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Hitchhiking in the mountains and near/towards the beach might be quite easy, while hitchhiking inside cities (like in Syria) is definitely not possible.

There are three border checkpoints with [[Syria]]. One in the west of the country (towards [[Damascus]]) and two in the north. There is also a checkpoint to [[Israel]], but the author of this article is at this very moment not sure if it's open or not.

* Masnaa checkpoint: The only open checkpoint with [[Syria]] on the eastern border. It is located directly on the highway [[Beirut]]-[[Damascus]] and is very easy to hitch. Get a ride to the border, where many cars will wait to get over the controls. Just talk to people who have an empty car and get a ride to Damascus, where nearly everyone here goes. The passport checks are in a nearly collapsing building on the right side (if coming from Lebanon). When entering from Syria, try to get a 48-hours transit visa for free, if only staying in the country for 2 days. Even if officers don't want to give you this visa, it's still available and you have a right the get it. [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] experienced this, and also heard of other people having the same problem at this border checkpoint. Otherwise, a 15 days visa costs you 25,000 LBP (July 2008). There is no bank around, so make sure you have some Lebanese Pound with you in advance, or at least to know the latest exchange course to change your money with the strange guys on the street in the no-man's-land between the two countries.

*[[Beirut]]

*[[Tripoli (Lebanon)|Tripoli]]

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