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* [http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi/archives/61 Blog article] with thoughts about hitchhiking in Syria {{en}}
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{{Alert|Travel to Syria is not advised due to the civil war between government and rebel forces. Read [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war Wikipedia article about Syrian civil war] and about [http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/War_zone War zone safety] from Wikivoyage. In 2013 the Russian hitchhiker Konstantin Zhuravlyev disregarded this travel warning and was arrested by jihadists on the day he crossed the border. Six months later he appeared in a video message. He was released in October 2016.}}
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As of February 2012, prices for VOA's are divided into two categories. 3-day transit, and 10-day transit. Typically the 3-days are considerably cheaper. Prices range from 5US$ to over 200US$ For German passports, 3-day: 8US$, 10-day: 33. But for some, are the same. For Canadian passports it's 56US$ for either.
As of June 2016, it is '''not''' possible to obtain a visa on arrival at a land border crossing.
When entering Syria, you also get an entry/exit card. Don't loose it, you need it when leaving the county. When leaving [[Syria]], you additionally have to buy an exit/return-ticket at the border checkpoints. These can be bought in most cases in little supermarkets just in front of the ''we stamp your passport''-offices. As of December 2010, the price for an exit card was 500 Syrian Pound.
== Links ==
* [http://www.geo.de/GEO/reisen/58593.html Interview] about hitchhiking in '''Syria''' {{de}}
* [http://www.digihitch.com/article1052.html Hitchhiking Syria], article from [http://www.digihitch.com digihitch] {{en}}
* [http://youarealltourists.blogspot.nl/2015/10/what-was-syria-like-before-war.html Reminiscences of Syria before the war by a hitchhiker]
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