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[[File:P6293416.JPG|thumb| [[User:Fabzgy|Fabzgy]] and [http://www.bewelcome.org/bw/member.php?cid=dome Dome] Hitchhiking a few km, standing in the door and on the back buffer-bar]]
'''Peru''' is a country in [[South America]] located at the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Perú borders [[Bolivia]], [[Chile]], [[Brazil]], [[Ecuador]] and [[Colombia]]. Hitchhiking is quite doable. Some Peruvians might expect you to contribute to fuel cost, but if you make your intentions clear you should be alright. In general in peru in many areas private cars are not so common, And it's much more common to see Motocars, and coombis (small shuttle busses).Also a lot of people use their normal private cars as taxis. So it can get a bit tricky to hitchhike.Many times if people understand your situation they will offer you a free ride, even on a motocar or a motorcycle.
== The Coast ==
[[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]] didn't catch any slow, long rides in old trucks in the mountains at all on her way from Puno to Moquegua/the Pacific Coast (370km). From Puno to Moquegua is the Ruta PE-36B and the best way to get out of town is with micro number 33 which stops at the end of the city next to a speed bump ("tope"). As a lot of people moved from Puno to Tacna for economic reasons, there's many big buses passing through and if you ask nicely you can go for free for a bit. Try to hitch from one of the peajes (toll stops) where there's usually policemen checking papers who are willing to stop cars for you. It gets really cold and rainy here and between Puno and Moquegua there's no roadside accomodation so carry a tent. Once you pass Titire, the mining area starts with its heavy trucks full of ore. There's plenty of Toyota Hilux on the road too for faster transportation and they're more likely to stop than any other kind. This is a popular route for Bolivian trucks too and all Peruvian drivers seem scared of them as they tend to treat curves as straight lines. The landscape here is some of the most changing you can witness in one day of hitchhiking as it goes from Titicaca mountain lake, to altiplano, rocky peaks, snow (in summer too), sand mountains, Dakar-worthy dunes, desert and finally oasis and the Pacific. You're allowed to cry.
== The Jungle ==
Hitchhiking here is kind of good, but it's tiny problamatic. Many areas don't have so many cars passing by, Especially private cars.
And many areas have problematic road that make the car flow even lower.
But even without asking a lot of people stop and offer a ride or help from any sort.
Like any other part of Peru it's better to say you can't pay for this ride before you go on.
== Border Crossings ==