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When you're in Bolivia, it really depends on the region when you're hitchhiking.

The tiny dirt roads winding in and out of the Andes are in Western Bolivia, and the hitching can actually be quite good on them...if you know where to stand. Don't try to stand at the crossings of two roads. Start walking in the direction you're headed, until you're pretty far from anything. Some Bolivians who maybe wouldn't have stopped for you at the crossing may stop for you out in the boonies of the Bolivian mountians. The Bolivian truckers will oftentimes toss you into the back of their cattle truck; make sure you've got something soft to lie on, because the mountian roads are consistantly terrible and the trucks almost never have anything even closely resembling shocks. If you're leaving the mountians, be prepared for a '''very long ride.''' [[User:Themodernnomad|themodernnomad]] spent about 3 days getting from Sucrè to Vallegrande (roughly 400 kilometres), in a forty year old semi truck that got four flat tires en route.

Southeaster Bolivia usually means easier and less miserable rides; the climate is subtropical and warm, and if you've been spending a lot of time in the altiplano, will be an extremely welcome break from the cold. The roads are a little better, and parts of Santa Cruz are nicer than some Chilean and Argentine cities. Free rides are a little more difficult, but if you wait long enough, someone will give you a free lift. The situation is uaually this: Out of ten public transportation vehicles that stop for you, one will take you for free. Fortunately, there are loads of public transportation vehicles in Bolivia, and it takes about 45 minutes for ten to stop for you.