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• White River Junction
  ...] in the North and [[Brattleboro]] and [[Massachusetts]] in the South, and US Routes 4 and 5. Furthermore, there's an [[Amtrak]], a bus and a freight tra ...e along US Route 4 for about 3 miles to a more convenient on-ramp. Joining US Route 5 a bit south of the central on-ramp, Wright Reservoir Rd leads to a
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• Vermont
  ...-91 (US)|I-91]]. Hitchhiking here is restricted to the onramps, as in most US states. I-91 parallels the Connecticut River along the eastern side of the state. It's t
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• New Jersey
  ...US-I|78}} {{US-I|80}} {{US-I|287}} {{US-I|95}} {{US-I|195}} {{US-I|295}} [[US-9]], [[Atlantic City Expressway]] In the [[United States of America|US]] state '''New Jersey''' (or as the locals call it, '''Jersey''') it is ill
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• Frederikshavn
  ...harbor and the guy came back threatening us again, and said he would pull us out of any car we could've gotten in to go through the check-in. So we had
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• DFW
  ...in North [[Texas]], and is the 4th largest metropolitan area in the [[USA|US]]. The Metroplex covers an area of 8,675 mi² (22,468 km²), and its sheer ...out of The Metroplex. '''I-35''' towards [[Oklahoma City|O.K.C.]], and '''US-75''' towards [[Tulsa]], OK.
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• Johnson City
  ...s illegal in Johnson City. Given that none of the on-duty officers stopped us, they may not care. Johnson City has a very high crime rate, so the police
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• Madison
  |motorways = {{US-I|39}} {{US-I|90}} {{US-I|94}} The 30 East ramp entering I94/90/39 from US 151 eastbound (E Washington St.) is a great place to catch a ride. To get h
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• Boston
  ...g the road there (if you take a bus out that far). Further out than that, US-1 reaches a junction where most longer-distance traffic shifts to the I-95
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• First time hitchhiking/Zoe
  ...trying to find our spot. Some guy gave us a lift from the city and dropped us ''on'' the highway. There we waited for two hours. ...ice-car would stop to jail us, but a nice guy actually stopped and brought us to the first petrol station. There it finally really started. Until then I
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• Wool underpants
  ...I used a cashmere wool sweater that I found in a thrift store for about 3 US Dollars. Funny thing is that some cashmere wool underpants cost around 100
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• New Hampshire
  '''New Hampshire''', [[United States of America|US]], is a hitchhiking-friendly state, especially during the autumn when there ''Cruised through in a couple rides along US-2 back in 2012. Hitching was easy from my limited experience. Plenty of tre
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• Albany (Oregon)
  |motorways = {{US-I|5}}
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• Pennsylvania
  ...{{US-I|78}} {{US-I|79}} {{US-I|80}} {{US-I|81}} {{US-I|84}} {{US-I|83}} {{US-I|95}} ...hrough great old mining villages with romantic centres (never believed the US could be like this).
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• Why I Hitchhike
  ...ugh they have always something in common - the will to help. It depends on us how curious we are, what questions we ask and how much of it we learn and u Driver provides us with a ride. We are there to offer our attention. Of course, some can only
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• Bologna
  ...as closed when we came, but the staff was friendly and opened the door for us on condition that we wouldn't tell anyone that they did it.
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• British Virgin Islands
  |currency = US Dollar (USD) ...s of only 177km. 100 times more beautiful, friendly and hitchable than the US Virgin Islands, although unfortunately culture has picked up one bad North
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• HikingCaravanCamino/Spring2024
  To get intouch with us : ...signal group''' ( '''it's the best place to get fresh infos and talk with us''' ) https://signal.group/#CjQKIMl-5xrJmhMKape4_iAybm9Qp6VYfjWc814IS_X-jgas
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• Marshall Islands
  |currency = US Dollar
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• St-Armand
  ...long the [[Quebec highways|Route 133]] in [[Canada]] (which is I-89 in the US). Aside from being the border town, it is very small and hardly of note, wi ...usually someone nearby who can translate, because of the proximity to the US border.
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• Alabama
  ...:Salman|Morgan 'Salman']] hitchhiking to Alabama along scenic [[highway]], US 72.]]
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• Santa Cruz
  ...ke. Many people hitchhike locally and it's on the Route 1 and close to the US-101, some of the best highways for hitchhiking in the [[United States of Am
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• Angel Gabriel
  ...much maybe, cause after a while a police car started following us and made us exit the highway. He had to make a trade with the owner of a shady motel to
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• Santa Fe
  There is no good spot to hitch north on US 84, but just continue walking past downtown and there will be large shoulde
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• Wyoming
  ...it|Zenit]]) consider this to be one of their favourite states in the whole US. Also it's great for pick up truck hitchhiking. So be prepared for [[weathe ...ransportation, he'd let us go. About an hour later, another statey stopped us and was a bit more serious. If we hadn't already been given the go-ahead by
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• Federated States of Micronesia
  |currency = US Dollar
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• Albany (New York)
  |motorways = {{US-I|87}} {{US-I|90}}
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• Las Vegas
  Route US 95 ...there, getting out can be slightly tricky. Keep walking out of town along US 93 until you pass the last big intersection (Nevada Hwy). The shoulders are
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• Athens (Georgia)
  ...ers who prefer standing on entrance ramps may find Highway 316 faster than US 78 when traveling to [[Atlanta]].
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• Bay Area
  === Going North (US-101) === ...h, but if you're trying to go north you'll probably have an easier time on US-101, see above.
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• Connecticut
  ...[New York City|New York]]-[[Boston]] bus lines (Chinatown to Chinatown, 15 US$) make stops at the Fairfield [[rest area|service plaza]] (exit 21), and it
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• Olympia
  ...ting a ride from Seattle when were were headed towards Portland. They left us in the sourthern part of the city in Tumbwater and it was an absolutely ter
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• San Antonio (Texas)
  ...r lunch of egg tacos and we got a ride with some other Mexican people gave us a ride real quick after that. Yeah, it's still Texas... One of the only goo ...ly on the freeway, 29.677346, -98.636642 on Google Maps, right in front of US Storage Centers in Leon Springs. --Jsplts.
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• Fukuoka
  Experience from user MatsumotoJoe: in September 2023, two of us found a ride here within 10 minutes (to Kagoshima!).
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• Missouri
  ...are dropped off in a smaller town on a four lane highway such as US 60 and US 36. Because of this, it is often best to travel along two lane highways or
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• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  |motorways = {{US-I|76}} {{US-I|676}} {{US-I|95}}
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• Karlskrona
  ...road. We carried two signs, 'Halmstad' 'Göteborg' wich we hoped would get us all the way to Gothenburg or at least to road E6. After only about 15 minut ...cities so be creative! The truckdrivers was the only ones who responded to us standing on the road side so make sure you have a sign big enough for them
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• Shypit
  Once we get there we will have to organise some big pots to cook for all of us. "Water from the river is reported to be drinkable. But for those of us with sensitive stomach we can just boil the water. Anyway we are near the r
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• Postcards
  us and brought us to the next petrol station even though it wasn't his direction either. Afte ...rent from [[France]] & [[Netherlands]], kinda sad. Thanks again for taking us in! Without you it probably
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• Florida
  ...is to take a bus from [[West Palm Beach]] to [[South Bay]], Florida, where US 27 (a main thoroughfare other than the turnpike and 95) is a local highway ...to the interstates; you won't have much luck on [[United States of America|US]] highways and state roads because so much of Florida is suburban, and most
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• Cizre
  ...how us a place to camp" which, in his understanding, consisted of bringing us to the huge military base of the city and asking there for an official perm
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• Georgetown (Guyana)
  ...ind the Linden bus park. The bus to Linden shouldn't cost more than 5 or 6 US$ (they may charge more if your bags take up a space in the bus, as they ten ...kind of creepy side to it, nobody ever appeared openly aggressive towards us, so I'm not sure how to take this kind of information... People ALWAYS say
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• Lebanon
  ...catch a car, many people were smiling or they made the "O.K." hand sign to us... I think most of them are like "Oh look, hitchhikers! So nice, they're so ...alf and hour :) One day, a minibus even stopped for us in Beirut, and took us to our destination (Jbeil) for free. Lebanese are all very welcoming and th
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• Bozeman
  ...eman''' is the 5th largest city in [[Montana]], [[United States of America|US]]. The [http://www.streamlinebus.com/ Streamline bus] provides free transpo
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• Penang island
  ...ience was different though, someone going near the Thai border stopped for us in 10 minutes.
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• Washington (State)
  ...ic mountain lair/home & fed us crab soup & fresh roadkill venison, driving us to the trail-head in the morn. Best meat of my life.'' - [[User:Kalan]]
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• North Dakota
  ...wn in Nebraska called Bancroft north to Fargo, ND via the U.S. 77 / I- 29/ US 75. While hitching through North Dakota, i found it extremely difficult to
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• North Macedonia
  ...where really nice. They invited us for food & drinks and also no one asked us for money''
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• Kansas City
  The intersection of Missouri Hwy 58 and I-49 (AKA US 71) in between Belton and Raymore is a great place to catch a long distance ...fthestars|Jason]] got a ride from [[Lawrence]] to KC to hitch south on the US 69. Cops pulled over within 10 minutes, told him that hitchhiking is [[laws
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• Tofino
  ...You can talk the price per night down. I just asked him, if he could make us a better deal and we ended up paying 30$ a night. Probably as cheap as it c
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• Iowa
  ...interstate, although catching rides took a while, one dude ended up giving us a long ride, a hotel, money,etc. No problem with the local or state pigs ei ...rijuana' but were fairly friendly. We let them search us and they DID give us a ride a few miles into town. -Dizzy
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• Michigan
  ...ray area. In an opposite light, the same clerk offered to personally drive us to the city limit, showing just how confusing and scatter-shot hitchhiking ...iendliest people I've ever meet. A good place to head west from I-75 is on US-2 (better than going west from M-28) as it has the most traffic westbound."
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• Slovakia
  ...ropped us at a petrol station in Trnava where the 1st driver we asked took us to Bratislava ! It was one of our worst hitchhiking experience. Seeing this
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• Denver
  ...springs snatched us up maybe 10 minutes later. from there, short rides got us to Monument, CO Springs, Fountain, Pueblo, CO City, Walsenburg, Trinidad an
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• Murcia
  ...where the answer was the same - no more buses to Santomera/La Matanza. For us, hitchhikers, it means a longer walk to the petrol station...
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• Seoul
  ...ides as the traffic is high and half of the people passing offered to take us. Note: '''the spot is so good that I suggest you refuse rides not going far
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• Kars
  In June 2015, Marion_and_John hitched from Kars to Ani and back. It took us 5 lifts to get to Ani (cumulated waiting time: 45 minutes) and 1 back to Ka
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• Illinois
  ...he intestate in Illinois ESPECIALLY on turnpikes is illegal. Look also for US routes, the police might leave you alone.
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• Skopje
  ...s anyway. Be careful about those however - there were several stopping for us but not all of them were as nice. ...invited us in and later revealed (just before Ferizaj) that it would cost us €50-60. We went into a discussion and told him to have this settled at th
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• 789/Slogan
  ...ne or with a partner, do his owns decisions... "mine" isn't pejorative for us, I definitly prefer that one ! --[[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] 11:22, 9 March 2 ''* 789 - the roads are for us to design
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• Sudan
  ...e Embassy in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], for 100 US-$, or from [[Aswan]], for 50 US Dollar. The visa will take one day in Cairo and between four days and a wee ...e Sudanese Embassy. It is valid for 2 weeks (in three months), is about 60 US-$, takes 3 days and is surprisingly straightforward to apply for.
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• Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions
  The spot would be perfect to spend some good time among us, organize workshops, prepare ourselves for some public actions that we coul * Collective spaces : they could lend us 2 big tents (12x5m), that in case of rain could become our collective space
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• Hitchgathering/2011/Workshops
  ...hering could already announce if they want to be a book. Apart from making us to really connect on a deeper level, this could be an open event also for t
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• New Mexico
  ...nt of Transportation runs a number of extremely cheap [http://dot.state.nm.us/en/Park_and_Ride.html buses] across the state. ...inter. One time we were sleeping in this couple's house who offered to put us up (their idea, not ours) and in the middle of the night the dude came bran
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• Hitchgathering/2015/Locations suggestions
  The spot would be perfect to spend some good time among us, organize workshops, prepare ourselves for some public actions that we coul * Collective spaces : they could lend us 2 big tents (12x5m), that in case of rain could become our collective space
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• Eurizons
  .... If you are in one of the tour areas you can come along and meet us, give us a hitch or connect up with the local GLEN partner. We will be having 8 cult Lastly why not connect with us afterward? Get one of the hitch-hikers to come talk at your school, communi
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• Kosovo
  ...lp than for some other nation as locals appreciate the effort given by the US government but also wish to avoid any trouble that might come by causing ha
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• Samothraki
  ...(we were 2 hitchhikers): the locals and tourists were equally stopping to us, waiting was not long. Only hard thing was to hitchhiking in the morning fr
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• New Orleans
  Once out of the city, it's a good idea to stop at the I-10/US-190 junction in Slidell. There is a large truck stop there and plenty of r
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• Asheville
  |motorways = {{US-I|26}} {{US-I|40}}
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• Gävle
  Please if you know update and let us know. But from what I know its hard. You can stand whit the thumb on the bu
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• Dunkerque
  ==== Important for Non-EU Nationals (including US citizens) ====
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• Cleveland
  ...o Mayfield road, and take a bus to the last stop. Mayfield road turns into US Route 322. Walk about two kilometres, past a hospital and a church and alon
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• Sault Ste. Marie
  ...r of W Easterday Avenue and Eureka Avenue which is located right after the US Border Control. There is also several Gas Stations and the [[Michigan]] Wel The US border control is located across the bridge on the American side while the
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• Kyrgyzstan
  ...mend it as almost everyone invited us for tea and food, took pictures with us and if you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, ask a yurt family for a
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• Eskihisar
  ...sphorus Bridge, is a double-ticket line and will cost you 3 TL (~EUR 1.50/~US$ 2). Get off at the leaf-clover interchange named ''Bostancı Köprüsü'', ...that if we wanted he could let us to pass the gate. He opened the gate for us, we just walked through and towards to the ferry. (In case: the jeton costs
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• Hungary
  Hitchhiking in Hungary worked well for us. We have tried both with and without a sign, but in the end realized that t
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• 789/Ideas
  ...y opens the door for other continent-wide federations but also would allow us to offer hosting in cases where people wanted to start a local club but did : '''"eurohitch.org" is taken... By us already'''
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• El Salvador
  ...est and most densly populated country in Central America. The currency is US dollars.
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• Montenegro
  ...xi lot at the end of the day, then paid him 5euro to pass the lot and take us all the way to the border crossing. Walked the crossing and was immediatel ...rid of us so desperately, that they drove us up to the border, and kicked us out of Montenegro.
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• Hitchgathering/2016/location-proposals
  '''Local scout tells us (Sat 18 Jun):''' ...le, some hitchhikers. Also there might be a cultural place who can support us a little. ("[https://www.facebook.com/Azimut.sibenik/ Azimut] is a local ba
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• Maine
  Hitchiking in '''Maine''', [[United States of America|US]], is fairly simple. Most drivers will stop for you, even in "No hitchhikin ''Hitched through Maine once along US-2 and I-95 on my way to Canada. Rides came quickly and without effort. The
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• Aimless trajectory
  ...certainly helped. Yet, still very much in a precarious situation ( both of us , at that time ). I am now back in Brussels, slowly learning not to feel gu
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• The Catastrophically Inefficient Trip
  ...ningen next and then all the way down to A'dam. It was quite dead and took us 2 hours till we realized we should go back south again to A30. Most of the ...er meal sitting with a sign at the station exit a nice man stopped to pick us up: "Amsterdam? Jump in! I don't go till there, but on the way to A'dam, fr
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• Etiquette
  ...putting objects in the road to intercept drivers that pass by. For all of us, don't do it.
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• Phoenix (Arizona)
  === Northwest towards [[Wickenburg]] and [[Las Vegas]] (US-60 and US-93) ===
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• Honduras
  ...nsive than guatemala, el salvador and nicaragua. You can end up paying 6-8 US for 3 hour ride whence in the other countries it will carry you a way longe
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• St. Louis
  ...ly you should give this eating scheme a shot any time you're hungry in the US- it's just especially good in St. Louis.
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• Algeria
  ...hotel only for the first few nights. After going to the embassy they told us they absolutely need information of where we are staying for the duration o ...s and shady looks, police sirens, fights etc. Nothing bad ever happened to us nor were we ever close to a negative situation but I would advise you to ke
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• Hitchgathering/2014
  There is a spring nearby which will provide us with fresh water and next to it is old smoke sauna. No neighbours near, so ...e main building. 800 meters more and there is a small cabin with sauna for us, just 3 meters from the lake. There is also outdoor toilet, gas stove and p
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• Calais
  ==== Important for Non-EU Nationals (including US citizens) ==== ...t says only a valid passport. However, the Home Office agents denied me (a US citizen with a valid passport) because I didn't have set travel plans with
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• English channel
  ...tation, approaching lorries to get a lift to France. A British driver told us since Feb 2019 most lorries can't take an additional "driver" aka hitchhike The British driver also told us you can't add extra passengers to the tunnel ticket so we'd do better to as
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• Jordan
  ...Jordan, they often drove us a bit out of their way, and they often offered us additional help, food and drink. 
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• South Carolina
  ...: we (male and female) spent two days without any rides. Our CS host drove us to a rest stop about 20 minutes South where we got a ride to Savannah from
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• Oregon
  '''Oregon''', a state of the [[United States of America|US]], is great for hitchhiking. No long waiting times, and it's ''legal to wal ...d for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulder.[http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/801.html]
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• Ferries between Italy and Greece
  ...tMap]). There was few trucks, and the only truck driver who was there told us that the ticket is always bought in advance by the company during the high
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• Montana
  ...n half an hour for a ride, usually much less than that. We had people take us out to dinner, pay for our KOA campsite, call their friends to see if anybo
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• Idaho
  ...t is one of the most conservative states in the [[United States of America|US]] however and in most areas outside of the capital [[Boise]], many people w
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• Scrabster
  ...u have the budget for it, you can of course get a room at the inn, but for us others, there's also empty trailers you can sleep in, on or under depending
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• Abkhazia
  ...ith you. The official currency is the Russian Rouble, but you can exchange US Dollars and Euros in most towns.
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• Chemnitz
  {{infoneeded|Ever hitchhiked out of Chemnitz? Tell us how!}}
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• Rwanda
  ...nuary 1, 2018, travel to any major city from Kigali costs 6,000 RWF ($7.50 US) or less. Via Ritco buses, Kigali-Giseyni is 3,000 RWF, Kigali-Butare is 2,
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• Pristina
  ...g. 2022) No luck for us on the new road, two guys. Someone offered to take us to a better spot after an hour. A direct ride might've been to ambitious.
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• Indiana
  ...re we got picked up, and even passing cars and trucks honked, and waved at us. - Hunter
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• United Arab Emirates
  .... After spending hours in Dubai I took a cab into the desert (for about 10 US$) and then tried hitchhiking along the highway towards Oman. Most people th
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• Timor-Leste
  |currency = US Dollar (USD)
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/chapter-9
  ...as with us, for a staff car passed and kindly gave us a lift .... They set us down with good wishes and we took a left hand turn. Soon a lorry came along Civilisation must, if it has any reality, any value, make us ready to give anyone a lift in any way possible, not only at moments of cri
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• Project 888/Newsletter
  ...there and the clear weather. It was a very inspiring gathering for many of us as we shared so many stories and skills. ...very last end of it as we were all thinking about the next event! Many of us are very eager to find a way to meet again! We hope that our future events
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• 789/Vote
  *+: We have a great contact there that can find us a space and get us the media.
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• 6810/Name
  ...ganisation had very long experience in hh event, it's a bit new for all of us, so step by step, find a not burocratic name is better for that kind of org
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• Maidstone Services
  ...for various reasons - better stick to Maidstone. If anything changes, let us know!
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• Darién Gap
  ...vate sailors heading to Colon who will charge anything beween 100 and 1000 US$ to take you there, often with atractive little stop offs in the San Blas. ...Colombia and Panama. Once you're in Obaldia, you might either pay about 90 US$ (in 2011) to fly to Panama in a small plane, or find one last boat into Pa
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• Random Roads/Ideas
  ...62, nurse, Italy / ... just to show how different the people are that pick us up
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• Mauritania
  ...my from [[Atar]] to [[Nouakchott]], he even insisted on paying a hotel for us halfway.''
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/chapter-6
  ...dash;to yourself. Run your hand over the clean empty seat covers. Smile at us and we will smile back, for we can see the varnish already beginning to fla
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• Dubrovnik
  ...We were heading to Montenegro, but locals discouraged us from this telling us that most of traffic goes to the airport or [[Gruda]]. However, we saw many
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• Kotor
  ...the left! Beautiful! There was a big festival and still nobody else except us
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• Algeciras
  ...he officer had changed and the officer on duty barely glanced at either of us. ...around the (first?) checkpoint two police officers in a car came and told us to go back. We didnt try it any longer so maybe if you are more sneaky and
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• Madagascar
  ...ut don't go out of their way of their own initiative. Hotels are about 2-3 US Dollars and tend to be much higher quality than hotels of that cost in othe
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• Turkey
  ...ride" before getting in a vehicle. For the record, our drivers always let us out when we told them too and nothing dramatic happened beyond the daily gr ...up! In the end, two guys who worked in a restaurant picked us up and sent us to our friend's doorstep!''
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• United States of America
  |BW = US |hitch = <rating country='us' />
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• Senegal
  ...lay? Amuma halis", which is Wolof and roughly translates to "Will you take us with you for free? We have no money." There is no direct translation for "h
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• California
  ...America]]. Hitchhiking here is easier than in a lot of other states of the US. You usually won't be harassed by cops. The Central Valley is a concentrate ...Humboldt (Arcata, Eureka) Counties is arguably the easiest hitching in the US. ''Ollie Monaghan'' I would like to reiterate hitching on the 101, particu
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• 888/Reports/Sitarane
  ...n his age-range). He convinced her to take a break at our table, which got us a free round of soda. ...V report on it, to be shown in the news, and they were already waiting for us when we got there at 8:45.
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• New York State
  To get there, follow Exit 42 to US-11 and head east about 2 miles. Past the shopping centers, there's a small
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• Kyoto
  ...uy who specialized in picking up hitchhikers. He's from Kyoto, and he told us he was almost every morning at the Kyoto South Interchange (Kyoto-minami in
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• Pakistan
  ...an. From -5°C to +30°C in a few hours! In Tashkergan again the bus brought us to the migration office. Again waiting, interviews, ... I got back my paspo
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• Estonia
  ...k drive on the same road twice in order to better consider if she's taking us. ''
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• Alaska
  ...ka, and then continues on to Fairbanks as the Richardson Highway. It took us a while to travel from Delta Junction and then later Tok Junction to the Ca
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• Hitchgathering/2021/Archive
  * The people living there are not at all worried about us bringing them Covid, or anything in regards to that. * The right to roam gives us the right to camp in the nature (not necessarily for two weeks at one spot,
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• Colombia
  ...dirt road leads up to the 'Laguna Sagrada'. On the way a milk truck picked us up. A great experience, standing on the back of a truck driving up a bumpy
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• Punta Arenas
  ...y is not free for hitchhikers, and will cost about $100.000 Chilean pesos (US$ 208).
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• Random Roads/Submit
  ...live relatively comfortably. I can't conceive of someone doing this in the US, unless they had a huge name - and then thy would not do their own promotio ...rip in such a fucked up condition...we were even more excited when he told us he's heading back to the harbor now to get a ferry to the French main land
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• Konya
  ...have a problem with our hitchhiking and wished us a nice trip, only asked us to move so we wouldn't be in their zone surveillance camera (on the fence).
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• North America Hitch Gathering
  The challenge was much harder this time. Paris was an easy go for most of us, but the Ukraine was a lot further. Many people embarked on a multiple day ...our way of going around! We love to hitchhike for various reasons. Some of us do it for the adventure, others to meet people, and again others see it as
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• Azerbaijan
  ...don't use to know the Russian or Turkish word of Avtostop or Otostop with us. Drivers where mostly friendly, offering always tea and sometimes even food
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• Colorado
  ...ou'll have more time to absorb the scenery. I have hitchhiked almost every US and State highway in Colorado and many of the County Roads and wait times h
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• Ecuador
  ...the border, which is perhaps a military base or an immigration office. Let us know if you crossed the border here! ...Pastaza (border town named Andoas), to San Lorenzo/Yurimaguas in Perú. Let us know if you're aware this route exists!
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• Albania
  ...taxi guys threatened the driver with something, and he was afraid to take us after that.
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• Canada
  .../km², and about 75 % of that population lives in the south, nestled by the US border. It is normal in some parts of the country to drive a hundred kilome
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• Hawaii
  ...a series of islands separate from the mainland, it is probably the easiest US state for hitchhiking. Do not expect to travel very long distances, as all ...bus because we stood there for hours in the sun and not one person picked us up. -Brian Cray
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• Hitchgathering/2011/Evaluation
  ...anization and/or would like to participate in 2011, therefore you can tell us....''
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• Cancún
  ...D. Way 180D its paid. Not much drivers who ride in Merida want pay over 20 US dollars. Biggest part of cars ride on ussual road 180.
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• Digital Nomads
  '''Digital Nomads - a [[wikistory]] by [[digital nomads authors|us]]''' ...psters which are don't suffer from the various discouragements used in the US, broken glass or motor oil sprayed on the food to keep pesky dumpster diver
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• Houston (Texas)
  ...t about to use that room and you'll be discovered. That's what happened to us but we woulda been fine if we had just found a better conference room or sl
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• Montreal
  Overton Corners (US), 6 km south of the village of Lacolle, is a small crossing mostly used by ...Mooers, N.Y. Both are a bit off the beaten path, but you can get a lift on US-11 back to I-87 pretty easily and you're well on your way. All of these pla
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• Villach
  ...o on the Autobahn, however we caught a ride in less 10 minutes and it took us all the way to Graz. ...n the way to Italy we caught a ride directly to Venice in Villach. It took us 2-3 hours but admittedly we didn't spend the whole time asking around so it
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• Hitchgathering/2021/Archive/Summer
  We had a meeting again this evening to discuss the situation. Almost all of us got tested today and one more person tested positive, but unrelated to the ...ctive in La Framondié. Please respect the people there as they are hosting us and this is their living space.
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• Hitchgathering/2011/place
  ...s of two people in the UK. I am aware of not less than 4 different people, US/CA/AU that have been denied entry while hitchhiking over the channel. If I * Most of us know dumpsterdiving/parties/life there --> easy and family-ish
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• Belgrade
  ...entire country. Super kind guys, made sure we got as far as they could get us, made it to Bulgarian border until our driver got screwed bc he forgot his ...8|MartinJ888]] August 2022: Hitched there with a friend (two men), it took us about 1 hour to get a ride towards Nis.
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• Koper
  ...motorway and ask drivers who stop there to give you a lift (it worked for us once, when it was really late). This spot is well lit so it's doable to hit
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• Iraq
  ...ined for free at the border for all EU and most Western citizens ([https://us.gov.krd/en/services/visa-information/ official list]). You will just get an ...k for money and neither looked interested in payment, but rather in having us as passengers in their list. On the Iraqi side a policeman asked the cars i
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• Zagreb
  ...ome local news catch me for interview xD . My ride was fun because both of us spoke about sports and football ;)) . he was nice and ride me to Zadar poll ...no one from the toll booths told us anything even though they clearly saw us hitching.
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• One page guide to safe hitchhiking
  ...in bad situations. So please take the time to read this carefully and let us know if you have more tips or ideas.
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• Paraguay
  ...from the East, and rich German Mennonites, who could be compared to rural US Americans - friendly, but quite conservative. *US Citizens* need a visa before arrival in Bolivia of $135. Deportation awaits
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• Oman
  ...iterally turns into a free taxi, abandoning their own business and driving us where we wanted to go (within Muscat, which still can take more than half a
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• Iran
  ...be a 'shared taxi', but still today I'm not sure if he just wanted to rip us off or indeed was a cab driver.<br/> ...e female of us thinks badly about what he did, I saw his eyes when he left us.<br/>
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• Esfahan
  ...r) is not a great idea but since in Iran is fairly easy it will work (took us 9 minutes but in another country I would say is impossible).
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• Schengen Agreement
  ...esidence permit/long-term 'D' visa, visit the [http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/visa/schengen/residence_permit_schengen.htm Danish Immigration ...ptions in terms of chances of being sent away or denied entry - similar to US, Canadian or Australian border control, non-EU citizens are interviewed abo
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• New Brunswick
  ...particularly its market, and is a decent stop-off point on the way to the US border and other points such as St. Andrews and St. Stephen. Fredericton is
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/chapter-7
  :'''Here's something to keep us awake.''' ...e contriving of false charges of sexual offences by men. The unchaste (let us call it) mentality finds incidental but direct expression in the relation o
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• Hitchgathering/2011/news
  This year the gathering will be a bit of a challenge for us, because we need to take care about food and water supply before hand if po ...ts on 5 August 2011 and takes place somewhere in Europe. Where? That's for us to decide! Go on, [http://hitchgathering.org/vote-your-favorite-location vo
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• Picking up hitchhikers
  ...ttp://rovingsnails.com/2013/09/11/why-did-you-pick-us-up/ Why did you pick us up?] - some of the reasons given by drivers to [[User:Rovingsnails|Roving S
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• Chile
  ...let is named Catua. From Jujuy province into Region II de Antofagasta. Let us know if you hitchhiked this. ...Salta province to Region II de Antofagasta, next to an active volcano. Let us know if you hitchhiked this.
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• São Paulo
  ...r the one truck going to the Bolivian border but the truckies looked after us and we had free showers and food'' - two anonymous hitchiking friends.
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/chapter-3
  ...ring my home. Once they'd seen the mistake they were very kind&mdash;gave us coffee in the police station.</b></blockquote> *I wouldn't say he liked us much
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• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  If you get "arrested" by local militias US dollars can buy you out of any trouble. Always have a 10 or 20 dollar note
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• Turkmenistan
  ...mber 2018 we hitchhiked through the country. From Sarakhs to Farap it took us 4 cars to achieve.
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• Mexico
  ...t people you encounter do not speak English, unless they have lived in the US which isn't all that infrequent. Still, if you know Spanish you can communi ...ith you, especially since after 2010 the Mexican government, backed by the US DEA who are actually present in Mexico (!!), have decided to crack down on
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• Venezuela
  ...ta in Colombia. We got quite a few rides in trucks (sometimes all three of us and the trucker on two seats at the front of a small truck cabin!), and a l
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/Introduction
  ...nce that this book may stand as a valid intellectual communication between us.
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• Argentina
  For us (father, mother and two kids) hitchhiking in the so-called "Linea Sur" was ...o pay a US$92 reciprocity fee as well. Can be paid on the same website as US citizens.
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• Kunming
  ...g out of Kunming to the west are a little bit complicated -- but bear with us, they will take you right to Kunming West toll gate, prime hitching spot.
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/chapter-1
  a very close knit family, and she feels for all of us, of course, but I think this is ... she probably ...men. But recently a girl from a nearby training college came to live with us. I
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• Myanmar
  ...r online (January 2020). You'll get a maximum stay of 28 days and it costs US$50. [[user: MOAH | Mind of a Hitchhiker]] and partner got their e-visas wit ...ing along with locals. The cops sometimes made a fuss, but they always let us travel on. I blogged about every single hitchhiking day and added our hitch
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• Greece
  ...ll the way from Thessaloniki and even on the way back people were offering us rides to Athens on gas stations and certain points. Hitchhiking north howev
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• Hitchgathering/2023
  ...26km) and Kongsvinger (40km) where food is plentiful. The hosts have asked us about two things: One would be to dig out the firepit to make it safe (abou
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• 6810/Berlin meeting/Minutes
  * To have a body of water around us to keep us clean
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• Media
  ...41, indulging her adventurous spirit thusly for some 25 years, both in the US and Europe. The 200-page book is cheaply obtainable on bookfinder.com. In E ...of stories by hitchhikers, mostly Australians, hitching in Australia, the US, Europe and some random places. Some interesting stories. In English.
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• Hitchhiking in a wheelchair
  Well, on contrary off what our common sense would tell us, the best hitchhiker wheelchair's are actually some of the cheapest you can
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• Hitchgathering/2024
  ...w.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/45.33274/22.72267 It was actually suggested to us by our first ride in Romania... and it was a good suggestion! The lake is s
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• Porto
  ...t a ride after trying for one hour. Some people at the petrol station told us about a FREE shuttle bus '''(free bus shuttle – MAR Lines – ended its o
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• Bolivia
  ...bribes from travellers). However, if you are a U.S. citizen, you must pay US$135 (2013) to enter the country for 3 months. They are serious about this; The fine in Bolivia for example is 28 Bolivianos (about 4 US Dollars 2022) a day of over staying.
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/chapter-11
  ...wns and villages to realise we were there.... Our numbers had not yet made us a public scandal or aroused the rage of hoteliers who saw potential custome
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/chapter-2
  an apartment where we were staying, all of us in an apartment, a big eight-room place. We were paying for listen to the music, do the washing up for us, talk to us, and um ... generally fruit around the place,
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• Hitchhiker's safety
  ...wikipedia.org/wiki/112_%28emergency_telephone_number%29 112] in EU, 911 in US, 000 in Australia, 111 In New Zealand ) Note: it is now possible to text/SMS 911 in the US, and doing so may lower your chances of arousing suspicion.
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• Things to carry
  * A torch (US: flashlight). Wind-up ones are good because they're lighter, and you don't
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• India
  ...like to hitch without destination and see what will happen.. Some guy took us to a REAL bad road leading to some workers midst of a National Park, and it
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/chapter-5
  ...to be self sustained. We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten....'''
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• Hitchgathering/2011/Magdeburg Meeting/Minutes/Day2
  **Some of us find the idea ridiculous, but some like it. So it's nice to have the materi
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• Brazil
  The fine in Bolivia for example is 28 Bolivianos (about 4 US Dollars 2022) a day of over staying.
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• Israel
  ...p at the border entrance so it was easy to ask directly the driver to give us a ride. It looked like there was a bit more traffic on the other way from J
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• Barcelona
  ...to Andorra but from Manresa you can take the road in direction Berga. For us it worked out quite well.
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/chapter-8
  In April 1950 the US Readers Digest carried a scathing article on thumbing by Dom Wharton, and i ...ry mechanisms described above, there are also assimilative ones at work in US society, which will be looked into later.
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• Asia phrasebook
  ...ernetcafe / a cashmachine /--> a bank / a shower-- '''bank''' / '''khaluun us''' # water / <!--(herbal)--> tea / hot chocolate / coffee -- '''us''' / '''tsai''' / '''shokolad khaluun''' / '''kofe'''
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• Hitchhiking a boat
  ...to 25 days, depending on boat and winds, so for example you'd likely need US$300-500 for the crossing alone - count on at least a week of land expenses ...oats will go towards '''Alaska''', '''Canada''' or the Westcoast of the '''US'''. There are only 10 to 20 boats doing this route each year and most will
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• Buenos Aires
  ...n version. Found out that booking from the Uruguayan site was 50% cheaper: US$20 instead of USD$40 one way. If you don't have a credit card, ask an Argen
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• Ljubljana
  ...artinJ888]] August 2022: Works very well. The door is still unlocked! Took us about 1 hour to get a ride, asking people.
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• Thessaloniki
  ...ce Greeks don't stop often we opted to go for the first ride which brought us to the 3rd option
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• Train
  ...hitchhiking competition. 9 out of 13 conductors we asked said Yes, and let us travel as much as we needed on their trains. It didn't work when the train ...do'' = until, ''globální cena'' = global ticket price, not interesting for us, ''vozy 1. a 2. třídy'' = wagons with first and second class, ''pouze voz
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• Hitch-Hiking by Mario Rinvolucri/chapter-4
  you know, you felt they were going to spit on us....</strong>
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• Top tips
  ...al is to get from point A to B, without importance of who is going to pick us up we want to look as trust worthy or "good, nice, harmless guys" as we can
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