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Worktrade isn't as big on this side of the island, but it is still there, you will just have to search harder to find it. Again, ask around. There are also lots of deserted sections of beaches that are safe to camp on for extended periods of time here (hint: if you need a place to crash near Kona ask other hitchhikers/people who pick you up about 'Seventy Nines' beach at the 79 mile marker and hopefully someone will point you in the right direction). I personally have camped on some of the beach parks in the resort area, which seems counter intuitive, but because they are ritzy most of the homebums (crazy homeless people who are usually aged 35+) avoid these areas, making them extremely safe. These spots are not good for long term camping, but if you get stuck in the Waikoloa area for whatever reason you can just wait until after dark and head to a closed off beach park. Just find a place that is out of sight, set up your tent, and set your phone alarm to wake you up around 505:30 or 606:00 am before the park is opened.

''I backpacked the Big Island for four months. For two months I hitched in small amounts just to get to places I wanted to see, but for my final month I hitched pretty much all day every day and camped out on beaches (or stayed in communes) every night. Very easy to find rides on the Big Island. Lots of hippies and Rainbows around and many great times to be had. The people on this island are so incredibly kind. While hitching through I had people let me stay at their homes for a few days, I had people buy me food and groceries even though I told them I had the means to pay for them myself. So much aloha here. Note: as mentioned above, be careful of native locals, especially on the Eastern side of the island. All the locals I met in the west and in the south were nothing but kind to me, but the locals in the east can be very sketchy and could definitely resort to violence. It is very easy to tell who doesn't have good intentions, though, so as long as you stay aware and are careful then you will be fine. There were times where I stuck my thumb out and had people pull over thirty seconds later. The Western side is just a bit more unpredictable, I suppose. This is definitely due to the fact that the Western side is where all the resorts are located and where all the tourists tend to stay. Locals on this side of the island were, in my experience, much more friendly than the locals on the Eastern side and were very very kind to me. Again, vibe out the situation and don't be afraid to refuse rides, but on this side of the island you shouldn't have problems with the locals. The Southern portion of the island can be kind of tricky. I had no problem getting to Volcano National Park from Pahoa, but once there I had an '''EXTREMELY''' hard time getting out. I was trying to head west to get to the southern most tip of the island to visit Green Sands (one of only two green sands beaches on the planet), but no one was stopping to pick me up. I would say 95% of the traffic in this area was tourists heading back from visiting the Volcano and none of them had any interest in picking up a hitchhiker. I thumbed for '''FIVE HOURS''' with absolutely no luck, and eventually had to set up camp in a National Park Campsite for the night. You had to pay to camp there, but since I had no money I could not pay the fee, so I simply set up camp and fell asleep and was woken at around 6 am 06:00 by a little Hawaiian man asking if I had paid. I said I had no money and explained I had gotten stuck there and he seemed confused but he left me alone after that. I then had to wait for two or three more hours before FINALLY getting a ride out of Volcano from some locals. The locals in the Southern areas of the island were EXTREMELY friendly and hospitable to me and showed me nothing but kindness and aloha. I had success in hitching from Kona to Hawii, the northern most point on the island. Traffic here can be scare, but it isn't too bad. Again, don't look like a creep and you will be fine. For all other areas in the Northern part of the island I would, again, recommend the bus.'' --[[User:DfizzleShizzle|DfizzleShizzle]] ([[User talk:DfizzleShizzle|talk]]) 21:52, 25 September 2013 (CEST)