A means of transportation gained by asking people, usually strangers, for a ride in their automobile or other road vehicle to travel a short or long distance.
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Is it allowed to carry “a knife” or “a pepper spray” while traveling by road in the Schengen area as a woman?
Can a solo female traveler carry a knife or pepper spray to be able defend of herself when she is on the road or when hitchhiking, or it is illegal?
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Hitchhiking and camping in Chile [closed]
Has anyone have any experience with camping in Chile?
Right now we are in New Zealand, where camping is quite normal. In March we will take a flight to Santiago, but we're not sure to bring the tent ...
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List of carpooling services outside Europe and the US?
Europe has a fair share of ad-hoc carpool services like hitchikers.org. So does the US.
But what about the rest of the world? Are there relevant ad-hoc online carpool services out there? So, what ...
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What (semi-)official hitchhiking spots exist in The Netherlands?
In relation to this question, what official hitchhiking spots exist in The Netherlands? Is there more than one such sign in The Netherlands, besides the one pictured at Gooiseweg (Amsterdam) in the ...
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Mitfahrzentrale-style website for Norway?
Does anyone know a Mitfahrzentrale-style website for Norway, for planned hitch-hiking? I need to travel from Kiruna (Sweden) to Tromsø (Norway) on 20 December, and the first train arrives in Narvik ...
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What kind of trousers or shorts are suitable for long-distance summer walking / hitchhiking?
Normally I'm exclusively a jeans/denim man no matter the weather: Comfortable, cheap, reasonably durable, can wear with anything, acceptable in conservative destinations, can get away with periods of ...
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How liable are you for the misconduct of travel companions?
I have been wondering about this for a while. What happens if you are traveling within a group and someone in this group is caught doing something against the law, without you being aware of this. Are ...
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How to make the best use of signs while hitchiking?
It looks to me that the ability of signs to speed you up/slow down while hitchhiking is significant. I think they are useful in places where you want to specify your direction explicitly, like for ...
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Does the country Georgia have a problem with bears, wolves, or dangerous feral dogs?
Are feral dogs or even wolves or bears present in the Georgian countryside these days?
I'm about to hitchhike from Tbilsi to Anaklia and sleep in my tent along the way. Should I expect to encounter ...
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Traveling through Sicily on a budget and without a driver's license
I'm going to Sicily next week and want to travel around the island a bit, but I don't own a driver's license, nor have a lot of money to spend on transport. I've thought about hitch-hiking and trains, ...
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Are there countries other than the Netherlands that support hitchhiking?
According to the Internet, the Netherlands support hitchhiking by placing signs (see picture) in spots that are a good location for hitchhikers. Are there any other countries that have such great ...
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Why exactly is it so important not to forget my towel when hitchhiking?
As everybody knows,
“A towel ... is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have.”
But what about us terrestrial travellers?
Personally I recently found these ...
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Weather for hitchhiking and camping in Iran in November or March
It's now early November and I'm in Tbilisi, Georgia. It's getting very cold at night (for me).
I have long had a plan to hitchhike from here through Armenia and Iran to Kuwait. But I probably ...
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How can I travel via not-regularly-scheduled aircraft?
What are some ways to find transportation via aircraft other than regularly scheduled common carriers?
For example:
hiring private pilots (with commercial license) for short hops in general ...
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How can I find Turkish truck stops in Greece?
I'm trying to hitchhike from Thessaloniki, Greece to Turkey.
Greece is a very very hard country to hitchhike in, Greek drivers seldom stop, and petrol stations which are useful in many other ...
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Can I cross the Albania/Greece border on foot?
I intend to cross from Albania to Greece at the Konispol/Sagiada border crossing. I will be hitchhiking so I will sometimes be in a car, and sometimes on foot.
Now I did walk across the ...
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Are there some bargain accommodations along the land route from the southern tip of Albania to Thessaloniki?
I'm currently in Sarandë, Albania but soon will head for Thessaloniki, Greece by hitchhiking.
I've tried the usual suspects like HostelBookers, HostelWorld, TripAdvisor, and WikiTravel, but none of ...
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Georgetown MD to Cape Charles VA without a car
I would like to go from Georgetown, MD (near Galena, not near Washington) to Cape Charles, VA next week, without a car. What's the best way to get there? What are the possibilities?
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Is it currently possible to drive from Durrës to Berat in Albania on the SH 4?
I'm intending to hitchhike from Durrës to Berat on the SH 4, which looks like the obvious route.
But when I Google Maps for driving directions between these two cities it tells to drive back up to ...
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Any Suggestions to ensure safety while hitchhiking?
A female friend of mine plans to travel trough Europe next month. She wants to hitchhike. Although she has done it several times before, she is looking for some tips to make the tour safer.
I could ...
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Is there a feasible way to combine hitchhiking and couch surfing?
On my previous trip I tried hitchhiking for the first time and became addicted so this year I'm spending six to twelve months traveling in East Asia and Eastern Europe.
I also tried couch surfing for ...
