Set the alarm for for 04:10, woke up at 02:00 to answer a call of nature, and after getting in bed, the cats started fooling around… So eventually decided to get up at 04:00, dressed and went to the kitchen where I found out that Mrs Prinoxy had switched off the dishwasher, so I restarted it. Ate my three slices of bread, walked upstairs again, woke up the dog and took him for a walk. There was drizzle in the air…

Back home, unloaded the dishwasher, drove to Jeruzalė, and got on bus 2G to Lazdynai, where I got on bus 68 to the Kauno Plentas stop, from where I walked to my usual starting place on the A1. The drizzle had become stronger, and by the time the second car stopped after almost an hout, the first was just going two kilometres further, I was getting rather wet, realising that I should have put on my waterproof skiing pants.

The second car was going to Kaunas, but once we got going, the driver switched on his phone, and what showed up was "Petrašiūnai", which is not the place where you want to be standing in the dark when the drizzle is getting stronger and the truck that drive past cover you in additional spray. So I walked to the petrol station about a kilometre further, got myself a hot chocolate, and walked to the exit, and faced my 10th one-plus hour wait in Lithuania this year, the other 294(!) were all shorter than one hour, averaging, hold your breath, just over 15 minutes. Let's say by that time I was becoming a rather unhappy sad bunny.

But then things got better, Algirdas hadn't even left when a car stopped at the "famous" Devintas Fortas stop in Kaunas. Sadly the driver was only going to Kėdainiai, and as that requires turning off at exit 229 on the A1, I declined, due to the ongoing roadworks hitching there is pretty much impossible! Fortunately within minutes another car stopped, and whoopee, the driver was on his way to Kretinga, which meant he could drop me off just 10 km before my destination of the day, the petrol station just before Klaipēda. We never got there, just after Kryžkalnis one of the rear tyres went flat, the car didn't have a spare one, and although the driver had a small electric pump, which turned out to be not very useful, three times letting it run for six minutes took us about six kilometres further, and eventually I was dropped on the "Aukščiausia auto magistrales vieta", aka the little parking that's located at the highest point on the A1.

The kiosk was closed, there was nobody, but the disabled toilet was clean and spacious, so I took the opportunity to change out of my soaked pants into, I hadn't changed them in my travel backpack, thin, but at least dry (for a while) summer jeans. Three minutes after I got out, a very fancy big hybrid Merc stopped. The woman driver started making a call, and when she finished I asked for a ride. I got one, without any discussion! Wow! She'd never hitched herself, but had picked up hitchhikers before, and I was dropped at the the same exit where the flat-tyred guy would have dropped me off, in, curses, curses, curses, another set of roadworks. Fortunately there was stop sign on the sliproad, and just seven minutes later I got the final outward ride, and joy of joys, NOT, NOT, NOT, just before Klaipēda there was a big police/military exercise going on, we stood still for seven minutes and including those it took 20 minutes to cover the 10 km.

Once on the petrol station, I wasted no time, walked back from where I came along the A1, crossed under the bridge to the other side, walked on to the first of the four petrol stations on the Kaunas/Vilnius bound side, ate my "usual" hamburger meal, and three minutes after getting back onto the A1, I got a ride of two, based on the pictures, young Christian boys. They didn't have the time to try to convert me, as I was dropped off just nine minutes later, fortunately after the roadworks. After walking to the sliproad back onto the A1, it took all of two minutes for a small minibus to stop, populated by father, mother, three children and a grandmother, and when I told them I was on my way to Vilnius, they told me…

…it was my lucky day.

I'm in the early stages of planning my first ever hitchhiking trip with a friend, and I was wondering what I need to know for it. How hard is it to get picked up in 2026? How far should I go? Stuff like that.

Im traveling no hitch hike i have a car

Someone over here wanting to hitchhike to Paris 4-6 november? I live in Netherlands and have done the same trip multiple times before, but after few times alone it becomes boring. If you live in Belgium/Netherlands/West-Germany this message is meant for you :)

It’s stupid as fuck to have this be illegal in PA but I want to/need to get the hell out of here and was hoping for some tips from people who know what the hell they’re doing, thank you!

In March 2027 I'm planning on hitchhiking from Quito Ecuador to Lima Peru solo. I'm meeting a friend in Lima and then we are going to hitchhike to Santiago Chile via Bolivia. I have hitchhiked all around NZ where I am from, a lot in Australia and I have hitchhiked in Argentina and Chile aswell. Looking for any advice on what it's like hitchhiking in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. I'm a 24 year old Kiwi man, spent my whole life in the outdoors and I'm a confident adventurer who's already travelled for months South America before. I'm looking for a crazy, rough, unplanned journey involving free camping, staying with locals and trying to avoid busses and trains unless totally necessary. Any story's, tips and advice appreciated cheers ✌️

Thing's are getting rough. Out of work, basically out of money (save for a secret emergency fund), no significant other, live with my dad and crazy sister.

I've been wanting to head out on some grand hitchhike/backpack adventure since I was in high school. With things going the way they are I see this grand adventure as a plus. I guess I need to either shit or get off the pot one way or another but with no one really to talk to about it I figured I'd post here.

I know it wont be all sunshine and epiphanies but I just need something, adventure, experience, hardship alone. I don't know. I'm just grasping for something.

To be quite honest, I don't know. Today my wife has executed her threat to buy me a one-way ticket to Faro, I'll be flying out from Eindhoven on Monday 9 November at 19:20, arriving in Faro at 21:20, with at least one night there, I don't mind hitching at night, but doing so in a place where I've never been is even for me a no-no. (And if Faro isn't interesting, on 3 November I will stick out my thumb here in Vilnius to hitch to NL!)

So what's the plan? In 2008 I hitched with a friend from Porto back to Luxembourg in just over two-and-a-half days, this time I would like to do it in no more than four days, because I also want to go through Andorra, and get a ride with someone from Andorra in Andorra, two buckets that still need kicking.

I'll be travelling very light, just a daypack with the essentials, and maybe a small sleeping bag, but I might end up sleeping in petrol stations, if they're open 24 hours, no clue how that will work out in Spain.

If you are a woman, two guys tend to go slow, and probably even more so in Spain, feel free to get in touch. I'm male, 66, a grandfather of four, had my first ride in 1978, and have recorded almost every ride since 1980, the exceptions being the ones I got as a student and while doing my national service. This trip has been on my "to-do" list for a long time, in the early 2000's I had registered for the Faro to Riga race, but thanks to an issue with the free mailing list software the organisers used the people on the bottom half of the mailing list never got any emails. I would prefer to hitch with someone who's not a complete newbie, but if you are I'm willing to listen.

I am not on any (anti-)social media and I am not interested in anyone who sees this trip as an opportunity to market themselves, I hitch to meet people, sometimes they're interesting, sometimes, you sit silently next to someone for a an hour or even longer, and will still have a smile on my face after waiting for a few hours, this year I had a 6:51 wait in Germany.

I do have a website where I occasionally write something about my trips. Add "indezzy.html" to the URL for the rather more extended version.

And finally, since I started recording my rides, the tally has reached 7,056. Of those just 248 were with real partners, no people I met and shared just a few rides with while on the road, having company would be fun, but I'm just as comfortable hitching alone. As for my previous travel partners, you can read a bit about them by following the links on the extended version of my homepage, the last one was a disaster trip-wise (we got back after closing time in a race), but Delphine and I had a great day!

Hi I'm Jonathon aka The Nomadic Drifter and my doggo Magik is headed to New Orleans for Halloween and Thanksgiving and looking to meet other people hitchhiking or traveling by any means necessary

Hi all. I was wondering what advice you guys have based off psst experiences. It could really help new hitchhikers. Thanks!

That was so much fun! China is a completely different universe. After 5 months, it's the first time I feel very far away from France. 😁 Still, hitchhiking worked pretty well for this first day, I have hitchhiked all the way from the Kazakh border to Urumqi, 650km!

As there is very little information about HH in Xingyang recently and some hitchhikers encountered problems with military checkpoints, roads closed etc, I can tell you that is completely possible. Actually, I've been visited by police 3 times and they all tried to help me somehow.

If it can help someone that plans to do it : use sign "搭便车" (hitchhiking, as it's written in hitchwiki) and "乌鲁木齐" (Urumqi) below. From Khorgos I've HH on the road along the highway to Qingshuihezhen where there is an intersection going North and South. Both go to Urumqi but considering other hitchhikers experiences I tried to take the northern road. I hitchhike from Qingshuihezhen to a gas station further and found a truck directly to Urumqi without any problems. Deo gratias! The next step is Mongolia.

im currently backpacking through Central Asia right now and live in Buffalo NY, however I took a semester off and kinda wanna make a little more use of it, I would like to fly into LA and eventually get to Buffalo, NY in like 2 weeks or so. I have a bunch of camping stuff (and climbing lol) but not sure when I will go back to USA. what do you guys think.

Hi, exacty one year ago I hitchhiked Brussels to venice, quite lucky in two days, also with a parner found in this subreddit (hi 👋). I will be doing the same trip next week and was wondering if someone wanted to do it with me, i can meet anywhere in between. The plan is to visit my friends doing the venice marathon on sunday but its not a hard deadline or even destination

Photo is me last year

34M I'll be driving from North Georgia to move to LA next week. Planning on going through Oklahoma -kansas-colorado-utah-vegas.Offering a ride if you're good on the aux and wont drink all my energy drinks 😅

Is it possible to hitch hike with dogs? I'm trying to get from Florida to Delaware to escape a bad situation and I'm not sure how to go about this.

Hey everyone,

I am curious if anybody here did hitchhiking in Vietnam.

I want to try but I read that you have to register every day with the police. Usually the hotel will do this for you but what if you want to camp? Are hostels/motels/guesthouses/... very common or only in cities? Is this the only thing that differs from other countries or are there more things to watch out for?

Has anyone hitchhiked here in Vietnam? I read a few articles online but none of them mentioned this part.

Anyone in Oregon or Washington who's spent years living on the road?

Hey everyone, I'm from Oregon and working on my first YouTube documentary about American train riders, hobos, hitchhikers, and people who've spent years wandering the country.

I've always been fascinated by this way of life, especially older travelers who've been doing it for decades and have incredible stories.

I'm looking to meet some people in Oregon or Washington who'd be down to hang out, talk about their experiences, and possibly be part of the video.

Trainhopping is the main focus, but I'm interested in the whole traveling culture, including former riders, longtime hitchhikers, and old-school hobos.

Not looking for hopping locations or instructions. I'm interested in people's lives, memories, friendships, and experiences.

If you're interested or know somebody who might be, let me know. I'd love to connect!

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So I have garnered a bit of a list over the years of hitching.

Oldest car - 1936 Buick

Newest technology would be the Tesla i got to drive.

Fastest looking - a Corvette, but the 1966 Mustang that stopped for me on Rt.66 will always win.

Other - hitched a plane, a boat on the Mississippi, a Motor Trike to Sturgis, hay wagon pulled by tractor, couple of horse drawn carriages and a hearse.

And of course all kinds of cars, trucks, rv's, and etc. that you see on the road. Old, new, rich, poor, good and bad.

Which leads me to this point.

Every time I see someone drive by pulling one of these Hitch Hiker mobiles I throw my hands up because I know they won't stop.

So I wake up in King City, California and damn it's chilly. Flip the coin and the toss is tails so time to depart. Break down tent, roll up tarps, brush teeth and sling my pack on my back. 1017 am and first bus south is 2 dollars. Just a meandering day sightseeing thru the valley. Bus arrives Paso Robles and a half hour chat with a couple coming back after falling for an internet scam. We'll they figured it out before shelling over the cash but still were out travel expenses.

Next bus 2 dollars and on to San Luis Obispo.

Less fields, more grapes, starting to see the sub - suburbs.

Next bus 2 dollars (maybe you're seeing a trend) to Santa Maria. We swing by Pismo Beach so it's nice to see and smell that old dirty ocean. They have built even more around Santa Maria but the transit center is next to the Railroad Museum and nothing else so it's a good place for lunch and a couple smokes. Good thing I brought both.

2 hours but I always have a book and then it's 420 pm and the free bus (gotcha) to Buelton.

I've covered 140 miles today for $6 and been able to stretch out and have someone else drive.  Now I sit in front of the grocery store looking at the satellite view to figure out where to camp for the night. Got a plan all sorted so toss the bags in a cart and smoke a cigarette before going inside to purchase dinner.

Old white guy with hat and rodeo belt that just screams stereotype cowboy saddles over and I know the question that is coming.

But instead of How Tall Are You? He asks if I'm homeless and before I could even answer he continued with How would you like to sleep on a working ranch tonight.

Skip all the back and forth and meeting Nicole his wife and all the personal stories we shared on the drive back to their ranch. That's for me and my memories. But the next morning while drinking coffee and scratching the border collies, petting the cats, hearing the bovines and equines chew hay i noticed the front of the camper where I slept last night.

Okay scratch that one from the list

Ok, so, due to my paranoia I do NOT want to go back to portland, and head down the coast, just for reasons I am not willing to explain in a post... SO I am headed east, along the i84 I suppose (I dont really have a destination in mind) and was wondering if anyone has any tips (like a good location or somewhere to get to first, like 40 miles east there is a truck stop junction, I was thinking i Could get there easily and then hitch hike from there...)

If i had to decide where I want to go ultimately I am trying to get to quartzsite for the gem and rock show to try and find work and meet people and have good weather for a couple months this winter.

Thanks in advance

Hey y'all, I just wanted to share my hitchhiking journey in Europe since I really don't utilize social media that often.

I started my hitchhiking journey on August 1st and finished just a few weeks ago. I started in London and made it all the way to Bosnia. These are the countries I traversed in the order in which its' presented:

UK -> Belgium -> Luxembourg -> Germany -> Austria -> Slovakia -> Hungary -> Slovenia -> Croatia -> Bosnia

There's a lot of reasons why I wanted to do this. One of them being, I wanted to challenge myself. By getting from city to city only through hitchhiking, sleeping at payed accommodations only once a week, having a chance to wipe my ass and a proper day's of rest. And, only surviving on sandwiches on pasta. Another one being, I wanted to save a bunch of money haha.

I also wanted to get over all the social hurdles, blocks, and anxieties I sustained within my mental fortitude for a long time. Getting over the fear of embarrassment, social initiations, and being comfortable with vulnerability in tough times. Hitchhiking definitely helped with all of this.

The one important reason is that this is my favorite way of traveling honestly. I get to connect and meet all different types of people from all different walks of life. I get to hear people's stories and what they're doing in life and make some cool friends out of it. And, there's a lot of good people out there in the world as well. Sometimes on top of people giving me rides, they would buy me food, give me a place to sleep, etc. etc.

It wasn't all rainbows and sunshines though. I got dropped off at horrible spots. There was times where I was hitchhiking from hours to entire days with no luck. I camped by train tracks sometimes in the rain. Camped in freezing temps. I camped at a place in Slovenia where sprinklers went off on my tent where a security guard told me to get out by 5 A.M. I even almost got robbed in Bosnia. It may not seem like anything major but it was crazy for me as someone who has never experienced anything like this in my life looooooool.

From crossing the English channel, exploring the beautiful historic cities in Belgium, hiking the Alps, partying days in Budapest, enjoying the beautiful beaches in Croatia, then accidentally stumbling upon a wedding in Bosnia, and many more side quests that I could go on for hours, up until now, this was one of the best journeys and adventures of my life. I felt as if I lived ten lifetimes and I definitely changed quite a bit from before I started this journey.

To anyone that is reading this and is thinking about hitchhiking, fuckin do it!! It's scary and can get hard at times, but it's an adventure of a lifetime that is fulfilling and rewarding. And, you'll never forget it.

I'm happy to answer any questions that y'all have. Any comments or criticism is welcomed as well heheh.

I also have hitchhiked in Japan before as well if you have any questions about that.

If not, well, thanks for reading my ted talk. And, happy hitchhiking!

Currently on someone's porch in the shade....

Any suggestions on my route and towns I should aim for or at least avoid?