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I just started hitchhiking recently, with a friend of mine, but also on my own.
I am a passionate Couchsurfer & Trustroots member!
Don't hesitate to send me a request, if you need some company in Berlin! :-)
https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/nyph
Trying to share my experiences with you!
== April/ May 2018: First trip alone through Eastern Europe (incl. RO, BG, TR) ==
'''April 29, 2018'''
start: ''Bucureşti, RO'', around noon: [[http://hitchwiki.org/en/Bucure%C5%9Fti]]
destination: ''İzmir, TR''
* I started a few meters before the gas station mentioned on the Bucureşti page. (see link above)
'''May 03, 2018'''
start: ''İzmir, TR'', around 11am destination: ''Kuşadası, TR'' via: ''Selçuk, Ephesus and Şirince'' * From ''İzmir'' I took the Izban to ''Selçuk'', walked from there to ''Ephesus'', hitchhiked back to Selçuk and then hitchhiked to ''Şirince''. From there I hitchhiked back to ''Selçuk '' again to get my backpack and hitchhiked to ''Kuşadası''.* Finding a ride to ''Şirince '' can take some time, be patient. I waited around 20min. It was at around 6/7pm.* I started to walk back to ''Selçuk'', got a ride after 10min.* To ''Kuşadası'': I started walking out of the city, and found a ride after 5min. The Turkish couple was a little older and didn't know Google Translate, that's why I called another Turkish friend of mine to let him talk to them. They dropped me at the otogar, in the center of the city.
* I'm thinking about letting a Turkish friend recording a voice message or writng a copy to explain, what I am doing and who I am. Communication is really hard, when you don't speak Turkish. :D
'''May 05, 2018'''
start: ''Güzelçamlı, TR'', around 5pm
destination: ''Denizli, TR''
via: ''Aydın''
* ''Güzelçamlı'' is a small city, that's why I walked out of the city while holding my thumb up. After around 10min a driver stopped, but unfortunately couldn't take me.
* 1min later, a really sweet and warmhearted grandpa stopped - I was so super lucky. Actually he headed towards ''Kuşadası'', but he drove me half an hour further out of ''Güzelçamlı'' to bring me to a better starting point. There he decided that this would be no option for me, because he worried about me and it would be getting dark soon, so he decided to buy me some water and to bring me to a bus station to buy a ticket to ''Aydın'' for me, so I would hopefully arrive quicker in ''Denizli''. I was so overwhelmed by his kindness!
* From ''Aydın'' otogar it was super easy to go on. The otogar is situated next to a highway, so I held up a sign saying "''Denizli''" and after 30 seconds maximum, a truck driver stopped and we were heading to ''Denizli''. I think that was around 7/7:30pm.
* Unfortunately the driver took another route than I needed, so he dropped me 2 hours later at a highway junction 15min away from ''Denizli'' center.
* From there I walked off the highway to a main route (E87) and was picked up after max. 5min. They brang me almost to the front door of my CS host. :)
coming soon: hitchhiking in ''Denizli'':
* to ''Ulubey Canyon''
* ''Güney waterfall''
* ''lake Salda''