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Hitchhiking is an unknown concept in {{infobox Country|country = of Indonesia|map= <map lat='-2.1088986592431254' lng='113.73046875' zoom='4'view='Indonesia0'float='right'/>|language = Indonesian|capital = [[Jakarta]]|pop = 234,693, and 997|BW = ID|currency = Rupiah (IDR)|hitch = <rating country='id' />}}Hitchhiking in Indonesia is usually very easy for foreigners (Bule) while it gets harder for locals, unless they are taken on the dumping bed of a truck. It might be hard to get a free ride at times if you can't communicate in Bahasa Indonesia that you actually do want to hitchhike. And even if you can speak some partsbasic Indonesian, the concept of hitchhiking is not always understood. You will be welcomed with the standard sentence "Mau ke mana" (where are you going) as a greeting, that can lead to a lot of confusion - check [[Asia_phrasebook#Indonesian]]. Once you get the gist, hitchhiking can go very smoothly on all the islands and often one of the first cars will pick you up. Cars are not many though and traffic is very slow: in particular in Java it's not uncommon to be blocked in traffic jams for hours. If you want to cross the whole country and get a full picture of Indonesia, it is not convenient to take a mere 1 month visa. There's a two months visa that can be applied for outside of the country and that can be extended four times for one month each. Also you can buy a visa on arrival (30days, ~35$) and you can extend it another 30 days. Some countrys are visafree, but this option is limited to 30 days and is not extendable.

Hitching in [[Java]], [[Sumatra]], [[Bali]] The thumb isn't used here for hitching and [[Borneo]] is very easya sign isnt really necessary. In Java Instead of sticking out a thumb, wave down each car with your right hand as if you hardly wait ten minutes were signalling for your next truckthem to slow down. Traffic It is very slow though, if important to use you want right hand to signal drivers to cross stop as the country dont make left hand is considered dirty/offensive and would take longer for someone to stop. It might also happen that drivers don't understand that they are being addressed by your waving hand just because many people are not familiar with the mistake concept of hitchhiking. In that case, it might be helpful to take wave at them somewhat vigorously so they will stop and you can explain your situation. Once you waved a 1 month visacar to stop, the driver will want to know what's the matter. Took me 3 complete days Hitchhiking in Indonesian is said "Menggonceng" and nights from jakarta free is "Gratis" like in latin languages. If you don't speak indonesian, it might be helpful also to bali! Hitching on ferries have a sign saying "Nebeng". Nebeng is a javanese slang term that is possibleused to ask fo a free lift - there are a lot of javanese people all over indonesia, so its a usefull term also outside of java. Alternativly you may get can use "Numpang" or "Tumpang" which means to be a seat passenger, but not necessarily free(you may just write "Numpang gratis and things will be hidden thoughclear, at least on sumatra) in . Another good way to ask for a truck. [[Surabaya]] free lift is "Bisa ikut gratis?" that means "Can I/We join for free?" Pick ups and trucks are generally fine though, motorcycles are hitchable but the place most likely to go from Java to Borneoask for money.If the car is decorated with plush, it's definitly a taxi and even if they offer you a free ride, bear in mind that everyone else in the car is paying!

The ferries suck thoughGetting a free ferry ride is also possible at least through a practice of hiding behind the truck seat. As much as i know: In fact, trucks are allowed to take 2 (or 3?) people for free in the ferries. onto a ferry - so you may might be either one of themthe guys going for free, or an additional one. of the extra-passengers; in this latter case you ve to should rather hide until behind the seat, and once you are in the ferrieon a ferry, later on relax - no one wants to see the ticketlater on.biggest harbours in java Most used harbors on Java island are jakarta Jakarta's ''Tanjung Priok'' and Surabaja's (tanjung priok)goes to Borneo, surabaja (to borneo 20h, and more). The passenger ticket for the ferry java bali Java-Bali is half a dollar and one hour...hardly worth waiting for a rideprice, so you might as well skip hitchhiking there.hitching in bali It's possible to get free ferry rides between Bali and Lombok, Lombok and Sumbawa, Sumbawa and Flores, hitchhiking with a car or a motorbike, since the price of the ticket is fine tooindependent from the number of passengers. == Islands ==*[[Sumatra]]*[[User:Worldhitch|WorldhitchJava]] 18:08, 7 October 2007 (CEST)*[[Bali]]*[[Lombok]]*[[Sulawesi]] ==Cities==* [[Denpasar]]

==External linksPersonal Experiences ==* [http://www.sekoyamag.com/nouveausite/SPIP/breve.php3?id_brevePls add info == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==389 Faire du stop en Indonesie] (French), by [[Ludovic Hubbler]] {{nomadwiki}}

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