Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia
Information
Language:	Macedonian, Albanian
Capital:	Skopje
Population:	2,038,514
Currency:	Macedonian denar ( MKD )
Hitchability:	very good
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Macedonia is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, surrounded by Serbia, Albania, Greece and Bulgaria. People are extremely friendly here and particularly fascinated by travelers due to the difficulty in obtaining visas into the EU.

Hitching

Just thumbing a direction will produce quick results with people eagar to help. There are many truck drivers headed to the border of Greece but may be reluctant to take you through. This appears to be the same for most borders within the balkan area.

People are usually friendly and ready to help, although most car driver will not understand the concept of hitch-hiking and private taxi is a major form of public transport due to high level of unemployment. Therefore, make sure before you board a vehicle that the driver is not an informal taxi. Also make sure to keep an eye on the road you are going, if the driver make a sudden turn around, changes his natural path or take another direction, it is likely that he is either a taxi driver or that he thinks he is doing good by bringing you to the local bus station. You therefore will have to be reiterative on stating that you do 'autostop' all the way.

Cities

• Bitola
• Ohrid
• Skopje

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