality is most of the traffic isn't used to hit ...ot of ground by starting at dawn, whereas Sundays are much more lazed with people traveling home from any time.
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• Rotorua
  ...past the speed signs, the shoulder becomes very wide – a perfect place for people to stop before speeding up, and most cars will be going all the way to Hami ...are not at their top speed yet. This is your hitching spot; although some people's destination will be ''Hamurana'' (a locality on the northern shore of Lak
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• Hitchhiking with children
  Most parents, and for a good reason, teach their kids to not enter cars with people they don't know. It is important to explain to your child why in this speci ...his father used to hitch-hike with him when he was a child (era of Polish People's Republic). His father would put him clearly visible and drivers, certainl
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• Bretagne
  ...est]] and had no problem finding rides even in the smallest villages, with people eager to drive them a bit farther to help them) ...ery disrespectful, especially the dances. However, if you wish to learn it people will be eager to teach you. The best way to learn Breton dances is if you a
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• Osijek
  ...elays than the crossings between Serbia and Hungary. On Sundays, many exYu people are returning from their family visits to Austria and Germany. [[User:Duffa ...en pass Đakovo and you drive at A3 high way there is much better traffic). People probably do not use often this high way because you must pay fee for drivin
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• Prizren
  ...ou can thumb and people will quickly stop for you. Watch out, however, for people that actually want money.
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• Iqaluit
  ...(also known as Lake Harbour) which is a bit more than two hours away. Some people make it a day trip. Everything is within walking distance, but people use the ubiquitous taxis, as they are available at a flat rate (6$).
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• Belmopan
  ...00m where you'll see a speed bump with a plenty of space for cars to stop. People refer to [[San Ignacio]] as "Cayo".
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• Alghero
  ...ed beautiful at a bay and is surrounded by an old Catalan wall. Still some people in the city speak a Catalan dialect.
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• Celebrities hitchhiked
  ( There are many famous people who have hitchhiked. This is a list of celebrities who made hitchhiking tri
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• Ceduna
  ...ohibited", also management isn't too keen on strangers asking around. Many people are locals anyway who won't go further west. It's not recommended to wait t ...W.A.'', rather than [[Perth]]. A ride to Perth will take 3-4 days and some people may not want to give a lift for the whole distance.
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• Calabria
  ...r short distances. As the region has quite a poor public transport system, people are sympathetic. As in many other regions of Italy, there may be people waiting on the roads (including the busy Statale) for other purposes, e.g.
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• Pasto
  ...oll (peaje) plaza and is about 25 minutes in the direction of Popayán. Ask people only to bring you to Daza and you'll find a ride quickly - all the way to P ...′39.5″N 77°17′48.86″W). This is where you can start hitchhiking and asking people for a ride.
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• Gildehaus
  ...Maybe a sign saying ''NL'' would help, because many [[Netherlands|Dutch]] people are living or working in this area. ...picked up, waited for more than half an hour. A few German cars full with people and some Dutch cars not stopping. Very few traffic in this little village.
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• Wales
  Hitchhiking in '''Wales''' is fun! People are very willing to help and will often take you to your destination, or at ...re not very necessary outside urban areas, they can sometimes help to make people more inclined to stop.
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• Bellingham
  ...on't take that ramp. Take the ramp on King St., there's much more room for people to pull over. There's virtually nobody on Lakeview. But you can still try i There is one mission, The Lighthouse Mission, but there's a lot of homeless people and limited mats, so don't go unless you have to.
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• Holyhead
  Not many people stop before getting on the ferry so the car park is not very busy. ...don]], if you want to go there, although it is far. But the best thing is, people will watch you writing the sign, and for sure they will ask if they can hel
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• Middle East
  ...en the attention is brought on a person (thus in awkward situations taking people out of the anonymity helps!). Arguable, males in Arabic societies do have l
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• Finding accommodation
  ...ting up your tent in a discrete place at or after dusk, breaking up before people will notice and not letting garbage or fire places behind there are general == Asking people ==
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• Bosnia and Herzegovina
  ...and friendly. If you are from a western country, chances are good that the people you meet in the street will have friends or relatives living in your countr ...for quite some time, though. Indeed, Bosnia is quite poor and not so many people can afford traveling far away by car.
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• Greenland
  There are a lot of ties with [[Denmark]], and many people speak Danish.
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• Hitchgathering
  ...Festival sort of fades in and fades out, most busiest days having over 100 people at once. ...conclusion: early August is the most optimal for all the students/working people to have a hitching trip. There will be smaller pre- and post-gatherings hap
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/appendix-2
  ...took the wheel and we spent ten days cruising along the motorways picking people up and grilling them. This happened over the last weekend in August 1968 (i ...not constitute a sample. There are a number of factors which make the 186 people questioned a group with special characteristics and therefore in some ways
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri
  ====[[Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/chapter-4|4. Why Do People Give Lifts?]]====
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• Mauritius
  ...ing in Mauritius is incredibly easy (specially for a white traveler). Most people are 'mari' friendly and generous. While a lot of people will stare at you and your thumb with a "what the heck?" look, many won't h
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• Sinaia
  ...the town center. This is just by the train station and there is space for people to stop, also a bus stop nearby.
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• Help Ukrainian refugees
  * make it easier for people who have left or are planning to leave to find temporary accommodation on [
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• Hunan
  ...t before you order. Hitchhiking is quite doable, like everywhere in China. People are usually helpful, although not everybody speaks English.
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• Hitchhiking in the Netherlands Survey
  ...ked as well in the past (49.5%) and because it is a nice way to meet other people (45.0%). ''“Very positive, I met very friendly and particular people,
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• Hitchgathering/2023 NYE
  Tonight 22/11/2023 many people talked on the hitchwiki matrix group chat and we came to a decision to do t ...und the 23th december or more around the 28th december for example, and if people feel like staying few days after the 31th december or feel like stay a week
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• Azaz
  ...he way before warned us to take the Kilis checkpoint and go through A'zaz. People are extremely conservative here, and every Western looking foreigner might
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• Vorarlberg
  ...guage. Everybody speaks high German (hochdeutsch) and the vast majority of people speak some degree of English as well. A lot of buses stop because of the restaurant and that makes option of asking people in front of the restaurant very unpleasant.
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• Hobart
  ...y 500 000 inhabitants on the whole island, don't be surprised to meet some people twice !
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• Huanuco
  ...There will be some trucks parked there. Arrive at 6AM for best results. People will try to convince you to go to the police control nearby. Don't: trucks
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• Manaus
  ...0.00, leaving every hour on the hour or half hour depending. Chatting with people on the ferry you may find a ride further down the road. ...Careiro you might not find any truck drivers in the ferry nor the village. People say they come in the evening or the morning. You can still walk out of the
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• Khai Yai NP
  .../truck with some lifts, but no doubt you'll be with 4 or so other friendly people who are also sitting there! ...pool at the bottom. Remember that the thais are conservative dressers, and people will normally just wear their clothes swimming. Bikinis will get lots of lo
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• Puerto Rico
  ...elf from any place to any place even inside of the towns is quite easy and people are very friendly. Mostly they are worried about your safety. I am hitchhik ...that moment you actually hit the older route 2, which takes almost all the people and there is wide lane for stopping and the cars are going really slow.
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• Eureka (California)
  ...'s a gas station and big truck station, close to a nice traffic light. The people working at the gas station and truck station seem pretty nice, and don't he
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• Flores
  Flores is a small island, so hitchhiking is quite easy. Many people will drive you straight to your destination, even if they hadn't planned go ...oat|sailing boats]], but it is not a popular destination for sailors. Most people get there by ferry or airplane from the other islands of the Azores. There
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• Ibbenbüren
  ...about you'll recognize a petrol station and a Burger King, so quite enough people to ask.
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• Kuru
  ...p even if you don't use a sign, as the area is not very populated and most people would assume you are going to Tampere anyway. However, as always, use of a ...for that is that it used to be the centre of the municipality, so a lot of people from smaller neighbouring towns/villages used to go there for their necessi
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• La Jonquera
  There are Stories of People that put a gas inside the cabin of truck drivers so they go to sleep and th
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• Guinea
  ...will hardly ever pick you up for free as they are the public transport for people who can't afford taxis - except the ancient pickup trucks without windshiel ...good chances finding a free lift - check out the trucks carrying dozens of people). That said, if you are traveling solo most motorcycles that aren't packed
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• North Caucasian Federal District
  ...ised road checkpoints. Since hitchhiking was popular in Soviet culture all people will understand what you are doing (including officials) and drivers should Hitchhiking in Karachay-Cherkessia goes surprisingly well. People stop quite fast and it is possible to easily hitchhike even smaller roads o
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• Poprad
  ...an quite easily hitchhike to Poprad from Zilina or Banska Bystrica as many people are going to Poprad for hiking. ...station on the 18 road just after TESCO and near KIKA. You can either ask people on the gas station or hitchhike on the road, there is a place where cars ca
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• Des Moines
  ...labor Rd. There are many amenities here including several gas stations for people to stop at leaving the city. ...ects the two interstates, controlled by a 4 way traffic interchange giving people a chance to see you before proceeding on to the Interstate.
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• Nicaragua
  ...are in a rural area, the few with cars or trucks tend to stop for lots of people. They get a kick out of foreigners. ...you're paying or hitching free when you climb in any type of vehicle. Here people refer to hitch-hiking as ''ride'', ''hacer ride'' or ''buscar un ride'' are
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• Mentostop
  ...ir land from another terrorist attack. Why should you refuse them? Let the people feel them as a part of helping process.
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• San Diego
  In general, homeless people are everywhere, camping is easy, cops are chill. But there is a high risk o ...nd the surrounding pier is a great area for artists, buskers, etc. Lots of people sleep there.
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• Hitchgathering/2024/proposals
  ...outh of the pin, across it is plenty of brambley, flat, muddy areas. Local people do come around this area. ...he lines of "it's not allowed to camp there, but people do it anyway." The people who recommended the place said that in summer hikers sometimes camp there b
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• British Indian Ocean Territory
  ...military facility of the UK and [[United States of America|USA]]. The only people living there are soldiers or civilians working for the army.
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• Bad Oeynhausen
  ...e coming from the [[A30 (Germany)|A30]] or [[A2 (Germany)|A2]]. Try to ask people there. Towards the east there is also a good spot to stand directly by the When going west, get out at the first ''Shell'' petrol station and ask people there. Somewhat back in time, the owner send [[User:Platschi|platschi]] awa
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• Encon
  ...rucks (and sometimes cars), so everyone has to slow down here anyway. Most people make a stop at this airconditioned YPF. There's a clean bathroom and you ca ...r 2016 (summer) with a truck driver (whose engine overheated every 80 km). People don't hit the road after 11:00 AM in summer, as the road is long and it's t
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• Nepal
  ...The tradition of hitchhiking for longer distances is unknown to the Nepali people. They mostly don't understand what a tourist is doing while trying to get a
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• Paderborn
  ...until you encounter the gas stations (there are two, imho) next to it: ask people!
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• Junin de los Andes
  ...can continue on dirt roads to [[Villa Pehuenia]] and later [[Chile]]. Most people will take the turnoff to Volcan Lanin and continue on RP60, so expect to sp Most people going north from Junin de los Andes will be travelling on this stretch of R
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• Hitchhikers Bars
  That is where people were getting info about hitch spots, other hitchhikers pubs, Freak Buses, f As many people were going to India with Freak Buses (cheap buses owned hippies, mostly by
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• Celje
  ...je''' is a major city in central [[Slovenia]], with a population of 48,000 people. You can walk around town, and explore the city center, the old castle and ...ric cabin. It's not a perfect place for them to stop, but they are used to people hitchhiking there. Hold a [[signs|sign]] towards your direction - "LJ" and
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• Tennessee
  ...so, as always, being respectful is a must for any hitchhiker. Most of the people down here are some of the nicest folks around. The few that aren't are ever Carrying a sign is alright, as long as it's humorous. People respond much better to a sign that has personality than despair.
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• Tver
  ...fore the road merges with the ring road, you can hitchhike there. A lot of people go out of the city there, and I never waited for more than 20 minutes. Ther ...iver leaves the highway, I'd suggest to stay on it. This rarely happens as people usually go to long distances on this highway.
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• Muiden
  ...ng a map of the town. It's a 15 minute walk through this nice village, ask people for the bus station at the ''Mariahoeveweg''. There you'll find a big parki ...s is connected directly to the service station. There you can stand or ask people for going towards [[Amsterdam]].
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• Hitchgathering/2011/Graphic
  * Connecting people :Might be easier for some people to fill in the survey on the website (no need to send snailmail overseas).
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• Picton
  If you're arriving on the ferry from [[Wellington]] it's probably best to ask people on the ferry for a ride. Standing with a sign at the stairs when drivers ar
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• Zvolen
  ...top or whatever place there is with enough space for cars to stop. Lots of people going long distances. Check the number plates first though! 'ZV' stands for
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• Kalmar
  ...KEA, as this shopping complex is on the northern end of the city and draws people from the surrounding countryside. Hitch before the motorway sign, where you
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• Orléans
  Went to Paris from here, most people are going to the A71 (towards Toulouse) or to the A10 but headed for Tours. ...ntown section near the river is the place to go for some fun on a weekend. People are great and open, as they've probably been drinking. Share a drink and li
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• Caleta Olivia
  Many people who live in Cañadón Seco but work/study in Caleta Olivia hitchhike both w
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• Crimea
  ...ical landmarks scattered throughout the territory. If you're curious about people's opinions on Russia/Ukraine, it's advisable to do more listening than talk ..., but disappeared quite quickly when told we were hitchhiking. Some of the people picking us up were wondering why we were hitchhiking at all and referring t
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• Popayan
  ...hern limits of Popayán. This is where you can start hitchhiking and asking people for a ride. ...11.45″N 76°37′58.96″W). This is where you can start hitchhiking and asking people for a ride.
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• Press images
  Here we try to collect images and create a selection of nice images of people hitchhiking that can be used by the Press for articles and reports about hi *If you are a hitchhiker, feel free to add your own images of people hitchhiking. An example would be a person hitchhiking (thumbing) next to th
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• Bruges
  ...re, you hold up a sign that says '4km', ask if they go to 'Oostkamp' (Most people are), and if they could drop you off at the entrance of the motorway there ...e from anywhere in this road (it is a rather small local road but a lot of people take this road to exit the city), but there is a busy intersection and bus
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• First time hitchhiking/Zoe
  ...d who had hitchhiked for weeks already. He just had his backpack. And also people who had been traveling in that way for years on a row, without the need for ...ood bag! Then, maybe hitchhiking across Australia or somewhere and meeting people along the way.
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• Leușeni-Albița border crossing
  ...de in a small vehicle, manned by only a driver. Avoid transport buses with people and belongings in it, as it is likely their crossing time will be long and
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• Kingston, Ontario
  ...ery 8000 people in the city. This might be a starting point on meeting new people, or travellers. To facilitate easier crossing, try finding people that look like you, to reduce suspicion when crossing the border. Saying th
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• Saskatoon
  ...rest along the riverbank, and 30 community gardens. It is not uncommon for people to hitch between the three largest cities in the province along highway 11. ...as 40 degrees celsius. There are some services and shelters available for people experiencing homelessness in Saskatoon, including The Saskatoon Tribal Coun
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• Colby
  ...on the [[Isle of Man]]. It is on the bus route but more of a village that people pass through on their way to [[Douglas]] or [[Port Erin]].
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• Wakkanai
  ...es, Japanese people stock up on snacks for the road, so there will be many people here preparing for a long drive down. At this point you are less than 1km f
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• Cape Breton
  ...and regrettably, if you have a First Nations look about you. However most people are extremely hospitable and friendly. The scenery is beautiful, but locals
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• Sardinia
  ...Bus travel may be faster, but it is just as easy to hitchhike as the local people are extremely friendly. Note that on Sunday there are mainly families on th ...s at the marina in [[Bonifacio]] -- it is not far for a step over and many people do it.
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• Mali
  ...s, but you can also find someone who will take you for free. Usually white people will not take you, they are mainly the typical tourists and will never take Local people are friendly and might offer you a seat in the shadow and tea while you wai
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• Shirakawa
  ...e not the hords of tourist. But caraful to wake up early before the bus of people arrive.
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• Broome
  ...the Gibb. Roebuck roadhouse is a good place to start to get to Derby. Most people will be going gorge-to-gorge - there is the difficulty of getting back from ...in town.) It is at the turnoff to the highway heading south, so plenty of people are heading that way.
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• Rapid City
  ...ce to try to hitch out from the entire black hills region of South Dakota. People here won't necessarily pick you up more often, but you can bet there will b
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• Bayreuth
  ...ere is even a petrol station close to the exit with the possibility to ask people directly. For getting there you take the Bus Nr. 1 towards Laineck. It leav ...s the resting place to the right. There is no petrol station here, but the people using the toilet will pick you up. There are rest places on both sides of t
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• Oregon
  ...sitate to actually do it, if you can't find a ride on the on-ramp. Lots of people do stop on the freeway. Cops won't harrass you. And even trucks will stop o ...t along the edges of towns throughout the entire state, making it easy for people to pull over to pick you up.
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• Chattanooga
  ...-sized southern city famous for moon-pies and Coca-Cola bottling. A lot of people around here are very religious, so it's important to be respectful when hit
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• Umeå
  However most truckers and people that make the entire trip often take 95 as it is a shorter distance. There ...ägen'', about 500 metres south of the bridge ''Tegsbron''. You can ask for people going south on the E4 there.
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• Guayaquil
  ...argest and the most populous city in [[Ecuador]], with around 2.69 million people in the metropolitan area, as well as the nation's main port. The city is th ...n your right-hand side. This is where you can start hitchhiking and asking people for a ride.
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• Lapland (Finland)
  ...through Lapland is quite possible and draws many hitchhikers each season. People there are used to driving long distances and generally have a positive atti
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• North Korea
  ...Earth where you cannot go put up your thumb on the side of the road. Local people will be punished if you (as a foreigner) talk to them. Travels to North Kor
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• Elton
  ...where it is supposed to be a nice spot to get a ride. Walk around and ask people. The part for the trucks is on the other side. You won't see to the town, a ** "Hitch-hikers are mostly nice people, pick one up if you randomly see one"
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• Durango
  ...ery low population density (the second-lowest of all Mexican states). Most people just cross it coming from or going to Chihuahua.
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• Victoria (Canada)
  ...up the island is from along the highway near Langford. There you can catch people heading out of town over the Malahat. You can take public transit from anyw ...upstream for best visibility. There's a pullout just around the bend for people to pick you up. Best time seems to be early morning on weekdays (07:00-08:
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• Kootenays
  ...elson, and Shambhala Music Festival. It is a lush, beautiful area, full of people who are generally friendly and happy.
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• Hitchgathering/2011/Magdeburg Meeting/Minutes/Day2
  ...ick a checkbox "I wanna help" on your profile and you show up in a list so people know they can contact you for help''' * most people will want to avoid Romania because it's very slow. '''The last "choke point
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• Colmar
  People that go to the A35 pass here. They can stop at the side of the road after t
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• Hörstel
  Even if it seems that people in this part of Westfalia are not really interested in picking up hitchhike ...After some meters you'll find a petrol station. You could try to ask some people there if they go anywhere to a ramp nearby. If there are no cars, walk anot
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• Stavanger
  ...yrveien. There is a bus stop there and enough space for cars to pull over. People are so nice that they might even drive you up until the ferry! ...ish-speaking ride east at 15:00. Many drivers did stop and were friendly (people generally waved, honked horns and were supportive), but weren't going very
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• El Calafate
  ...ad idea to bring a book or something to do and just sit and wait while the people who got there before you get their rides because trying to hitch a ride fiv
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• South Africa
  ...nd you may sometimes find yourself hitchhiking together with several other people. Hitchhiker Kiko found that being the only one insisting on refusing to con .... In some parts (like northwestern South Africa) it is not uncommon to see people waving money instead of their thumbs to indicate that they would be ready t
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• Las Flores
  ...ke three hours, not counting the myriad hours lost waiting for slow border people to check everything. [[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]] spent three hours a ...der check whose only job it is to check this paper and match the number of people.
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• Hitchgathering/2022
  Because it's the end of the year, the date and the length for which people can go to an HG change widely. This, in return, allows the winter gathering ...nter-gathering in Jura mountains / other mountains. 16-23 December 2022 so people can go have Christmas with family in Western Europe.
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• Inverness
  ...ce to hitch from, so take advantage of the approachability of the Scottish people. Other options are another pullover area about 1 1/2 miles down the highway (people will be going extremely fast there, but will all be going long distances so
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• Zapala
  ...from the already cold south) and travel south in spring/early summer (when people are eager to arrive to South Patagonia or having an adventure on their way
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• Dołhobyczów-Uhryniv border crossing
  ...might be worthwhile, as you can reportedly cross on foot and not too many people know about it and use it. The Ukrainian and Polish checks are carried out i
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• Burkina Faso
  ...n Europe, North Africa or the Middle East. In Burkina Faso the majority of people who travel do so by bus and there are few cars on the road. However, it wo ...(Not to say that both of those won't be wonderful, interesting, generous people but rather that you might not get the random cross section of society that
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• Zimbabwe
  Apparently people (mostly women) have started to pick up males and drug, beat and rape them,
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• Hitchable vehicles
  ...whole point of these road-based transports is to make money. If they took people for free, they could not do that. This is not to say it is not possible, if Similar to bus+, but with more possibilities to bend the rules for creative people.
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• Larisa
  There are often people's kitchen, movies, dance and sports courses, for free in ParaTodas social c
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• Hungary
  ...exceptions) is relatively easy in Hungary, especially in rural areas where people are more friendly and helpful. There, even on the roads with almost no traf ...es. In cities, often one can speak English with younger people. Some older people might speak a bit of German or Russian. Once you get to rural areas, howev
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• Fort Augustus
  ...ot, there is a wee shoulder right in front of Monster Fish and Chips where people can stop to pick you up. A sign is always useful. ...y camping in the woods and you're stuck in Fort Augustus, make use of your people skills. Many owners of bars and hotels around Loch Ness are quite keen to g
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• Fukuoka
  ...om the center of town is a really bad idea and doesn't really work as many people are just going to another part of town.
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• Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  ...e 30, by a nice big property of grass. Hitch there east, this way most the people on the rd are going to be going on rt 30 for a small amount of time. Use a ...In case you don't read the York page. Don't get taken "into" York. As many people there have bad ideas about it try to hitch from the East side before you en
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• Weimar
  ...entrum Humboldtstraße'. Walk towards the main road 'Berkaer Straße' (B85). People driving there are only commuting but they can take you until the autobahn i ...the Gasstation "Raststätte Eichelborn süd". From there you can easily find People who are heading to Berlin (A9) or Dresden (A4). I went southwards to Hof an
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• Isle of Wight
  ...rt with a sign for "Isle of Wight". Generally people sympathise a lot with people wanting to travel for free on the island, because public transport (ferries There are also A LOT of people living in vans on the island, who may be happy for you to pitch with them (
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• Lushnjë
  ...ch connects roads to Vlorë and Berat from train station hitching. Albanian people are kind so highly likely you will catch a ride before arriving to the poin
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• A31 (Germany)
  By many people this motorway is called the '''Friesenspieß''' or '''Emslandautobahn''', b ...fficult to hitchhike in the direction of Oldenburg since most (if not all) people will take a different on-ramp.
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• Hitchgathering/2012/News
  ...to constant mass media fear-mongering, it doesn't come as a surprise that people, in general, don't trust each other anymore. This is self-evident to those ...no money involved is just one of the motives to hitch. Getting to know new people, a sense of adventure and developing your character are hardly reasons to t
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• Grand Canyon National Park
  Along 64 outside (or still inside) of the park. Not uncommon for people to go straight to Vegas.
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• Bitola
  ...tchhiking here. There are usualy people selling some stuff on this road so people might stop just for that, do not hesistate to ask for a ride anyway!
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• Kaohsiung
  ...e for Kenting (墾丁). This way, people going to Kenting (which is where most people heading south from Kaohsiung are going) will be more likely to pick you up.
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• Yemen
  ...ose are from the government and rich oil companies and together with white people it might make them/you to a target to kidnapping.
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• Solomon Islands
  Overall people seemed really friendly and kind in Honiara/Guadalcanal. Average waiting tim
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• Cape Verde
  ...nguage. Many people speak Portuguese, and consider Spanish to be workable. People working in tourism often speak French (their biggest tourist influx), then ...and. If a private car stops, it's good to make your intentions clear. Most people who are European immigrants to Cabo Verde know hitchhiking, and won't expec
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• La Romana
  ...station on the road, these are free as it's just a transport to where the people have to change to the right bus for their direction.
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• Framlingham
  ...ham there is a petrol station on the main road, where one can wait and ask people for lifts.
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• Economy
  ...e seems to be already some reason to be concerned (which applies mostly to people who are in debt). In other words - would economic recession / depression in
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• Brisbane
  ...casue thats where 90% of the people will go. There are several spots where people hitch from: ...here before heading to the motorway. Marquis Street has parking bays where people can pull over and you could stand on the pedestrian walk (which would make
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• Arcata
  The plaza is where people hang out most if you're looking for other travelers. Cross 101 on 7th stree ...lems on two lanes roads. The farther North you go the easier it gets! Most people can recommend good spots. In [[Ukiah (California)|Ukiah]], 101 turns back i
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• Chillan
  Comming from Concepción, many people will let you out on the Ruta 5.
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• Angren
  ...l of taxis! Kokand which is the closest big town is 4 hours drive, so most people want money. If you just start walking you quickly get away from all the tax
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• Ferizaj
  It's quite often that people will stop for you to tell you to go somewhere else. Both spots work and are
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• Palermo
  ...l pas next to kilometers of parks and nature. There is plenty of shade and people don't really pass through there at night. Valle Del Porco area is a good ex
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• Nancy
  ...e for cars to stop. Use a sign to go to St-Dizier, as there is not so much people taking the road to Troyes. ...is one in front of a church a little further ahead but it is harder to get people to stop there.
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• Exeter
  ...into the center of Exeter and there are pavements here and there that most people are happy to pull over onto even in the suburbs of Exeter. My advice would Exeter Services seem to be rarely frequented by people heading North, it seems better to walk ~15min to Junction 29 although there
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• Digital nomads authors
  The first people invited and my top thoughts on what they would be good at are:
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• Osaka
  ...through to access the tunnel to the SA, but they seem to be about keeping people from parking there, not keeping pedestrians out.</p> Always write down everything in kanji on your sign. Although Japanese people can generally read the Roman/Latin script, it takes them some time which co
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• Andorra
  ...Catalan but basically everybody speaks Spanish, a lot of people french and people will likely have a basic english level.The currency used is Euro. It's recommended to ask people at the petrol stations, gas is cheaper in Andorra and tourist tend to fill
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• Norrköping
  ...st likely also go in the direction of Stockholm. Because of the roundabout people drive here at a normal speed, where they can read your sign properly. ...rare, but there's the salad buffet) as you like. There usually is lots of people and there is no checks as to if you're actually ''supposed'' to be there. I
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• Sicily
  People in Sicily are passionate and friendly. Really friendly! They can invite you ...he british channel tunnel); so that also standing at the harbour or asking people it's a very easy option to get inside a car and enter for free. In any case
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• Santo Domingo
  ...You may use a sign or simply shout the direction you want to go in,as many people drive with opened windows.
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• Oaxaca
  ...Still doable, of course, at least if you don't look too Mexican, sadly -- people are rather distrustful.
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• Vermont
  ...ly not more than 50 miles, as it's small state (ranked 45th in area). Some people hitch to work, some hitch to school, and some just thumb it across [[New En ...ve state in the nation, the most tolerant and most ecologically aware, yet people still get up in the morning and milk the cows the same as they have for 200
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• South Carolina
  ...be aware. South Carolina has the cheapest gas in America, which means that people from nearby states often cross the border to fill up. In addition, those on ...ing season. However, be aware there is a heavy presence of drugs here, and people aren't always as nice when they're about that life. Hitchhiking isn't too h
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• Neuwied
  Else (if raining) you can also try the petrol stations, but most people might go nearby and not on the motorway. There is one petrol station you al
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• Göreme
  ...too much e.g jumping on the roof during praying time) but i'm sure lots of people saw me and didn't care about. [[User:Fedecicco|Fedecicco]]
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• Bjerkvik
  ...are two Esso stations) which has seats and hot food like hamburgers. Many people stop there, especially coming from the airport, for a meal. So you can sit
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• Würzburg
  ...and Shell) where you can ask people or just put your thumb up. Most of the people are going north at the A7 or east towards Nürnberg on the A3. ...ay works, but going towards west is more of a logical choice as a lot less people are coming from west to go Stuttgart than the opposite.
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• Mexico City
  '''Mexico City''' is the capital of [[Mexico]]. About 9,000,000 people live in the Federal District, making it the most densely populated area of ...es, slightly complicated -- if it's too much, just ask somebody, there are people around.) When you get to the highway down there, turn right and walk about
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• New Mexico
  ...scented strongly with Frankincense and God knows what other spices, weird people. 3HOs walking around in turbans. Mescaline. Fast hitchhiking. ...never came back to bother me. Never had any trouble here beyond that. The people are mostly welcoming. I have some especially fond memories of New Mexico.''
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• Las Palmas
  Lots of people show up every year looking to catch a sailboat ride across the Atlantic. Ca
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• Guinea-Bissau
  ...with what you need in Senegal before crossing the border to Guinea-Bissau. People in Guinea-Bissau are poor, but very friendly and welcoming of strangers.
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• Georgetown (Guyana)
  ...y down the road, you will find yourself at the beginning of the dirt track people call the Lethem road, of Kurupakarie Highway (ask for either if you get los ...essive towards us, so I'm not sure how to take this kind of information... People ALWAYS say that it's ''dangerous'' here of ''hot'' there...
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• Namibia
  ...e ride, or to quote one local [[Keetmanshoop]] hitchhiker - ''pretty often people are nice and don't ask me to pay, but normally they want a little compensat ...ess you want go a short distance (anything shorter than 100 kilometers) as people who are going short distances generally dont stop for hitchhikers unless th
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• Malta
  ...ften locked docks. you have to have a telephone number to be called by the people with potential offers. ...The Valletta, Sliema and St Julian's area are very densely populated, but people and buses are quite willing to pick you up for free. I even hitchhiked y fi
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• San Antonio (Texas)
  ...d bumming in general. Figures: the best thing about Texas is that a lot of people who are ''not from Texas'' live there. ...th of the Rim mall between the Ferrari dealership and the Texaco, friendly people as well. Dealership has an exterior outlet to charge your phone overnight.
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• Calingasta
  ...as station and road with your stuff and walk toward the gas station to ask people, or put up your thumb when they're just passing by. [[User:MOAH|Mind of a H ...Barreal. The majority of traffic on this stretch of the RN 149 is working people who are commuting between these two villages, so the wait can never be that
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• Horgos-Röszke border crossing
  ...paperwork in order or to take a leak. This is a perfect chance to talk to people and score direct rides into Bulgaria and even deep into Turkey! Look for ou ...ine afterwards. There was almost no traffic going into Serbia that day and people seemed wary to pick someone up that close to the guards. I walked down the
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• Ottawa
  ...es. Just make sure your ride is going towards Montreal, as from this point people can be going either northbound or southbound on the 417. Or just walk down ...chhike to the 401 (follow directions to Toronto), then at the onroutes ask people who are going to Cornwall. (Make sure you get dropped at a onroute going th
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• Cannes
  Very rich city full of luxury people and cars.
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• Albany (Oregon)
  ...eful and not trusting of hitchhikers, due to rumors of crimes committed by people posing as hitchhikers in this town.
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• Timor-Leste
  The yellow trucks gave free rides to Timorese people and any hitchhikers. Just tell your destination and climb to the back. People who own a car usually speak portuguese or english, so you should manage to
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• Azerbaijan
  ...ave [[Nakhchivan]] to [[Turkey]]. English is not very widespread, but many people have at least a basic command of Russian, and almost anybody will be able t ...g on the definition -- either very well-known or not so well-known at all. People stop quite easily as locals also very commonly wait by the side of the road
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• Why I Hitchhike
  ...unity to learn patience and overtone singing. Possibility to meet kinds of people we wouldn't meet normally, from all social classes and backgrounds. Althoug ...t and personal questions?!". These are very simple questions. Making those people see their lives from a perspective, overall, faire le point. It is not that
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• Mengla
  ...le who ask for payment (sometimes at the end of the drive) and a lot fewer people who stop for a hand gesture. The view is amazing though.
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• Exmouth
  ...have to be at the rangers office really early in the morning because many people would like to stay there over night. But if you have your own tent you'll f
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• Dominica
  ...forests standing in the back of a utility/pickup/ute/truck. Very friendly people. Spend ten minutes walking out the Roseau as you'll get a lift quicker. Som Hitching is easy and people are very friendly. Watch out for the cars that have TX/HX-plates. They're t
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• Stickers
  ...s), tell short stories of misery ("stuck at this shithole for 4 hours") or people logging their trip ("Sam and Alex, from Poland to Turkey, 13.5.2017").
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• La Paz (Baja California Sur)
  ...ook for contacts, drink coffee in early mornings with captains. Be nice to people.
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• Shkodër
  ...gh the city when passing to or from [[Montenegro]]. Throughout Albania the people are amazingly friendly, but in Shkodër they sometimes seem more so and you ...nd so traffic might be better there now. It is advisable to just ask local people about this issue.
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• Puerto Saavedra
  ...is so small that hitching out is not a problem. Not many cars pass by but people here are very generous. One of the first five cars to pass you will likely
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• Indiana
  Speaking from a very limited experience hitching in Indiana, people are generally really friendly and will give rides easily. Expect to talk ab ...ent from Fort Wayne to Chicago, and got rides within several minutes. The people there are a lot friendlier then on the east coast. We didn't have to walk
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• Asunción
  ...ng to the capital. With a bit of luck you meet one of the so many friendly people in this country, who will love to talk about their country.
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• Jersey
  ...ce where people can stop safely. With a very low crime-rate on the island, people are not scared to pick up strangers.
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• Donostia-San Sebastián
  is a great place to stop and talk to people at the traffic lights before they get on to the motorway. ...main highway, from north of Spain to Madrid and the principle road Spanish people take, because it
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• Hämeenlinna
  ...The motorway starts just a little bit further and there are two lanes, so people can stop on one.
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• Lebanon
  ...t it. [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] experienced this, and also heard of other people having the same problem at this border checkpoint. Otherwise, a 15 days vis ...r and he took us to Jezzine. While waiting and trying to catch a car, many people were smiling or they made the "O.K." hand sign to us... I think most of the
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• Greek islands
  The main problem on the island can be lack of people staying there so be careful picking up a date (and time) of your travel. It ...season (winter or autumn) be prepared to be on an abandoned island with no people.
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• Pamir Highway
  ...ed up by locals they will feed you all the way. Please, do not refuse, let people from Pamirs show how they are hospitable. ...ary Tash to Murghab: just a few private offroad cars, most of them full of people, good road condition both paved and unpaved, average speed 80 km/h on offro
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• Hahn Airport
  An alternative is asking the people leaving the Arrivals Terminal. Good chance to get lifts this way.
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• Cali (Colombia)
  ...eneral neighborhood of San Antonio, to have some beers and smoke with good people.
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• Eurizons 2008: A Call for Climate Justice
  ...nd biodiversity. Countries in the North remain the biggest polluters while people in the South bear the heaviest burden. Therefore, climate change is an issu Eurizons is a movement of young engaged people from all over Europe originally initiated by the Global Education and Learn
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• 2014 North American Hitchgathering
  ...stream is deep water, a cave, waterfalls, cliffs for diving and rarely any people. This is where we will be. Crystal clear water. Water temperature depends o
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• Narvik
  From Narvik on North and on the [[Lofoten]] people are very nice to hitchhikers and you generally don't have to wait very long
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• Olympia
  ...abitants, especially compared to Seattle. It's a very hippy place, and the people are incredibly friendly. Walk down any road with a hitching sign, and you'r
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• Latvia
  ...cially during summer, so you'll probably meet someone on the road as well. People are used to hitchhikers and it is fairly easy to get a lift, whether along ...to communicate in it if they see you are a foreigner who needs help. Some people might speak German as well.
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• Nuevo León
  ...lies at the center of the Monterrey metropolitan area with about 4,000,000 people, making it the third biggest in Mexico. Monterrey is also one of the most i
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• Nashville
  ...nd told me that he admired what i was doing and that i had to look out for people who might want to exploit my kind nature. Eventually i gave up hitchhiking ...e never had any problems hitchhiking until now. Its rediculous that asking people for a ride to Knoxville has landed me with an arrest on my record and tons
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• Isle of Mull
  ...rd to get a lift. Both locals and visitors are usually quite happy to pick people up and trusting thanks to the way of island life.
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• Moose Jaw
  People have had luck at the intersection of the [[Manatoba Expressway]], and the [ ...estaurants along the transcanadian highway. At this place, you get all the people who are going out west and stop to eat or refill their cars. I suggest to h
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• Amerongen
  ...ingen is Wageningen Busstation. There you can go to Arnhem. Also, a lot of people drive by so it is an good spot to hitch
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• Ghana
  ...rica, Ghana has a lot of police barriers and at times (like when you are 3 people in a 2 seater truck) your being in the vehicle will mean the driver will ha
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• Korinth
  ...ly easy to find a place to put up a tent or to take a shower. Mostly Greek people come here for the weekend, there are really few tourists in these villages. ...ing performances on every Friday and Saturday. These days more than 20,000 people are heading towards Epidaurus, mostly from the direction of Athens. This ti
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• Grenoble
  '''Grenoble''' is a city in [[France]] of more than 500 000 people living in the metropolitan area. ...space to stop after the roundabout/traffic lights, sou you'll have to ask people during the red light phase or wait with your thumb up. A very good option i
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• Eurizons
  ...ness raising en tour is only the beginning. How-to knowledge is needed for people to be responsible global Citizens. Goal 8 of the MDGs is to develop a globa ...orce such international solidarity. During the Tour Activities will inform people about the MDGs and lobby decision makers. The EURIZONS project will show Eu
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• North Dakota
  ''I've only been through once and like most people went straight through on the I90, but rides were relatively easy to catch.' ...road, and the shoulder is fairly wide most of the way. Plenty of room for people to pull over, and the only time I've ever encountered a cop in ND was in Fa
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• Soest
  .... Here there is a Burger King restaurant that is quite popular among young people of the town. From the parking area it will be easy to find a lift to the ci From the train station walk left (you can ask people for the police office, it is this direction) until you see a tunnel on the
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• Naturrastplats Koulitisjaure
  ...tains northwest of Arjeplog in Sweden, very close to the Norwegian border. People park here to access local hikes and cabins/camping spots on the Swedish sid
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• Bursa
  It is the fourth largest city in Turkey with a population of 2.6 million people. ...f the city. A lot of people go to Inegöl from there, but you can also find people who go further.
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• Aimless trajectory
  ..., not having any money left, being on the road, hitchhiking, searching for people to share with. :''Often I was alone, yet somehow I imagined that somehow there where people I shared this with, that where out there, at the same moment, feeling the s
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• Foret-Belleville 2014
  * the big international game: people from all over the world, funny situation to gather citizens from 50 or 100 ** I (abyssin) met with Julien in January and it seems it would be 150 people rather than 500.
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• Cairo
  ...th the Autostrad. From there you can start hitchhiking. There will be more people waiting for shared transport. Ignore them and walk a bit further. Aim for t ...na. It is being extended until Luxor. This road is in a good condition and people will stop for you on the way. Try not to leave the highway if somebody drop
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• Macelj-Kozminci border crossing
  ...greement|Schengen Area]], despite Croatia being part of the EU. This might people make more reluctant to take you there, but once you cross you can find ride
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• Penang island
  Malaysia used to have a big culture of hitching and people are still familiar with the idea. In Penang they appeared particularly help There is a lot of local traffic on the highway near Penang, and people told us the long-distance traffic only goes to Kuala Lumpur, not to Thailan
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• Papua New Guinea
  ...y rough reputation and a rather dodgy feel and most generous and welcoming people. ...ssible around Port Moresby and Madang, too, but seems a little bit harder. People in PNG usually won't expect any money from you for giving you a lift (rathe
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• Pico
  ...ements on Pico island. As there is only a very irregular bus service, many people will understand why you are trying to hitchhike and pick you up. As always, ...de. A guide is not necessary to find your way, but when going with several people, it might turn out to be cheaper taking one with you. Going up and down tak
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• Switzerland
  ...tourists. Most people will be able to understand some English (most young people speak it well). ...next to their property. If someone reacts bad, just ask another person or people who are on a walk.
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• New Zealand
  ...is an extremely easy country for hitchhiking. There are a lot of friendly people, and hitching is legal and comparatively safe. By hitching you'll be involv == People ==
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• Georgia (United States)
  ...ust to the next town, unless you are on the interstate. Just be aware that people will use the advantage of having you trapped in their car to "evangelize" t
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• Hitchhiking in a bad mood
  * if you're at a [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]], talk to people who radiate good energy
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• Bummit
  ...s now the world's largest student organized hitching group, with up to 500 people participating at any one time, and two events per year, with a third event People taking part in the events are not restricted to hitch hiking for the entire
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• Pokhara
  ...of road with adequate room to pull over (not that really matters in Nepal--people tend to stop wherever they like) and it was from there I got a ride toward
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• Appearance
  ...ther an excellent outfit doesn't just change the means by which that other people perceive you, it changes the means by which we experience ourselves. Think ...e people off if it is too extreme, but on the other hand it might also get people interested to look like you've stories to tell.
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• Medyka-Shehyni border crossing
  ...over the border by foot, follow the way for 250&nbsp;m until you see some people selling cigarettes and alcohol (or not), anyway at the end of the fence to ...tion or from in front of the local school. There's also usually a bunch of people waiting around to car share towards Lviv, might be hitchable with some smoo
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• Hiroshima
  ...ing trucks long distances though due to the location of the PA itself many people will actually be exiting the IC towards Hiroshima. Staff were also quite po
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• Dieppe
  ...h a ferry here, since you won't be on any named ticket. You could approach people who are approaching the ticket office, to add you to their car, but that is ...y don't care how many passengers are in the car. Their logic might be that people are likely to spend some money on board, so the more there are, the better.
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• Bydgoszcz
  ...of it is your hitching spot: A long turning lane with plenty of space for people to stop (leading to a street called ''Modrzewiowa''). As of October 2019, i ...e rail tracks and go straight for 100 m. There is a perfect spot for those people going to Szubin, Żnin or further to Poznań, Wrocław.
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• Zacatecas
  ...], it is currently recommended going via San Luis Potosí, as rumours (i.e. people on the toll stations) say it might not be safe going through the sparsely p
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• Vale de Cambra
  ...quero chegar até à ARSOPI, pode apontar-me nessa direcçao por favor'' and people will point you there.
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• Doetinchem
  ...et out at "McDonalds". There is a carpool parking where you can try to ask people for a ride. ...small parking bay where drivers can stop. Although it's a local road many people use it to get on the N18 near Varsseveld. Almost every driver can take you
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• Hannibal (Missouri)
  ...brary is called the "Hannibal Free Public Library" yet they want to charge people $2 an hour to use their computers.
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• Birmingham
  ...stations scattered on the motorways to get to the right motorway. A lot of people will be going past Birmingham too. ...etrol station (because of "health and safety"), so your best bet is asking people as they go into and out of the resting area.
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• Fulda
  ...[[Rest area|Raststätte]] "Großenmoor Ost" comes after about 15km, in case people can only give you a short ride. ...wards north (Lehnerz). After the bridge there is a ramp to the right. Most people won't head for the Autobahn but can give you a ride to the ramp.
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• Africa phrasebook
  Many words don't exist in Bambara and when you don't know a word people might understand the word in French. It's also very common to mix French a ...French resp. English words, and so are some "hip" expressions among young people. In urban areas, it's quite common to mix Wolof with French or English to s
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• Palestinian Territory
  People are really helpful and hospitable, sometimes too much. You'll end up with l A woman hitchhiking by herself is seen as weird, but therefore people feel it's their obligation to make sure a woman is safe. They might insist
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• Irkeshtam border crossing
  ...lid transport and the taxi between both borders costs 400 Yuan ($64) for 4 people. They did not get the chance to wait and check what the police would do wit ...There is also a hotel somewhere between the checkpoints in China, for the people who come too late.
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• Znojmo
  ...re good places before or behind the station for thumbing up or you can ask people directly. It's about 2&nbsp;km walk from the centre.<br />
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• Trinidad and Tobago
  ...cheap in '''Trinidad and Tobago''', there is really no need to hitchhike. People will look at you funny if you stick your thumb out, it means you're going a
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• Money
  ...Europe]] and the [[United States of America|United States]] it's rare that people ask for money. It can happen though, especially in [[Germany]], where Mitfa There are some people out there who hitch hike LONG distances with no money such as the infamous
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• Ethiopia
  ...tching within the city of Addis Ababa is very easy and a great way to meet people. The train around Addis is also very cheap. ...on West Amhara being the worst and will often just start throwing rocks at people and/or following in a large crowd.
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• Nicosia
  ...ter spot just a bit further after some traffic lights, before a bridge for people on foot. Or you can go straight facing the mountains and head to Girne/Kyre To hitch, try Nikis Avenue or Makarios III Avenue. Be aware that many people will pass by but actually don't go to the highway, and Cypriots being genui
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• Waco (Texas)
  ...o jump directly on the freeway and hitch either direction. The only normal people here are driving through Waco and not stopping. Most are travelling between
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• Netherlands
  Asking the Dutch people at a service station is faster than waiting while using the thumb for hitch ...Poland if you know the language or are communicative enough to sway Polish people to take you.
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• Limon (Costa Rica)
  ...car heading south passes by there. It's somewhat of red light district and people warn you if you hitchhike there, so be attentive, especially [[hitchhiking
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• Halmstad
  ...ker got a lift in about 5 minutes to Göteborg. At the petrol station, most people there are heading south.
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• Eurizons 2007
  ...Poland, where the first ideas for Eurizons 2007 will be presented and more people from our European network for global education are invited to join the prep ...untries are particularly welcome to join the preparation network, but also people from other countries can support the project - and learn a lot from this un
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• Tenerife
  * Alot of foreigners and english speaking people.
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• Sibiu
  ...use the other road passing the airport, so despite being counterintuitive people will enter the highway (E81) at the eastern part of the city, which later b If people are heading north to Cluj Napoca or Alba Lulia ask them to leave you at the
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• Merida (Venezuela)
  ...t of stone, but ask around in Merida and you'll get a million suggestions. People are super friendly here and during the school year the city is bustling wit
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• Folkestone
  As of 2011 there have been reports of the eurotunnel company refusing people who are identified as hitchhikers by the drivers. '''Tell your driver to no
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• Chemnitz
  ...ext city "Plauen" on it. I have the impression that it is more likely that people take you there. Just before Plauen there is a Petrol station and "Raststät ...re is a parking lot with free toilets on the Autobahn where you might find people going a bit further.
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• Guatemala
  ...mall amount. This is what locals do, anyway − and they often are very poor people, so it is quite normal that from you as a travelling foreigner some cash wi ...in all of Central America, the dirty-hippy look is not appreciated at all! People here wash every day, wear clean clothes and change them as often as possibl
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• Kelowna
  ...litting between those heading west or south, and there is lots of room for people to see you and pull over (the walk is about 1h long). ...beware of sea monsters. There are fire spinners who jam on the beach, good people to hang out with.
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• Amstetten
  ...ore than 20 minutes. Also I would highly advise to use a cardboard because people can drive anywhere.
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• Trempiada
  ...tchhikers]], called ''trempists'', may solicit rides. There are often many people waiting at trempiadas, and passing motorists often stop to pick them up. Th
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• 789/News
  ...experiences hitchhiker and you would like to meet up with many like minded people? Or you never gave hitching a try before but you have always wanted to? Joi Currently we have no fixed location in Odessa, but people are working on this. If you want to help, get in touch with us through http
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• Zhangjiajie
  ...take left to the est. You can hitchhike there. There is space to stop and people will go in the right direction. ...hot. Just avoid Chinese national holiday when there are usually much more people than usually.
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• Thailand
  ...and''' is a wonderful hitchhiking country - but you have to be persistent. People are not familiar with the concept of hitchhiking and they always want to dr ...st people do not recommend it, sleeping outdoors is safe, especially where people do not often walk. Another way of spending the night and sampling authentic
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• Ede
  ...called Willem Dreeslaan. Everybody here goes to the motorway. You can ask people here where they are going. There is also room for standing with a sign.
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• Hormoz island
  ...the island but you can try to hitch some motorcycles. There are also some people who work as taxi drivers on little 'pick-up bikes'. As they are taxi driver
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• The Golan Heights
  ...f the Kinneret will also do, but will be much more difficult, because many people stop in Tiberias, which is a relatively large city, and will possibly requi ...mon location for drivers is Beit She'an which is also a location that many people hitchhike from.
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• Arkansas
  ...that surrounds the Ozarks makes for a place that a lot of extremely loving people live in. ...ville]] and [[Hot Springs]] but on most two lane roads, finding places for people to pull over is difficult.
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• Curitiba
  ...ne, but it is also the name of the Gas Station that you want to go, so let people know that you really want to go to the gas station and they will tell you w ...ng at night in places far away from the center. Don't talk with suspicious people and don't let them know you are a foreigner.
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• Islamabad
  ...'s Pakistan, and you can hitchhike inside the city if you are a foreigner. People will pick you up. They are curious about foreigners, and once you start exp
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• Missouri
  ...wide shoulders are usually built at the edge of towns, making it easy for people to pull over. [[Missouri]] has some of the widest shoulders in the country. ...uri and it is one of my favorite states. The cops won't hassle you and the people are friendly. As with Colorado, although it is a great state to hitchhike i
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• Louisiana
  ...smokey jazz clubs, and thinly veiled racism. Experiences seem to tell that people are friendly and rides will almost surely feed you, get you high, or give y ...ery difficult to very easy. Louisiana is another one of those states where people may not be very trusting and asking them for a ride in person at gas statio
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• Koper
  ...cond opinion is that all of the cars you see are going to the motorway and people still stop even though there's no place to pull over but then you have to g ...like Zagreb via LJ or if you're going further to Italy just write Italia. People have hitched directly to Venice from here! Waiting time is normally 15-45 m
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• Pai
  ...he main road. The road is windy and populated for about 1.5km. Most of the people driving on this road are heading straight to Chang Mai.
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• Hitchhiking letter
  ...ve to be an invaluable help, because it offers you a way to make the local people understand what you're doing, why you're doing it, and what you need. It he .... Instead, I usually travel by land, either walking or in the car of other people that let me go with them.''
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• Atlanta
  ...get rides with people as they leave the parking garage. Most, if not all, people will be headed north. ...over Mills (Exit 107). Seek a ride to at least [[Commerce]], GA. Also, ask people to take you to the Mall of Georgia, a few exits away. It draws many long di
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• Lappwald
  ...[[Göttingen]] and to stop at [[Rüningen West]] ([[A39 (Germany)|A39]]) if people exit shortly after [[Braunschweig]].
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• Penticton
  People frequently travel all the way between Kelowna and Osoyoos so rides out of P
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• Rodeo
  ...n Chile, so it might be worth it to ask for a direct ride across with some people. [[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]] got offered a ride by a friendly Argent
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• Fv17
  *One ferry I hitched in a car and an attendant asked how many people were riding, so potentially one ferry is pay per person in the car. Likely *The ferries are kind of like petrol stations, in the sense that you can meet people and let them get familiar with you before asking for a ride. On the ferries
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• Zywiec
  ...''Beskidy'' mountains, you are likely to pay a visit sooner or later. Some people might have tried beer produced here, which is named after the town. ...ft into ''Sezamowa''. Walk along the fence and find an opening which allow people to cross the main road, there is a pedestrian crossing and a little space f
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• Saint-Malo
  ...it. Don't give them food on purpose, because it encourages them to attack people to give them food.
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• Wasserbillig
  ...ll above the town is of major importance as you can catch long rides. Many people go there to take cheaper fuel than in Germany. The is a lot of fuel tourism
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• Oran
  ...is a bus stop but there is nothing saying it's a bus stop, known by local people. Take any bus passing by there (or just walk about 15min) and tell him ''Ho ...king, use your finger and be carful at night because there is lot of drunk people.
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• Oradea
  ...isible, streetlights are strong, there is place to stop, cars are slow and people know it is a place for hitchhikers. Waiting time is several minutes, even i ..., the last village in Romania which is close to the border, but many times people will take you to Hungary. If they can't take you to Budapest, get out at th
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• Formosa
  ...West of Formosa. It's a settlement of poor indigenous groups the Toba(Qom) people.
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• Federated States of Micronesia
  Camping not the easiest as familys own most of the land and people everywhere, though is possible if you ask drivers for good quiet spots, be
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• Roses
  ...utes, but in July so when there are a lot of tourists there. Lot of french people are taking this road in summer, so it's easy to find a car in that period.
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• Lleida
  ...ely a worthwhile stopover for any of these reasons. Plus the local Catalan people are cool and friendly.
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• Bastogne
  ...to hitch on the N4 itself. The on-ramp looks like a good hitching spot but people are not very eager to pick up hitchhikers there.
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• Corsica
  ...aught if you do it, and avoid making a fire. Outside of the tourist season people seem not care too much about you since you don't bother their business. The ...use of their fear for wildfires, which is fair enough! In summer, if local people see you looking around for a campsite they start to question you, so try to
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• Alamut
  ...f facilities and go there quite often. In holiday time, eg ashura, lots of people from all the region, till from tehran, come there to celebrate holidays in
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• Western Africa
  Hitchhiking is possible but many people expect a form of payment. The many [[police]] checkpoints can be useful in
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• Kolding
  ...mayn|Pebermayn]] can't recommend using it since it's mostly locals and not people leaving the city. ...ly shouldn't be a problem to find a host here since there are quite a few people using the city as a pause point between Germany and Sweden
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• Channel Tunnel
  As of 2011 there have been reports of the eurotunnel company refusing people who are identified as hitchhikers by the drivers. '''Tell your driver to no Bear in mind that even if some people might seem resistant to the idea of helping someone to cross the Channel in
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• Kosovo
  ...and many people with Kosovo will be glad to meet and help you if possible. People from the US are generally extremely appreciated and should bring more help The border can be crossed both on foot or in the car. They are many people carrying drags through this border, so if you are not sure about driver, it
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• Katja and Augustas
  ...Europe till mid 2009. There are no further plans - only dreams to discover people in the countries they have not been yet.
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• Wad Madani
  ...turn-off to [[Gedaref]]. Start to hitchhike from there. There will be many people looking for a ride though.
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• Idaho
  ...rica|US]] however and in most areas outside of the capital [[Boise]], many people will not pick up anyone who looks liberal, like a hippie or a punk. [[User: :''People in northern Idaho are friendly and willing to pick up hitchhikers. The sout
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• Fremantle
  There is a bunch of people who get together to do free dancing in the dark, every Tuesday. It's calle ...remantle Environmental Resource Nerwork) which is generally full of lovely people doing things like gardening, bike workshops and community events. They hav
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• Victoria (Argentina)
  ...you will take has a little police check point where they mostly check the people leaving the bridge, not entering it. Just be a chill hitchhiker, put up you
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• Medicine Hat
  ...oss from the Airport, at the corner of the Highway and Bannon Ave SW. Some people have had trouble with the Service Station in the past, but if you are respe
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• Kaş
  ...several times during the night, either by curious turks wanting to talk or people copiously vomiting. this may be an isolated experience, or one connected to
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• Michoacán
  Generally, foreigners don't have problems with organized crime, but people are not as trusting in this area and it might be a little more difficult to ...ity which offers a major in Environmental studies, so there are many young people involved in activist movements. Morelia also hosts one of the most importan
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• Lugano
  ...e road to Bellinzona. It is legal to hitchhike on a regular road, and many people do stop, but a lot of them just few KM each time. Anyway once you are in Be ...r travelling where there is limited public transport (presumably for local people)
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• Avignon
  ...to Paris and Lyon (A7?) and get to the peage. From there, you'll find many people going every direction. To begin hitching, head out out the city walls and f ...does help if you hold a sign that says Peage because there is also lots of people just going around and the peage it's just 9 km away, after the peage it's e
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• Nong Khai
  Many tuk tuk drivers and local people will want you to get a bus in town, just say you dont have enough money or
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• Nouakchott
  ...really annoying after some time. But stay open-minded, there are some nice people who really want to help. ...l know and usually 10 or 20 ug ($0.25 -$0.50). Look at the coins the other people hand over and pay the same.
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• Carcassonne
  ...1. You can ask to be dropped off there; it is very busy and you will find people heading in many directions. In July 2016 there were rides available to Nî
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• Luxembourg
  Most people speak not only the local language, Luxembourgish, but also French, German a ...e three. Lovely green country with many beautiful landscapes and very nice people. --[[User:Mik013|Mik013]] August 2016''
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• Pisa
  It looks like that most people from Pisa take the latter one, since it is a bit shorter and you dont have ...ity on Via Ponte a Viglieri about 100 meters before the intersection where people go on the F-P-L.
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• Aguascalientes (City)
  ...n Marcos'', the biggest traditional festival that takes place once a year. People from all over the country go to Aguascalientes then, which means plenty of
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• Togo
  ...h so be prepared to walk when not on main highways. It is quite often that people will offer you free motorcycle rides in the backwoods. Many vehicles are ta
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• Jönköping
  ...You will be clearly visible and the traffic is slow. You can also ask the people on the station for a ride but note that a lot of them are local. ...and the restaurant adjacent to it with considerable truck traffic attract people to stop on their way south.Variation:on the ramp leads into the E4 south,ju
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• Jerusalem
  ...ng. Although basicly from this spot people go to all the country, not many people stop, and you may stuck inside all the traffic jams. So if you want easyer, ...best way was through the Trempiyada in French hill, but roads changed and people barely stop there nowdays .(2018) Currently spot is the station to Maa'le A
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• Beijing
  ...rt hitching or walk a bit further till the next traffic light. Around here people will always ask you money so be sure to have a translation of what you are ...nd then walk to the inner lane from the right where you will see plenty of people waiting for the bus! Don't worry, most of them will not go with you on the
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• Chico
  ...ropped off at the south end of town and start walking, hold your thumb up, people are friendly around here and I have found myself being picked trying to get ...e of it, you can try and talk to the cars as they are stopped, but usually people will just ignore you. My advice is to just stand on the other side and hold
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• A Coruña
  ...tion, at the gas station there is also a stoplight. You can go talk to the people at the gas station or stand at the light. The spot is easy and the bus was
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• Malawi
  People in Malawi often travel onboard of pickup trucks or lorrys, minibusses and b ...it right compared to the living standard the local population enjoys) and people often think that you have no idea what you're doing and that you're kind of
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• San Agustín
  ...ere are a lot of farms, owned by a Colombian/European couples, who take in people in exchange for a few hours of walk.
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• Hitchgathering/2011/Evaluation
  **Should be handed out much much earlier (some people need to plan participation for this kind of trips) --[[User:Astikain|Astika *Nice people, good place, the weather, the seaside
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• Saint Lucia
  ...er than the majority of other countries in the world. It is not common but people will know that you need a lift and the large Christian community will be qu
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• Asheville
  ...ubculture, hip-hoppers, hipsters, street performers, among other groups of people. There are many local breweries which produce beer quality enough to rival ...and hitch at the on ramp to I26 or walk .2 miles west to the Citgo and ask people. The wait won't be long. Follow 26 to Spartanburg or take 25 to get to Gree
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• Ipiales
  ...orth of Ipiales where the "Monumento del Choclo" is (which is not a statue people know, but your map might). From there walk to the gas stations or try at th
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• Kavala
  ...ere are just a few places where to stop car next to the highway and inside people didn't seem really friendly and the place wasn't big enough to trucks to st ...it and you'll find a more or less flat and big space where to sleep out of people view.
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• Sonora
  ...very dry or desert-like, with a comparatively low population density. The people of Sonora are said to be the most outgoing of Mexico.
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• Loughborough
  ...roundabout you'd like to hitch from, people coming out of Loughborough or people coming from out of Shepshed. Out of Shepshed there seems to be more lorries ...ste food in supermarket bins) is pretty easy in Loughborough, and not many people seem to do it. Behind Iceland, farmfoods and elf foods have all proved good
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• Albania
  People are usually friendly and ready to help. Be aware some drivers expect money, ...aller roads a thumb is enough (and might actually make things easier since people might not be going far and it's hard to know what to put on your sign). The
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• Ayvalık
  ...t try your best to get a look at the driver's reaction to you, I had a few people stop for me and I didn't even notice. I got a ride within at most fifteen m ...ist city. However, if you really do want a bed, you can negotiate with the people at the reception.
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• Cornwall, Ontario
  To facilitate easier crossing, try finding people that look like you, to reduce suspicion when crossing the border. Saying th
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• Moyale
  ...eigner you will be charged much more than the local price. You may ask the people that gave you a ride until here to negotiate a price for you first. Lower e
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• Communication
  Hitchgathering Alumni, private, 41 members (05/23), only for people that attended a hitchgathering, share contacts, pictures, etc.
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• Uganda
  ...-seater minibusses) are little more expensive, and are usually packed with people, goats, chicken and luggage to the point where it gets hard to breath. ...rs do pass by and don't stop for you even though they have space for extra people and it happens quite often, both in the countryside and on the major roads.
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• Novara
  ...lway. Once you cross the railway, you can turn right until a parking where people working at the petrol station park their cars. From there you can access to
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• El Aaiún
  ...to the spot from the city center costs about 5 dirham (~45 Eurocent) for 2 people (August 2010).
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• Klagenfurt
  .... Should definitely try both people who's going in the direction, but also people fueling their cars as it's a typical stop before heading to Slovenia.
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• Graz
  2) If you like it more to ask people at the petrol station directly you can go with the Tram number 6 from jakom ...until you find somewhere for people to pull in, though it is hard because people drive quickly.
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• Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Hitching is easy once out of Basseterre and people (again, out of Basseterre) are very friendly. Anywhere on Nevis is easy to ...will be kicked out of the restaurant immediately if you just go in asking people for a ride. Try to go there before the restaurant opens and meet the captai
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• Northern Ireland
  ...is lovely. Be sure to stand where there is room to see you and pull over. People were very wonderful in picking me up, but I'm a woman. Many said they would
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• Kyrgyzstan
  ...m your story. Especially older people are more interested in helping young people on the road and are proud that foreigners only have good words about the be ...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 withou
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• Bergamo
  ...ntral train station is suggested. An easy and secure alternative is to ask people in the parking lot for a lift to the city
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