But once up "dashing nineties" with their hectic traffic conditions - hitchhiking was a full variety of travel and leisure was the opportunity to travel on your route quickly and for free.
Today hitchhiking more popular, especially among young people - so it's time to remember his immutable rules.
First define: hitchhiking is suitable for two or more adults who aim to see the sights and learn the history of some fairly extensive area (country, region, territory).
Keep in mind: children hitchhiking is not carried out.
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There is a fundamental hitch: they adhere strictly to the rules free the train and wait on the road such altruistically-minded drivers.
The ideology of free hitchhiking is based on a clear principle: the customer receives from the driver free travel and free tour of the area, the driver receives from the tourist full entertainment and communication on a monotonous route.
Hence the axiom: if they are taking you for free, don't sullenly silent, or even more so to sleep in the car - be sure to distract the driver talks and give him the opportunity to tell all about his native region.
By the way, this information is obtained "first hand", usually simply no price.
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The second type of hitchhiking does not exclude fare - in this case, obligations entertainment driver you removed.
But even if you paid for the road - don't miss the opportunity to talk with someone, especially if you ride a trucker. It's just an inexhaustible well of amazing stories, original stories and other myths and legends.
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Tourist-hitch, especially if he is going to conquer long distances, it is necessary to prepare seriously and properly equipped - no one can tell you how much time you have to catch a passing transport, so you need to be prepared to sleep under the open sky, and dinner in an open field.
The outfit tourist-hitch includes:
Tent;
- Backpack (small, in order to accommodate potentially filled with a strange trunk) and a special press packages, which help to compactly pack;
- Sleeping bag;
- Camping mattress (foam);
- Gas burner;
- Lantern;
A minimal set of cookware and knife (necessary in any case);
- First aid kit with essential supplies - aspirin, iodine, bandages, cotton, rope, adhesive tape, activated carbon, suprastin or tavegil Allergy, and your personal medicines if these already exist;
- Individual means of communication (radio, cell phones).
As for security, which is especially important for tourists travelling by hitchhiking, should carry pepper spray or a Taser, and to take responsibility for the choice of transport and its driver: not sure - don't sit down, this Holy rule of competent traveler.
And even beginners hitchhiking is very useful to help more experienced friend - if possible, the first couple of times, good ride with a seasoned tourists, because this hitchhiking is a very large and exciting art.
Source:
Belarusian women's portal
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