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'''Ethiopia''' is listed as one of the world poorest countries, and very few people have cars there. Nevertheless, hitchhiking there is possible and completely doable, although it might require some patience of yours. Ethiopians probably see a hitcher as having a robbery or banditry motive since hitchhiking is an unknown concept there, however, white guys might have a bonus. Taxis might stop for you if you use a wrong hitchhiking technique. In rural areas, ''faranji'' might do hitchhiking when public transport is absent although payment can be expected in a matter of contribution to the high cost of fuel '' (according to the Lonely Planet)''. Nevertheless, it is possible to catch some free ridesbut it may require patience. Just tell the driver clearly you won't pay when boarding a vehicle. Ethiopia is a fairly safe country, however the ''faranji'' frenzy will definitely quickly become an annoyance as you travel throughout the country. Along some rural main roads, it has been commonly heard that white foreigner (cyclist or 4WD) were thrown rock at them as part of an attention seeking game.
[[Image:Ethopia2 alex.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Having a free lift (in this case with people from a NGO).]]
The country's car license plate system is very specific: the colour states the status of the ownership (''Blue'' for Private Ownership/ ''Black'' for Government / ''Orange'' for Businesses or NGOs / ''Red'' for Taxis). The NGOs plate always starts with a number ''(generally 35, other numbers simply specify the origins of the local organisation) '' while ''' ''CD ''' (in White/Yellow/Black) '' represents the embassies and diplomatic cars where with the first number specifies specifying the countryof origin. The 2 letters of the city region of registration also appears on the license plate, both in Latin alphabet and local Amharic. For ; As example, ''AA '' stands for Addis Ababa.
==Borders==
There are borders with:
* [[Eritrea]]: Border crossing is currently closed since the 1998 war
* [[Djibouti]]: via [[Logiya]] and [[Galafi]] '''or''' via [[Dire Dawa]] and [[Gelille]]
* [[Somalia]]/[[Somaliland]]: via [[Jijiga]] ''(to [[Somaliland]])''
* [[Kenya]]: via [[Moyale]]
* [[Bahir Dar]]
* [[Dire Dawa]]
* [[Awassa]]
* [[Jijiga]]
==Caution==
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