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== Mzungu hitching (a.k.a. white man's hitching) ==

Many roads, especially around the UN depot in Entebbe and close to the borders of DR Congo and Sudan, are used by NGO's and UN agencies. They drive in big SUV's or pick up trucks, often with a huge antenna on the front. Most of them are white (UN, DED etc.) or red (ActionAid, MSF, Save the children etc.).

They are usually driven by educated locals or foreign aid workers, and they are not allowed to act like a bus service, meaning they don't pick up locals wanting a ride.

But they do pick up backpackers, and they dont charge for the service. On top of this, they are often covering huge distances. [http://hitchwiki.org/community/members/JeppeRobert/ JeppeRobert] once got a ride from Kampala all the way to Yei in Sudan by a UN worker met on a bar the night before.

This can be called mzungu hitching because drivers know all white people standing alone on the side of the road are not locals. [http://hitchwiki.org/community/members/JeppeRobert/ JeppeRobert]'s black friend, who was also a backpacker from Europe, didn't get the same cars to stop.

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