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= Countries = == [[Albania]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3770089 HH in Albania] *: Albania is completely safe, you can easily stop cars, and it's a great way to see countryside life. *: The problem, however, is that hitchhiking is not part of Albanian culture and most drivers will expect money. I'd suggest learning the Albanian phrase for "Can you take me straight for free?" and saying that to drivers immediately when they stop. Be prepared that some drivers will refuse to take you for free. But if the first driver just goes on and leaves you waiting, almost always the second or third car will take you. *: It can happen that people expect money, because standing at the streetside asking for a ride in cars, taxis, little busses is a part of the albanian public transport system. *: i propose to hitch-hike with signs (because money-paing locals don't use this, so the drivers can expect, that you're something different). *: when a car stop, say him something like "por.... jo para.... jo problem?" (but.... no money... no problem?) (the r sayed like an english r) and make it clear with gesticulation. Then they will take you or not and you will have no problem. An other useful word: mirë (=mir) is like dobro in slavic: good/fine/ok. '''ALL INFO ABOVE THIS LINE ADDED TO HW''' == [[Argentina]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2871248 Hitchhiking In Argentina/autostop, dedo en Argentina] *: I was hitchhiking Argentina for 4 months and had no problems what so ever (best trip of my life). It's probably easier hitchhikng in the south especially in patagonia. '''ALL INFO ABOVE THIS LINE ADDED TO HW''' == [[Australia]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4017932 HH Australia, now] *: Hitching in Australia was fairly easy, I found, however, once a police car stopped and told me "Hitchhiking is illegal HERE". I was somewhere in NSW I think, maybe... in the middle of a town, on some random street with suburban houses, that led to the highway. Maybe it was even "the highway"? Whatever. Luckily, there was a petrol station nearby, so I walked there, found a truck stopped, spoke with him, and got a lift. Easy. *: Trains don't seem so frequent enough to hop, but maybe it's possible. If you do hop a train in Australia, please leave a story on casarobino website about the experience :) *: Hitching in Australia is pretty easy, you just have to use a lot of common sense. I find you end up hitching from the roadside more than petrol stations, so this needs to be taken into account. *: Australia is huge, so for longer trips i find time of the day and day of the week is super important. If you're on the coast (where towns average about 1hr apart) and its during the week, mornings and afternoons are best (people driving to and from work between towns). If its a weekend sundays are awesome for hitching, because people are doing long trips home at their leisure, so it tends to be easier to find long rides. *: Truck routes are always the most direct route between major towns, so if you stick to the highways you should be sweet. There are always some kind of 24hr truck stop servo/restaurant things along the highway, so its easy to come across truckies. I've heard mixed experiences with the truckies, most people say they're pretty nice but i suppose generally its best to approach them when they're on their own as they're not supposed to give hitchers a lift. == [[Balkans]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4057117 Hi,Every body...going to Kosovo...Need any advise,travell body,job or volunteer job suggestion for] *: Most importantly, if you plan to travel after you're there, you should be aware that, from the official standpoint of the Serbian government, by flying into Pristina, you will have entered 'Serbia' illegally and will not be allowed to cross into what is now internationally-recognized as Serbia. The only exceptions to this, I hear, is if you get a job (and thus ID) with NATO or K4. *: Regarding entering Serbia after first going to Kosovo, what happens varies on a case to case basis. They can refuse you entry, or they will grant you entry and put new stamp in your passport, over stamp which Kosovo officials gave you, or in the third case, as it happened to one Spanish guy recently (check http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=1004&post=4013196#post4105667) they will just tell you to cross the border, without checking you, or giving you new stamp. I heard of all cases, so you never know... * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3454395 HH balkans!] *: Nothing useful * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3578643 Bosnia?] *: stay on the road and you'll be fine. offtrack, there might be landmines. as for hitchhiking, its as safe as western europe - the police is very well controlled through eufor and shouldn't give you issues either. *: People are very helpful and hospitable. *: i did this few month's ago, it was very slowly, but people was very nice and nature is amazing ;) enjoy! *: Getting a lift was easy, but I think communicating with the drivers might be difficult if you don't know any South Slavic languages. *: it's quite slow (because of the roads) but the landscape is beautiful, especially the part south of Sarajevo * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3606820 Montenegro, Croatia and BiH by the coast... any advices?] *: I came in the opposite direction a few weeks ago, from Sarajevo through Mostar and Dubrovnik to Kotor (and further into Montenegro). There are a few border crossings in the area, but they do not affect hitchhiking and generally your car will be waved through without the officials even looking at the passports of the people inside. *: Pretty much all the traffic from Bosnia's small stretch of shore is going up to Mostar, and pretty much all traffic from Mostar is going to Sarajevo, so you shouldn't have problems getting a direct lift. * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3400459 Hitchhiking in Bosnia, Montenegro, and Albania] *: First, I would advise against hitchhiking across the border to Albania. Remember it was until recently the poorest country in Europe, and is still quite unsafe in the mountain areas *: Hitchhiking is possible, but most people expect you to give them some money. *: hitching along the montengro coast is pretty easy...just a slightly poorer version of croatia. *: When people see you, backpacker there they will be staring at you, they will be asking dozens questions and stuff like that. You will find it kind, but keep your eyes around yourself and be carefull with this. Hitching in Albania is perfect, I would say it's one of the best countries in Europe for hitchhiking, at least from my experiences. About charging, you might be asked for it, allthough I haven't been. *: Bosnia is an amazing country to hitchhike in. especially away from sarejevo and mostar there are almost no tourists so drivers are keen to stop, ask you lots of questions and even buy you delicious meals. aside from turkey these were my most generous drivers. i never waited more than 5 minutes for a ride, of course i'm a single girl but still it should be easy for you. locals hitch too, i think foreigners get rides faster (as i said the locals are interested in us) so if you look like a backpacker it's a good thing. * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3258716 Information and advice of HH on the Balkan needed] *: The people of the Balkans are amazing and hitching is rather easy everywhere though in '''Montenegro''' and '''Albania''' it can be rather slow. Albanians, except for those that have traveled extensively, dont really understand the concept of hitchhiking. *: All Balkan countries are great for hitchhiking. It's too bad you are skipping '''Bosnia''', it was one of my easiest ever countries to hitch in and it is such a lovely country. you never wait for rides and outside Sarajevo/Mostar there are barely any tourists so my drivers were really interested to talk with me. croatia is also great for hitching, the only problem is if you want to visit any of the islands (and you should see one or 2, i recommend mljet especially if you want to camp out wild,) you'll have to pay for the ferry, you have to pay for each passenger in addition to each car so you won't save anything by managing to get in someone's car. *: '''bulgaria''' is great for hitching especially in the mountain areas like the rila and the rhodope. *: '''Turkey''' is also awesome, so easy to hitch and my drivers were so kind, constantly buying me food and tea. they are not used to hhers but they are getting used to it because more and more europeans are doing it in turkey. the buses will probably try to pick you up and people might try to take you to the bus station but just decline politely, it's not too bad. * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3227362 Info : Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Montenegro and Greece] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2369255 HHing between Montenegro and Albania] == [[Baltic countries]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4128634 Riga-Kaunas on 31 of October: looking for advices or company] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3756921 HH'ing from Riga to Tallinn, tomorrow] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3591217 HH from Hamburg around the Baltic Sea] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3250214 riga to tallinn] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3151976 Hitchhiking to Moldova] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2886001 Hitchhiking around the Baltic Sea] == [[Canada]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3881819 Hitchhiking Transcanadian Hwy Mid-Oct thru late Novemeber-Am I completely Crazed?] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2862183 Is hitchhiking in Canada legal ?] == [[China]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3403988 BEIJING-HONG KONG] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3260901 hh tibet] == [[Cyprus]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3902480 HH in Cyprus] *: You'll love Cyprus. It's because Cyprus is an island and on island people feel much more safer and trust each other that's why hh is really easy. == [[Ecuador]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2125435 Ecuador, Crossing the country from South to North. Advice Needed.] == [[France]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3740165 Paris- Toulouse] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3529207 Getting out of Marseille (FR)][http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3740165 ] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3286181 questions for hitchicking in france and italy] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3240839 Hitchhiking advice needed: Getting out of Paris] == [[Georgia]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2602475 T'bilisi -> Yerevan] == [[Germany]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4097903 How to hitchhiker from Frankfurt to Dortmund??] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4049631 Good spots prague, dresden and berlin] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3834574 Gedser (DK) -> Rostock (GER)] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3952184 Bremen->Luzern on 1st Oct] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3825446 the best way to hh from berlin ?] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3596260 HH Germany] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3397104 Berlin - Zurich over Hamburg?] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2803782 Frankfurt Oder towards Berlin? (bad idea?)] == [[Greece]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2415461 Hitchhiking north out of Athens] == [[Iceland]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2424816 ICELAND! Anyone wanna hitchhike Iceland this summer? Come and join me :D] == [[India]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2437207 HH in India(mid april and may)] == [[Iran]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3933638 HH in Iran] *: Amylin, do you travel on a US passport? If so, you have zero chance of getting a visa to travel independently in Iran, unfortunately. *: One Hitchhiker said "Thumbs are rude in Iran.Just wave at cars." *: using the 'thumbs up sign' in iran means 'fuck you up the ass', its definitely not recommended! *: One of the easiest countries to HH. It might be a bit difficult to get out of big cities, but once you are out, the first truck you see will pick you up. *: It's a country of amazing hospitality and HH is often "all-inclusive", you get invited into people's house etc. *: Of course learning some farsi is very helpful. There are quite a few azeri people as well, so you can try turkish with them. *: hitch-hiking here is one of the easiest things to do, but there are some tips. first consider the your thumb, if you are in big cities they know what you mean, but in villages and small cities NEVER use it. *: many drivers would ask for money, so before you get into the car ask them for free ride "majani" (=free) == [[Italy]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3974071 hitchhiking Toscana] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3387948 any good hitch spot to get out of Rome?] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3118281 Hitchhiking Italy, INfo and company] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=1739866 Hitch hiking in Italy] == [[Moldavia]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2885711 TRANSNISTRIA (789 Odessa)] == [[Morocco]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2476665 Spain- Morocco in march] == [[Poland]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3556545 (?) gates from Warsaw, Wroclaw and Prague] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3183575 Hitching out of Kraków towards Budapest] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3112645 Hitchhiking to Gdansk] == [[Portugal]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2350893 Out of Lisbon] == [[Russia]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2959238 russia?] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3122143 hh Russia] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2862605 hitch to North-Artic Russia] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2726658 HH to IRKYTSK (Lake Baikal)] == [[Scandinavia]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3713642 Norway Hitchhike - from Oslo Torp to Trondheim !!!!!] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3471316 Denmark, Sweden, Norway] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3184833 Hitching to northen scandinavia] '''ALL INFO ABOVE THIS LINE ADDED TO HW''' * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4062349 Kopenhagen, yeya!] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3834574 Gedser (DK) -> Rostock (GER)] == [[Spain]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3839195 Hitchhiking in Spain?!] *: Basically if you go along the coast in Spain, from France through Barcelona and Valencia, you can get to Algeciras without too many problems. There's plenty of Englishmen and Moroccans along the coast who know what hitchhiking is and will happily give you a lift. *: But from Santander, you'd have to cross the center of Spain, where hitchhiking is not common. *: If you see that people don't stop at night, and you are in a gas station close to a city, go to sleep and get up at 5. Usually that time small trucks start on quite long routes. *: Try to explain as fast as you can who are you and what do you do there, why and so on... this is important. It approximately doubles the number of lifts. *: it really helps if you speak a bit of spanish, you can talk to the people and they're more willing to pick you up *: when you enter spain there are some gas stations on the motorway with information centres. they provided me with very good maps of spain for free *: i wouldn't recommend to hitch in the center of spain: in summer it is very hot, there is fewer traffic and most people are not willing to pick up hitchhikers. * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3524404 Any advice how to hitch hike in Spain?] *: the most important thing: talk to people. they somehow seem to build up confidence even if you just said one sentence. * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3363885 hotchhiking in Spain?] *: We have been waiting about 1h and a half before a car stops for us. Spanish people doesnt really like to take people by HH. *: I heard it is forbidden in this country. *: Hitchhiking in Spain is not forbidden. * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3032874 spain.] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2435857 Hitchhiking in Spain] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2205113 Who HAS hitched in Spain???] == [[Switzerland]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3908767 Hitching out of Switzerland // advice or partners??] *: Hitching in Switzerland is (thats my experience) not that fast as in morrocco - but you will also have less complications. Hitching alone as a woman is no problem, i say, at least during daytime, just be aware as usual when hitch-hiking. If you want to make big distances i propose to hitch by the entry of the highway with a sign of the next direction and then try to stay on the highway, eg. at gaz-stations. But if you start early in the morning, i guess you could do geneve-basel in one day, probably even more. == [[Turkey]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3824189 Do u have any HH experiences in Turkey? ] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4151719 Hitchhiking in Turkey!] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3867184 http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3867184] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3268378 Best spot to hitch Hike from Istanbul to Ankara] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=2907886 HH from Antalya to Istanbul?!] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3169632 From Istanbul to Ankara] == [[Ukraine]] == [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4095247 http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4095247] *: I have passed many other Ukraine borders hitchhiking. There's no reason you can't hitch across. Even if you get to the border and are told that you cannot walk across (as is common in EU-Ukraine borders), then you just ask the drivers waiting in the queue. You'll probably find a lift straight to Lviv that way. *: its not allowed to walk across the border, but it doesnt matter, you can easely find someone who take you. == [[United Kingdom]] == * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4097851 How to hitchhiker in England?] * [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4017667 Hitchhiking England - Dorchester to London or Luton Airport]
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