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Kaunas
,'''Kaunas''' is a the second largest city in [[Lithuania]]. It is the home of [[Zydrunas Ilgauskas]]. == hitching Hitching in and around ==when When coming from Poland (or actually everywhere), ask your driver to let you out at the "Mega" supermarket next to the highway motorway in the north of town. There seems are buses from the bus stop: 1) 38 which goes to be a free the bus /railway station and 2) 21 which goes to the city center :old town (to Kaunas castle (Kauno pilis)). If you are coming from the north and your driver is going into Kaunas or onto Vilnius, and you want to continue onto Marijampole or Poland, asked to be dropped off at the bus-stop (Devintas fortas)on the A1 just before the A1/A5 intersection. From here, you can walk 1.3kms along the A1 onto the A5 until the Statoil petrol station where you can continue hitching. == Hitching Out Hitchhiking out ==
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=== Overnight South towards [[Marijampolė]] & [[Poland]] {{E|67}} === The best way to get to [[Poland]] is to get to the petrol station on the A5 (E67) after Garliava (8km south of Kaunas is a horrible ). There are two ways to get to this hitching spot with public transport: 1. Mini-bus 105 goes from the train station to this petrol station so you don't need to walk. 2. Take bus 6 (on weekdays) or 6A (on weekends) and get out at the stop 'Garliavos vidurinė mokykla'. Start walking in the direction the bus came from (west) for 1.5km until you reach the petrol station. [[File:kaunas-hitchingpointsouth.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Hitching point for [[Marijampolė]] and [[Poland]]]] You can either hitch from the entrance or exit roads of the petrol station (there are advantages and disadvantages to both).Hitching from the entrance road: place for vehicles to be stuck stop by the bus-stop in overnightfront of the station, and or on the entrance road itself (or turning into the station). Hitching on the exit road (as shown in the photo): there is room for a truck to stop, but usually by the time they see you, they are only going quite fast.This is not a couple of youth hostelsbusy petrol station but you can also catch the slow moving station traffic, both most of which close earlyis only going to Marijampole - be brave and turn these lifts down and hold out for one going directly to Poland if that is your destination. If you've ever tried to hitch from Marijampole or its bypass, you will understand perfectly. You might want to have a PL sign handy. You can ask your driver to let you off right at the border. If you walk back towards Lithuania from the border and make a left, you will get to a very large parking area where loads of trucks are rather tricky parked up. You may be able to get a ride to findnearly any country in Western Europe. If Alternatively, you DO happen can get to the Statoil petrol station on the A5 (E67) north of Kaunas, where the highway from Vilnius joins up with the E67 (Baltic Way). Take minibus 57 from the centre and get stuck off at the terminus: '9-ojo Forto gatve'. From here, walk northwest in the direction of the A5 (E67) highway for 350m. Cross under the highway and then go immediately turn left and climb up the grass embankment to the highway itself. There you will see the Statoil petrol station 100m ahead. You can hitch here or walk 1km or so further along the highway to find good spots to hitch. With a PL or Warsaw sign, you should easily get a lift from a truck to the [[Budzisko-Kalvarija border checkpoint]] or further. Be aware that the Best Westernborder is now virtually non-existent, except for an occasional random check, so try to get a ride to at least [[Suwałki|Suwalki]] or [[Augustów|Augustow]]. === West towards [[Klaipėda|Klaipeda]], but instead north towards [[Latvia]] === The best option to reach [[Klaipėda|Klaipeda]] is to take buses 38 or 21 and get out at the last bus stop next to the MEGA mall in the north part of the city. When you get out of going the bus, go straight along the highway A1 (inthe direction Klaipeda/Riga). After you pass the mall parking and cross some side roads, turn leftclimb up the hill a bit and you will find a bus stop right on the highway. ThereIt's an alleyway on the right which leads relatively easy to get a ride from there. (Alternatively, to get to the same place which rents as above, you can take bus 23 or 35 and get out apartmentsat the stop '9-ojo forto muziejus'. Walk a little bit back to the motorway and the bus-stop). It's open late Also, when you arrive at MEGA, you can go directly on motorway and start hitchhiking, going towards Klaipėda, and if you explain 'll pass under the situationbridge, where you can hide from rain or intensive sun. * Heading for [[Latvia]] you want to get on the [[Klaipėda|Klaipeda]] road (the A1) and then turn onto the Via Baltica (the A8). You can accept rides going to where the roads split (20 km) and then hitch past that point. From there it should not take you more than 10 minutes to get a ride. Whatever you might be lucky enough do, try not to get yourself dropped off on the [[Panevėžys]] ring. [[Garthelgard]] got stuck there for more than 4 hours. (There is a bit great petrol station a few hundred meters north from the northern junction of the [[Panevėžys]] ring and a deal lot of space on a room that would otherwise have been emptythe side of the road). You'll have to use all of your powers of persuasion though! === North-east towards [[trash:KaunasJonava]], [[Ukmergė|Ukmerge]], [[Utena]], [[Zarasai]], [[Daugavpils]]===Take the bus 29 and get out at the bus stop 'Biruliškės'. It's a great spot to hitchhike! Also, sometimes there's lots of cars on the road next to nursey garden so it's hard to catch a car. Then is better option to get out at the further stop 'Narėpai' and walk a little towards petrolum station. ==Resources==__NOTOC__{{nomadwiki}}
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