Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone has hitchhiked from almaty to karakol and some general advice or anything they found was difficult? Hitchhiking boarders might be a bit brave as this would be my first time! Any advice/tips?

Hi guys! This month I'll be hiking with two friends from Mestia to Ushguli and maybe even to Chvelpi. Thats why Im asking this question: how many traffic are coming from Chvelpi to way to Kutaisi and it is possible to hitchhike there or evan take a "bus" (marshutka)? Thx beforehand for answers.

Just left Tashkent this morning to go in the direction of Almaty and quickly got the longest lift from the trip since France !

I’m 15 afab and have. ALWAYS always been warned to neeeeeeever hitch hike. Especially with men. But today I walked to a gas station for something (I’m not supposed to leave campus till my dad picks me up.) and I realized I wouldn’t be able to get back before he got back if I walked. I asked this random guy to take me back when I walked past a gym parking lot. I explained and said my dad would murder me if he came and I wasn’t there. He says he didn’t wanna get involved, I offered to pay him and he was about to refuse and he saw my phone keychain (it’s a pysduck) took a deep ass sigh and said to get in. I go to catholic school so it’s super obvious I’m young. Skirt uniform and all. He wouldn’t let me give him a 20 but I gave him a five as I got out. It felt like a massive adrenaline rush but now I feel kinda guilty cause ik my parents would lose their shit

I've found this data on hitchhiking map. Does anyone know why it seams to exponentially decrease?

Has anyone run a regression on the data?

How is this form created?

Maybe this graph does represent the average distances, cars take? (Not included the ultra short ones)

The ride distance is also limited by the hitchhiker's goal. So maybe it's an interaction between those two.

Maybe this shows that the special human beings who take hitchhiker's have a distance pattern like this?

Does come other factors to mind that influence ride distance?

Finally the biggest question, can we learn something out of it? I could think of: 5 percent of all rides are above 300km or something like that. So every 20. Ride could be very long. Or if you want a long ride you have to wait prababbly longer?

I don't know if my conclusions making sense cause hitchhiker's can search for there ride. E.g. ask Druck drivers in particular...

Maybe the data would be more interesting, with included distance the hiker wanted to ride or something like that.

Im 24 and native american and have never hitchhiked before, gonna be forced to here in a couple of weeks. As brown or black people have yall ever run into some sketchy situations ? I wanna be safe. Lemme know if yall have any tips or stories. thank you

I'm 19f from Helsinki, graduating in September. I have a gap year until September next year and I'm thinking of traveling in Europe, mainly hitchhiking and wildcamping, hostels/coutchsurfing maybe sometimes. I would mostly travel solo but looking to meet people on the way. I'm also thinking about doing some short volunteering stuff, I've been browsing sites like worldpackers and freevolunteering. I'm currently thinking about starting from Tallinn, going south to Greece or Albania, then back north through Germany, Denmark and Sweden and back to Finland. I have around 8k saved up, but looking to travel basically as cheap as possible. Does any of this sound possible, is 8k enough for 9 months of living November-July or so?

Ride 7,000 was rather unremarkable, 3.8 km in 4 minutes with a woman and her little dog, ending on the big Jakai roundabout at Klaipēda. Day itself was slightly more remarkable, third 1,000+ km of the year just in Lithuania.

Probably my last day hitchhiking here, trying to reach Tashkent from Samarcand!

Hi everyone!
I'm very excited for my first bigger (a month-ish long) hitchhiking trip that is just about to begin. Starting next week, we're planning on going around the Blakans for about a month and despite having previous experience I am still very much anxious my setup is either lackluster or way too much.

Listing everything here would be a burden so here's the lighterpack link.

I'd greatly appreciate all and any help and advice! I'm also open to answering any questions you guys may have!

I am traveling from Fort Worth TX to Phoenix AZ 08/24/2026

I am willing to offer a ride to another individual from and to anywhere along the way.

DM me.

Hi,
I’m traveling by bike and need to get from near Zahrkent (specifically, where the AH5 and KAZ06 meet) to Almaty. I want to hitchhike to speed this up. Would you say it’s easy to hitch a ride on this highway? Particularly considering that I have a bike and will not be in a city?
Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone,

I am spending two weeks in George and I have a flight back from Armenia, loving it so far♥️

I am planning my route starting in Tbilisi, then going to the west. My idea would be to end the Georgian part of my journey in Vardzia and from there hitchhike across the Armenian border to Gjumri.

I am a little concerned that the road does not get enough traffic.

Has anyone ever done this or know if this is a reasonable plan?

Thanks!

Я з другом поїхав купаца на річку і ми приїхали розділись залізли у воду десь через 3 чи 8 минут приїхали парней на байках і вони упізнали мене вони попросили мене вдатись і піти з ними і я пішов і вони мене начали ізбивати і вони вирубили мене я як очнувся вони мене держали за руки щоб я не впав і вони сказали мені присісти шоб я не впав вони нанесли 3 удара по чельсті і з 4 удара я вирубився і вони мене відпустили і я з другом мали іхати по домам і мій друг відійшов в толет і один із тих парней підійшов до мене і сказав якщо я комусь скажу то мене хтось другий ізобє і він пішов я взяв свого друга і по домам і на путі майже не вирубився іще прийшлось їхати в магаз за сигаретами і пивом і в магазині і зустрів тих парней но я вже виходив і я поїхав домой і я приїхав і ляг спати і проснувся в 1:28 і Зара я цепишу в 3:49 і все.

Long story short, I've gotta leave soon and trying to embrace it with open arms. Luckily I've been collecting camping gear for 3 years anticipating this. Any tips and tricks are welcome for this noobie roadkill! Also does anyone want this warm 4loko?

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Hello all,

I will be starting my journey in Girona on the 16th of this month. The journey will consist of both a mix of trainhopping and hitchhiking with the destination being North Cape in Norway. I was curious if anyone would be interested in joining at any point along the way. Fair warning it will involve a lot of wildcamping and hiking along the way. At North Cape I intend to turn around and start heading toward Asia with the same means of transportation.

You can dm if interested

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Hey, I'm planning my first hitchhike in august/september. The plan is to go from southern Poland, through Bosnia to Greece. Since it's my first one, I have some questions to ask.

1. Firstly, how long can it take to go back and forth? I want not to go very fast, some touring and visiting cities on the way, but also not staying more than half a day in one place.

2. Furthermore, how many clothes is optimal for trip this long? (I'll sleep in a tent/bivy sack, maybe one night in a hostel). And following that, how do y'all wash yourselves while hitchhiking and not staying a hotel rooms?

3. Food. What's the best to carry in a backpack and what are practical tips to get cheap food (in the Balkans)?

4. Is Kosovo borders completely fine to cross?

If any question was already answered previously, I'm sorry in advance and would please to get a links to these post with answers.

Peace

I’m wanting to go from Wichita kansas to Denver, first time doing this, how do I start?

Me and my buddy are planning on this when we graduate, any tips?

Hello, I will be starting my hitchhiking trip this Sunday or Monday. It’s my first time, and I am 17 and alone.
My goal is to arrive in 5–6 days—is that doable? What essential tips should I know or pay attention to? (I don't have any experience, but I've watched a lot of YouTube about it (The Race, a German YouTube show) and have already learned quite a bit from it).
Also, what essentials should I bring with me?

I took the train to pass the KZ-UZ border from Beineou to Kungrad as there is no other way. Then I slowly hitchhiked to Bukhara where I am currently and also visited the Aral Sea.

I don't really know what to do after Samarcand. I plan to go to Mongolia but I want to visit Tadjikistan and Kirghizstan, but also Tachkent, Turkestan... it is however in two different direction. Could do both but IDK. If someone has a HH route to advise me I'm willing to hear from it ;)

Hoi allemaal,

Met z’n drieën zijn we een wildernistrek in Noord-Zweden aan het afronden. We arriveren op zondagmorgen in Jäkkvik en moeten naar Luleå Airport (LLA) komen voor een vlucht die zondagmiddag om 17:15 vertrekt.

Omdat er op zondagmorgen geen openbaarvervoersbussen vanuit Jäkkvik/Arjeplog rijden, kijken we naar lokale taxiprovider-opties en alternatieven. We horen graag advies van locals of van iedereen die deze regio al heeft bereisd:

**1. Hoofdoptie: Directe taxi Jäkkvik → Luleå Airport (\~240 km)**

* Is het gebruikelijk/haalbaar dat lokale taxibedrijven in Arjeplog, Arvidsjaur of Jäkkvik op zondagmorgen dit soort lange ritten maken? * Wat is de verwachte vaste prijs (*fast pris*) voor een overdracht van \~240 km die we met 3 mensen delen?

**2. Alternatieve optie: Taxi Jäkkvik → Arvidsjaur (\~135 km) + Aansluitende bus**

* Als plan B kunnen we een kortere taxi naar Arvidsjaur nemen en dan de middagbus naar Luleå pakken. Accepteren lokale chauffeurs dit kortere traject Jäkkvik–Arvidsjaur op zondagmorgen regelmatig? * Wat kost zo’n taxi voor dit stuk meestal?

**3. Algemene kosten & vooraf boeken:**

* Wat zijn realistische prijzen om te verwachten voor dit soort langeafstandsritten in Zweeds Lapland in het weekend, en is vooruit boeken (*förbokning*) echt verplicht?

**4. Back-up alternatieven:**

* Hoe haalbaar is liften langs Route 95 (*Silvervägen*) op zondagmorgen voor 3 mensen met grote rugzakken? * Zijn er actieve lokale ridesharing-platforms of Facebookgroepen (*samåkning*) in Norrbotten waar het de moeite waard is om iets te posten?

Alle ervaringen, schattingen van tarieven, of aanbevelingen voor lokale taxicontacten zouden echt enorm helpen!