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== Hitchhiking ==
Hitchhiking in Belarus usually is very good easy and rarely your waiting time will extend 15 Minutes, at least on the main road M1 from Brest via Minsk to Moscow. As this is very common in Belarus, often the driver will pick you up without being curious about you or what you are doing, sometimes no communication at all. Belarussian people can be quite enjoyableseem gloomy at first sight, even though but in the end they are mostly very nice and helpful and drop you on a good spot. In rare cases a small number of older drivers might ask for some money when giving you a ride – to avoid that, tell the driver about your intention to travel for free before you sit into the car (''"Ja puteshestvuju avtostopom, bez deneg"'' [''"u"'' is pronounced as ''"oo"'' in English] – ''"I travel by hitch-hiking, not paying any money"''). Usually, just saying 'no money' works just fine too. It might be more difficult if you are more than 2 persons travelling together – in such case it would be smart to split up for some time.
When hitchhiking in Belarus, it is very likely you will find some other people standing next to the road, waiting for a car to pick them up. Although most people do not speak English very well, it is nice to try and make some contact. Most of them might look angry, but it's just on the outside and once you'll start talking to them they're just very friendly and warm people. Some Belarussian people will even wait for an hour with you in a snowstorm, waiting for another car to stop :)