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[[wikipedia:Hitchhiking]]
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'''Hitchhiking''' (also called ''lifting'' or ''thumbing'' or , universally in parts of Europeseveral Languages around the world, ''auto-stoppingstop''with different pronunciations) is a form of transport, in which the traveller tries to get a lift (a ride) from another traveller, usually a car or truck driver, for free. This wiki contains a lot of information about hitchhiking: [[Where to hitchhike|where to start]], practical info on how to do it, pictures and much much more. If you've never hitchhiked before and you want to try it out you should check out the article hitchhiking for the [[first time hitchhiking|first time]].
[[File:Img l 1306483.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitchhiker in the UK]]
Contrary to popular opinion there are a lot of hitchhikers, all over the world, even in the [[United States of America|United States]]. There are people like [[User:Irvthom|Irv Thomas]] whose hitchhike experiences span more than half a century. Hitchhiking is a very common means of transport
in most less affluent countries (although often a form of payment is
expected). Hitchhiking is probably as old as the wheel and will
rise or demise of hitchhiking. There is a nice community of hitchhikers in
Europe, and it seems to be growing. It's sort of going hand in hand
with the [[finding accommodation|hospitality exchange]] movement. Some try to link this
to the much larger (and economically highly influential) movement of
free software and free information (think GNU/Linux and Wikipedia),
There are several types of hitchhiking.
* traveling by road motor vehicles: [[hitchhiking a car|cars]], [[hitchhiking a truck|trucks]], [[hitchhiking a bus|buses]].
* traveling by train, either the risky act of [[train hopping]] or, as is sometimes possible, with the permission of the engineer or conductor.
* traveling by ocean vessel, often called [[hitchhiking a boat|boathitching]]
* traveling by air: planes and helicopters, also called [[hitchhiking a plane|airhitching]]
Please check [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchhiking Wikipedia's article for more encyclopaedic information about hitchhiking].
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