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=== Free hospitality ===
In projects such as [http://www.bewelcome.org BeWelcome] and [http://www.couchsurfing.com CouchSurfing] you can find many Jerusalemic members who will host you for a night or two in their homes...
=== Hostels and cheap accommodation ===
As a rule of thumb, the Western part of the city is much (much!) more expensive than the Eastern part, especially when it comes to hostels. In the old city and around Damascus gate you can find a dorm bed for as little as 20 NIS (4 Euro) for a night. Check [http://www.wikivoyage.org Wikivoyage] for more details.
=== Camping ===
A good place to camp close to the city center is Sacher Park. It's big enough to camp without being noticed, and even if you are noticed there's a good chance nobody cares. Close by, and a bit more secluded, is the Valley of the Cross, where you can also make a fire - just look for a place where people have made fires before. A bonus in this spot is you would be camping close to a beautiful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_the_Cross 11th century monastery].
== Public Transportation ==
Blackriding is not possible in buses, because you have to pass by the driver as you enter. On the tram it is possible, but keep in mind there are quite a lot of checkups (maybe as much as once every 5 rides, or so). Inspectors wear white buttoned shirts in summer, sometimes with a yellow reflector vest on top, and dark blue coats in winter. They come in twos or threes, and are usually quite strict. As of September 2013, there are no "undercover"/plainclothes inspectors.
Single tram tickets are only valid for the day you bought them. There is a 90-minute transfer time for public transport in Jerusalem- that's the tram and the green buses. If you bought and used a ticket, and will not use it again within the 90-minute time, why not give it away to somebody in the tram/bus stop? Random kindness to strangers is always good.
If you plan on using public transport often, better use the electronic card. Charging rides on an electronic card gets you 20% off for single rides (for a ride you pay 80% of the price of a single ticket-ride), alternatively using the electronic card you can also purchase a daily-pass ׂ(13.5 NIS, just over the price of 2 single tickets) or weekly-pass (64 NIS, just over the price of 10 single tickets). Electronic cards. which are called "Rav Kav", are sold on most buses for 5 NIS.
There's no public transport in Jerusalem from about 2 hours before dark on Friday evening to 1 hour after dark on Saturday night or during Jewish holidays. However, buses that serve Arab neighborhoods in east Jerusalem keep running regularly.
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== Hitching out ==
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[[File:CraigIsraelKfarAdomim.jpg|thumb|220px|right|[[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] at Maale Adumim Junction en route to Dead Sea (5 mins).]]
:[[User:Vulla|Vulla]] You can consider to walk instead of HH. Jerusalem to Bethlem is just 8 km. I've done it in less than 2 hours walking slow and take my time. The view is not the best but if you arrive walking you will able to see the big wall which it separetes Israel to the West Bank. You have to take the entrance for tourists,very fast, few people pass there. The palestinian pass by another gate. Above all you will see the wall and read the different stories of the palestinian during the occupation and you will see many grafitti on the wall, some of them were made by Bansky. Bansky's graffitti are spread around Jerusalem but if you go to the center the (annoyng) taxies will take you to a tour to see Bansky's graffiti.
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