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From the city centre, walk northeast on Chavchavadze St. under you see a tall building with a Coca-Cola advertisement on top of it. Another characteristic point could be a catholic church on the right side of the road. You can thumb here, though you'll have to be careful not to attract the many ''marshrutkas'' and taxis driving by. This is after the bypass joins the main road, so you might even stop a truck.

Alternatively, if === East to Akhaltsikhe=== From city centre go in direction Turkey and soon you don't mind taking a marshrutka and want ll come to take the slower road through [[Ozurgeti]] crossroad where you go to Samtredia, a good strategy for hitchhiking northeast left following sign Akhaltsikhe.Road is to going through mountains and it's really bad quality. After lets say first 60km there are even less cars. It can take you a ''long time to cross the mountains because there are only small villages and locals usualy travel by marshrutka'' from the taxi stand at the eastern end of Chavchavadze St., where Even when you take a car it joins will be very slow ride because there is no asphalt on the main coastal road, to the town of [[Kobuleti]] about 20 km north. Get off at the first From village Zarzma (southernmost30km from Akhaltsikhe) stop in Kobuleti, follow the northeast there is really nice asphalt road for and also more cars to hitchhike. In Zarzma there is also a monastery and if you ask monks they might offer you a couple of hundred metresdinner, warm shower and just after bed for the railroad tracks night(for me it worked, but for sure it's good if you can hitchspeak Russian or Georgian). Note: not to be attempted in winter!

Just You can walk towards the south of Batumi and get on the big road to Turkey. Hitch a ride with anyone going to the border and cross it on foot. The wait won't be long if you're not from Georgia or Turkey. From there, go right and hitch along the coast.   Or take bus 101 from the Central Bus Station, it goes directly to the Sarp-Sarpi border crossing and a ticket costs around 80 tetri.

The cheapest sleeping is around the bazaar, where there are some cheap hotels and nearly every family rents out rooms. Even in high season a room for two people can be had for 20 lari. There are also some cheap hostels.In Makhinjauri (you can get there with local buses, number 10 or 101) there is large beach (of little rocks, not perfect as sand ones but there's no sand in black sea..) away enough from the city and easy to reach. There are also minimarket to grab/buy meal and even an internet cafe. Also a good spot to start to hitch to day after. It MAY BE possible to pitch your tent in front and to the left of the Hilton Hotel facing the sea. There are a lot of other tents so you can meet locals and other travelers and you will not be bothered by the police. It also has been reported that camping around the alphabet tower is possible. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}