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Countries

Albania

  • 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.

Australia

HH Australia, now

Melbourne - Sydney... TIPS

HH Adelaide -> Uluru -> Alice Springs -> Darwing

Austria

hitchhiking out of Austira towards Praha, any tips?

Balkans

  • 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...
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Baltic countries

Riga-Kaunas on 31 of October: looking for advices or company

HH'ing from Riga to Tallinn, tomorrow

HH from Hamburg around the Baltic Sea

Canada

Hitchhiking Transcanadian Hwy Mid-Oct thru late Novemeber-Am I completely Crazed?

China

BEIJING-HONG KONG

hh tibet

Cyprus

HH in Cyprus

France

Paris- Toulouse

Getting out of Marseille (FR)[1]

questions for hitchicking in france and italy

Germany

How to hitchhiker from Frankfurt to Dortmund??

Good spots prague, dresden and berlin

Gedser (DK) -> Rostock (GER)

Bremen->Luzern on 1st Oct

the best way to hh from berlin ?

HH Germany

Berlin - Zurich over Hamburg?

Hungary

Hitchhiking out of budapest Hungary

H-H in Hungary - any suggestions??

Iran

HH in Iran

Irland

Pint of Guiness and a sign

Italy

hitchhiking Toscana

any good hitch spot to get out of Rome?

Moldavia

TRANSNISTRIA (789 Odessa)

Poland

(?) gates from Warsaw, Wroclaw and Prague

Scandinavia

Norway Hitchhike - from Oslo Torp to Trondheim !!!!!

Kopenhagen, yeya!

Gedser (DK) -> Rostock (GER)

Denmark, Sweden, Norway[2]

Hitching to northen scandinavia

Spain

Hitchhiking in Spain?!

Any advice how to hitch hike in Spain?

HH Madrid - Lisboa

hotchhiking in Spain?

Switzerland

Hitching out of Switzerland // advice or partners??

Turkey

Do u have any HH experiences in Turkey?

Hitchhiking in Turkey!

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3867184

Ukraine

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=4095247

United Kingdom

How to hitchhiker in England?

Hitchhiking England - Dorchester to London or Luton Airport

Routes

Europe

BIG HH trip - Romania to Finland and back... NEED TIPS!

Departing from Frankfurt to Bologna - Some specific questions : ) !!!

Frankfurt am Main to Bologna, Is it possible in one day ??

Albania to Istanbul

Germany - Nordkapp

Vilnius - Berlin - Amsterdam - Bremen (August 21-29)

24.08: HH Belgium - Finland - Sweden

HH Bucharest - Thessaloniki

vienna to istanbul, 10th of august, company wanted

hitchhiking for first time PARIS- PRAGUE

Sziget festival in Budapest

Hitching from Amsterdam to Istanbul by the croatian coast Mnegro and Albania, tips anyone?

Africa

Dedo por Africa. Hitchiking around Africa.

USA

Hitchhiking fron SF to NY

Hitching through America

Seattle to Kansas. What ya think?

Americas

Hitching North America

Hitching from Belize to Guatemala

Trip from the US to South America

Chile and Argentina... any takers.

Pan American and its startingpoint

Middle East

hitch-hiking middle east

Central Asia

HH partner - Georgia, Armenia, Turkey

Specialty

Winter HH

hitchin across america in winter?

Quebec in Winter??

Equipment

Tent Advice Needed

so what's in your backpack?

Safety: GPS/TRACKER device

How to recharge my phone?

cellphones on the go?

Night HH

at night???

HH bases

Come to Tilburg (Netherlands)! Super cool CS house waiting for surfers..

General Advice

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=3904446

help...hitchhikin for 1st time

Motivations

Why do you hitchhike??

Boats

Working on a boat

Hitchhiking cargo ship

Signs

Something funny to write on the board?

Languages

hitch hiking without speaking the native tongue?

Cross Continents

hitching to australia from europe..

from London to Beijing... any tips?

hh from Spain (or Portugal) to Marocco

HH Groups:

Groups with more than 10 members

General groups

Hitchhiker / AutoStopper1266 1451

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=7307

hitch hikers208 103

hitchhiking69 26

digihitch143 47

Hitchwiki26 11

Speciality hitch

Boat Hitch-hiking1205 644

Classified Ads: For Sailors and Crew / Deckhands[3]

Hitchiking women210 132

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=1054 Train Hopping

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=16558 Container ship

Festivals/Races

The Hitchhiker Racing Group28 13

Race To Riga19 41

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=9367 7-8-9

Regional groups

Europe

[4]Advice: Europe60 46

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=24020 UK

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=24516 Norway

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=18683 Turkey

Hitchhikers in Romania16 17

Hitchhikers of Czech Republic

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=7065

Asia

Central Asia trip15 20

Hitch hiking on the silk route58 26

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=13423

Middle East

Africa

Hitch hiking in Morocco18 11

Americas

Hitchhike Canada130 190

Hitchhikers in Latin America155 159

Hitchin' the ol' states23 29

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=18220 columbia

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=15163

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=8778

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=3050


Oceania

Hitchhike Australia53 46

Sziget Festival & Hitch-Hicking13 5

Less than 10 members

Hitchhikers in bolivia2 1

Hitchhikers in Bulgaria 1

Hitchhikers in Georgia5 12

Trampen, mehr als nur mitfahren...4 1

Trip through Europe 2009[5]

Partners & Groups5 1

Hitching Alaska1-

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=17787 Bolivia

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=17389SA

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=13892

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=12866

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=20054

http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=22937


Websites

[6]Hitchwiki (free hitchhiking guide)Hitchbase (spots database)Academy of Free Travels[7]Digihitch[8]

Autostop ArgentinaAutostop Chile


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