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When hitchhiking in Ukraine do not be surprised if you are occasionally asked for money from drivers. It is not often, however, but it occurs. Of course you can always tell the drivers that your you don't have money and that you are hitchhiking. It could be easier for you to put some phrases to you your conversations in a car which could let drivers to understand know that you are hitchhiker.

The state of the roads are pretty dire in general, and the biggest problem is that the distances involved are usually pretty big (for example [[Lviv]] to [[Kyiv]] is around 550 km). It is allowed to hitchhike everywhere on the roadside, you just need to find the most lucky place.

In winter Ukraine can get very cold, for example in January 2006 , it hit −35 °C, which makes hitchhiking very dangerous. The cost of train travel is very cheap – usually around one euro Euro for every 100 km (for overnight sleeping carriages), so bear it that in mind when going from city to city.In summer there It might be hot in summer (up to +35°C), so don't forget to insure take a hat with you hat to protect yourself from lots of sunbathing.

Of course you can get stuck easily because of night on the highway next to a turn away -off from the main roadbecause of nightfall. But there are is also nice night-traffic of trucks caused by warm weather from may May to September. Usually , there are some gas stations near to such places and there some favorite and famous places for stops known by drivers – something like unofficial rest-stations (There there are no official but a lot of unofficial ones). You can easily find something to eat and to drink there or and at almost all gas-stations there are night-shops. You can eat in some road-restaurants, they may be not expensive for foreigners from countries like UE ones the EU states – you would can probably have some nice dinner there for $7-10 (2008).

Crimes related to hitch-hiking are not common in Ukraine. But a hitchhiker should avoid cars where is dunked with drunken drivers or passengers there. When you are a single girl – it's better to find truck or a car with family for you your safety. Avoid night-rides with “funny” drivers, better avoid Caucasus-faced (What is a Causasus-face? What is racism?) drivers.