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To leave the city heading east, the best option is to take the Sky-Train to Surrey and then get on a local bus that will take you to Langley - along the main [[BC highways|highway 1]]. From there you can get a ride further east towards Hope.

==Hitchhiking In==

If you are on your way into Vancouver, try your very best not to get dropped off in Langley, because it is pretty difficult to get anywhere from there - it has little public transit, is very spread out, and people there are generally unwilling to pick up hitchhikers. It is worth it to turn down rides going to Langley and wait for a lift that will get you into the city itself or at least to Surrey, from where you can get a bus to your destination.

==Hitchhiking Out==

=== East to [[Hope]] and beyond ===

Most populated cities it may be harder to find rides, especially around the Greater Vancouver Area & toward the west coast.

4) Another option that may save you hours of public transit and waiting, but will add to the actual driving time is to head North towards Whistler. That highway eventually ends up near Kamloops, which is a great gateway to the Okanagan. This road is, in my opinion, way more scenic than the highway 1 to Hope and people are a lot more likely to stop on this road.

=== To go North ===

If you want to go North out of Vancouver towards Squamish and Whistler, catch the #257 Express heading to Horseshoe Bay (2 minute walk from the Granville Street Skytrain Station). The ride takes 25 minutes or more, and can be very full of people with luggage near ferry departure times. Try to leave yourself time as drivers with full buses must sometimes pass you by. Get off at the last stop, which is the Horseshoe Bay Ferry terminal. Cost (2019) is 2.57CAD. Catch the community shuttle C12 Brunswick (also called 262, leaves every hour) just next to where the 257 last stop leaves you and ask the bus driver to let you off near the end of his route at the good hitch hiking spot; they all know where it is. Cost is the same fare. From there you face all the traffic headed north up the Sea to Sky corridor.

Another spot easily accessed is near the mall Park Royal. To reach Park Royal take any of the 250 or 257 buses from downtown off West Georgia St and get off at the Park Royal North stop. Walk back in the direction the bus came from to Taylor Way. If you walk up Taylor way on the right side there is a great spot about 75-100 metres up. Stand behind the rail on the sidewalk and hitch from there. It has a great pullout for cars and you catch all the traffic coming from downtown going up to Squamish, Whistler, and beyond.

== Border Crossing to [[Washington]] ==

It is strongly reccommended that you go to the border and clear customs by yourself before trying to hitch a ride, because asking drivers to take you across poses a much higher risk for them. It is not hard to get there by public transport. From the skytrain station Bridgeport, take bus number 351 to White Rock Centre (the bus route goes along the Vancouver-Blaine Hwy, so if you really hate walking, you can get off at Mathew Exchange or South Surrey Park & Ride and try to hitch a ride to the border). From White Rock, take bus C51 to Marine Dr/Stevens St. Cross the street and turn left. You will see a wooden walking bridge on your right side. Cross it, ignoring the No Trespassing sign (it existis because you are entering an Indian Reservation, but the people there are generally not at all fussed about it). Turn left when you get to the paved road, and simply keep going (when in doubt, the sea should be on your right side). The road will lead you straight to the border. From where you exit the bus to the border is about a 3km walk. After you've gone through, there is a little roundabout right next to the toll station where you can easily hitch a ride South.

(The toll station man wouldn't let me hitch on that roundabout. He told me I had to be out of his sight. So I walked down highway 5 to look for a spot. the cars were going too fast and no pull over space. Blaine is not a very good place for trying to get south. if you keep walking highway 5 for like 100 meters, you'll see a Subway down on your right. And a Chevron gas station, that's where I went and asked people if they were driving south, not long till I got a ride to Everett. From there I took $2.50 public bus to downtown Seattle.)

== Public Transport in Vancouver ==

Vancouver has three [http://www.skytrain.info SkyTrain] lines with one more set to open in 2016, and one of the biggest trolley bus networks.

On trolley buses, it is sometimes possible to sneak in through the back door (especially for B-line buses buses which allow multi-door boarding, such as the 99 to [http://www.ubc.ca UBC] - everyone goes in through the back door of these) but you should respect the drivers. They are often willing to give you a ride even if you don't have change with you or just explain that you're broke.

== Sleep ==

Wild camping on the beach (Spanish Banks, Locarno or Jericho Beach) or on the grass nearby is possible, although Jericho Beach Park closes at night. Wonderful view of downtown Vancouver at night. You might see some tents already pitched there! Mosquitoes (tons of them) are a possibility, but it depends on the day : Vancouver is actually known for not having a lot of mosquitoes but we got unlucky.

The North Shore (suburbs of North Vancouver and West Vancouver) is another great option for wild camping. These suburbs have very low crime and a lot of green space. There's a lot of great hiking/exploring to be done on the North Shore as well, so it's a great place to chill if you're visiting Vancouver. Try the neighbourhoods, of Horseshoe Bay, Lighthouse Park, Lonsdale Quay, Lynn Valley, or Deep Cove

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