On the way back from Chiang Saen, I drove into Wat Rong Khun (White Temple in Thailand), which is located next to Chiang Rai. And when I found out that he is not just near, but on the highway leading to Chiang Mai, I immediately decided to try hitchhiking. After all, this is a new country and it is necessary check it out for such a useful stuff for backpackers. Before somehow the opportunity was not provided.
The first car stopped was loaded to dump people and some sort of pickup bags. For a long time I tried to explain to the driver that I want to hitchhike and that “thank you, but I wait for the next car. ”
When he drove off, I realized the most difficult thing was to explain, not stop the car. Well, how to explain to the hospitable, but not at all who understands English Thais, what is hitchhiking and why I don’t need a bus. And how to show it with gestures? And how to calm him down and to say that it does not matter that he is only halfway going, I will go out where He turns off the track, and I will catch another car?
But then everything went much better. Behind the wheel of the second car was a girl who more or less speaks English. True, I drove She is very short, literally half an hour. But then there was a pickup, whose body for a long time wanted to ride, and the driver I understood everything with gestures.
Well, in the end, the last car drove to Chiang Mai, the driver spoke excellent english, suggested cool restaurants in the city and in general it turned out to have a great chat.
Hitchhiking in a pickup truck in Thailand
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I can say that I really enjoyed hitchhiking Thailand, and even though I traveled just 180 km, which can not be called a great experience. However, certain conclusions can be for yourself to do. By the way, my last hitchhiking was in France and he was much more difficult.
Not only did I get there much faster than on the bus, so still very struck by the ease of this action. And not so much from the fact that I stood on the track no more than 20 minutes, and how much from the atmosphere of Thai hitchhiking – warm, sunny, you can ride in bodywork with a breeze, Thais stop, smile and are happy throw up. And at the same time, they also understand English! In general, all fun and easy.
Immediately, the Turkish hitchhiking remembered how it wasn’t just explain on the fingers and with the help of the phrasebook where I’m going, but also to explain why I need it. Every Turk strived to take away I’m not on the highway ahead, but to the nearest bus station. But in one country converge – the money issue did not get up or hitchhiking in Thailand, nor with hitchhiking in Turkey.
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