Editing Hitchhike info in CouchSurfing groups (section)

== [[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???]