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Many Congolese will tell you that the road shown on maps connecting Kinshasa in the west to Lumbumbashi in the south does not exist or is impassable. In 2011 Hitchwiki member [http://hitchwiki.org/community/members/Notapalooka/ Alyssa] hitched the route. It took about 25 days of being on the road every day (or sometimes being stuck in the mud, but still on the road). There were very few vehicles passing - maybe 5 a day, all bug trucks in terrible condition that were extremely overloaded. At one point a hitched ride in a truck took 6 days to go 200 km due to mechanical problems and mud. There were few security issues and contrary to popular belief about African police, they did not insist on bribes, instead generally offering food and help hitching onwards.
Experience in 2012 from member [http[User://hitchwiki.org/community/members/Thumbingmyway/ |Thumbingmyway]] confirms that the above paragraph is accurate in the description of hitching long distances in the DRC.
== Hitchhiking in the East ==
