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==Northern Argentina==
Even if northern Argentina has recently seen several cases of crime for both the hitchhiker and the driver, it's still easy to hitch there (unlike in Bs As). In 2011 2 two french female around Salta, Argentina, raped and killed by a local. And personal experiences of Chilean Truck Drivers, being drugged by an old lady he picked up, whom invites him to a Mate Drink. Unfortunately, 900 dollars was robbed. Since these problems are from the last 2 years, local Argentine drivers are scared of picking up people. Travelling by 2 or more is even harder.
But once you get rides, it will be one of your most smoothest rides. And people are very friendly. They like to invite you to (not drugged) mate´s and even some of there local foods, like the empanadas.
'''Jujuy:''' Great landscapes and full colored mountains, you might wait up to 2 hours but you can be sure somebody will pick you up.
Don't bother about Gendarmes and checkpoints, I hitched right next to them. ''A friendly policeman even helped me find a ride at the Juyjuy/Salta border checkpoint'' -[[user:Dr.Keith|Dr.Keith]]Take the 34. The 52 takes you across to the Chilean border and is great hitching as it is a major truck route and they are very helpful as a rule. Note the border at Paso de Jama for Chile CANNOT be crossed on foot if you want a migration stamp, they insist on you being with a vehicle. Go round to the lorry park and ask one of them to take you as a passenger if you have had the bad luck to be dropped off at the border instead of taken through (see: border crossing).
'''Salta:''' Really easy to hitch here, I got picked up in about 30 minutes. Greener than Jujuy
==Northern Chile - Argentina==
The better spot to cross from Jujuy, Argentina to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile is Purmamarca, you have to look for trucks with Paraguay license plate, many of those are carring cars or others goods and will probably go to Iquique in the north of Chile.
Crossing in to the Borders of Jujuy, Argentina is not as easy as the other ones in the nation. Once you get to migrations Do it at Paso Jama, because Paso San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.. the officials will require you to fill in a documents, mentioning your transportation. And in the case of hitchhiking, you must fill in the name of your driver, and the driver must as well fill in HIS form with your name. This is due to the fact that they wont let you thumb nor walk at the Paso Jama. So you must first get yourself a truck driver, who is willing to take you and do all the papers.Once you arrive to Argentine Borders, and you happen to not be with your Truck Driver anymore, you must do the same thing here. The reason they will give you here, is that the distance from the border to the next town or city is to big, so they would not want you to try to walk your way to next town... which is at least some 200 to 300 kmFransisco often has no traffic for days.
Most of the trucks will not pick you up because are afraid that Gendarmes can complains, [[User:Eazy|eazy]] took a lift from a local truck and asked the driver to stop a Paraguayan truck for him.