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Although waiting for a ride can be a frustrating experience sometimes, in general, however, it is relatively easy to hit the way with a thumb in this country. Frustration comes when there is a driver stopping for you every few minutes and suggesting taking you to a bus terminal, and sometimes you may find it hard to explain that you travel at low budget and that you actually WANT to hitchhike. When thumbing in the north of the country, it might occur that people stop just to ask if you need some not related to traveling help. In fact, you don't stand longer than 10 minutes without some car stopping for you. It can be even a police/army vehicle (they are in every corner of Iran): they will pick you up and even stop a car for you and convince a driver to take you further.
In Farsi language (official language in Iran spoken as a first or second language by most citizens) the word "hitchhiking" doesn't exist. The translation of this word found in English-Farsi dictionaries seem to have a confusing effect on locals of Iran since they hear it for the first time in their lives. Though some people (especially couchsurfers or young Tehranians) know about it, call it "autostop" or English "hitchhiking". The farsi "majani savar shodan" seems to be the closest. Useful phrases are:Do you go to ...? - shoma be ... mirin?Can you do me a favour please? - Mishe ie lotfi be man bokonin?Can you give me a ride to ...? - Mom kene man ro be ... beresoni? lotfanI don't want to pay - Man nemicham pul bedam
[[File:Shiraz.jpg|thumb|250px|Hitchhiker [[User:Fran|Fran]] waiting for a ride in Iran.]]
