Facing often the fact that hitchhiking perceived as something dangerous, adventurous and negative, I want dispel some myths and share impressions of their hitchhiking in Russia.
Hitchhiking is free travel on the passing machines from point A to point B. To stop the machines are used different signs, but more often it is an outstretched hand with a raised up thumb up Knowledgeable drivers immediately realize that a person is driving to hitchhike. But after stopping the car is not too much to ask throw, they say, hitchhiking up there then. In general, I advise you to read book of Anton Krotov about hitchhiking, he is there talks about his travels in Russia and other countries, about ground rules and stuff.
My experience is much more modest, about 10,000 km. Of them, journey Moscow-Gelendzhik-Tuapse-Moscow and moving in 5 years in the Caucasus every summer, part of the journey from a trip to France, a couple of hundred kilometers in the back of a Thai pickup truck, and an attempt to drive Turkey through various modes of transport, including hitchhiking from Kemer to Beyshehir.
The content of the article
- 1 So, the first myth: no one will stop
- 2 Myth two: dangerous, they say
- 3 Myth three: go long
- 4 Myth Four: unsanitary conditions
- 5 Myth Five: why do you need it?
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So, the first myth: no one will stop
Stop, and how! In line lining up to pick me up! The mood is important, so that was. I when the first time drove also doubted, but after a few stopped cars, doubts go away. I asked each driver, they say, why picked up. Some were surprised back, so you’ve stopped—
They also select because they see a person with a backpack, which means he a tourist, and tourists are nice people. Sometimes the drivers themselves are tourists, and embark on stories about their travels in Russia. Rarely but there are people who know about hitchhiking so drove themselves, or their friends. Generally outside the cities, people are simpler, and it is not difficult for them to give a ride, at the same time to talk about life.
Hitchhiking. Travels in Russia.
Myth two: dangerous, they say
It is so dangerous to leave the house at all. If you look at the statistics, how many people die in car accidents, and behind the wheel cars do not stand down. And planes fall is not rare. Horror that it is going on, everyone stays at home! Everything should be done with the mind simply, then everything will be fine, and in my head, so that the order was, this also affects on the situation.
There is such a theory that with good people, bad for nothing is not happens, and the campaign is not a theory at all. I have a bunch friends who practice hitchhiking and from no one did not hear that there were serious problems on the road. I clarify among these acquaintances there are young beautiful girls who drive alone In general, the drivers are good people, the bad will not stop. Often they even treat with tea, brewers, fruits. I’m even in the cockpit the trucker slept, it was cold outside.
The third myth: go long
In the central part of Russia, where there is a lot of traffic, speed movement between major cities, a little longer than the train. I traveled from Moscow to Gelendzhik in 2 days, with one overnight stay the road. But if you’re in a hurry, and you need to be in a certain time, or you need to get to a point away from the main pistes, it makes sense to use transport schedule, well, or leave with a margin of time. Yes, and no one interferes with the combination of hitchhiking with moving on a paid modes of transport, it turns out more universally.
Myth four: unsanitary conditions
Honestly, I myself do not know what it is. Sure, opinion some kind of “blonde”. In fact, hitchhiking is not much different from traveling by own transport. You can eat at a cafe, spend the night in a hotel, take a shower in time and so on. good on the road in bulk. There are also rivers and lakes where you can swim in the summer for free, if the money strained.
I once wrote about the stinky stopmen I met when I was the driver is unpleasant. But only from a specific person depends on the conditions in which he will travel and whether he will to maintain hygiene at the same time, and it is not connected with to hitchhike.
Washed, with clean clothes and a backpack
Myth Five: why do you need it?
Many hitchhikers travel around Russia and the world not because of saving money, but simply because it is high on them. First, it is interesting to communicate with different people from different backgrounds society, feel someone else’s life so to speak. Why not you know, you can’t think of it yourself if you want.
By the way, expensive cars, with cool guys for driving. Secondly, for some people this is a shake, a change of habitual comfort zones. Thirdly, in this way you can check your attitude to the world, to people, and the attitude of the world to itself. And also, so much all along the way is interesting, what you will not see from the train window, and more aircraft.
If you want to try hitchhiking, then read the hitchhiking rules.
Happy hitchhiking! In Russia and not only!
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