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'''Kaunas''' is a the second largest city in [[Lithuania]].

== Hitching in and around ==

The best way to get to [[Poland]] is to take mini bus 105 from the train station and to get off right after Garliava when you will see a petrol station. You can either hitch from the entrance road to the petrol station, or on the exit road from the petrol station. Hitching from the entrance road: place for vehicles to stop by the bus-stop in front of the station, or on the entrance road itself A5 (or turning into the stationE67). Hitching on the exit road after Garliava (as shown in the photo8km south of Kaunas): there is room for a truck to stop, but usually by the time they see you, they are going quite fast. This is not a busy petrol station but you can also catch the slow moving station traffic, most of which, unfortunately, is 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 border. If you walk back towards Lithuania from the border and make a left, you will get to a very large parking where loads of trucks There are parked there. You may be able two ways to get a ride to close to any country in Western Europe.this hitching spot with public transport:

There's another option: take a 1. Mini-bus 6 (on weekdays) or 6A (on weekend) and get out at 105 goes from the stop 'Garliavos vidurinė mokykla'. Then go train station to the opposite side than the bus went and go for like 2 km until you'll pass a big roundabout and reach a petrolum this petrol station. After it so youdon'll find a good spot where you can start t need to hitchhikewalk.

[[File:kaunas-hitchingpointsouth2.jpg|400px|thumb|centre|Hitching point 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 [[Marijampolė]] and [[Poland]]]]1.5km until you reach the petrol station.

* Alternatively get a bus [[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 center entrance road: place for vehicles to IX Fortas stop by the bus-stop in front of the station, or on the entrance road itself (I think its bus 23 or 35 busesturning 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 going quite fast.This is not a busy petrol station but you can also catch the slow moving station traffic, this most of which is 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 main road 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 parked up. You may be able to get a ride to nearly any country in Western Europe.  Alternatively, you can get to the Statoil petrol station on the A5 (E67) north of Kaunas, where the motorway to highway from Vilnius joins up with the E67 (Via Baltica north Baltic Way). Take minibus 57 from the centre and southget off at the terminus: '9-ojo Forto gatve'. From here, walk northwest in the direction of the A5 (E67) - with highway for 350m. Cross under the highway and then 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 border 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]].

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 the bus, go straight along the highway A1 (in the direction Klaipeda/Riga). After you pass the mall parking and cross some side roads, climb up the hill a bit and you will find a bus stop right at on the highway. It's relatively easy to get a ride from there.

Another possibility is (Alternatively, to get to the same place as above, you can take buses bus 23 or 35 and get out at the stop '9-ojo forto muziejus'. There's a motorway if you walk Walk a little bit back to the motorway and a the bus -stop where you can hitchhike).

* Heading for [[Latvia]] Also, when you arrive at MEGA, you want to get can go directly on the [[motorway and start hitchhiking, going towards Klaipėda|Klaipeda]] road (the A1) , and then turn onto you'll pass under the Via Baltica (the A8). You can accept rides going to bridge, 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 do, try not to get dropped off on the [[Panevėžys]] ring. [[Garthelgard]] got stuck there for more than 4 hours.  There is a great petrol station a few hundred meters north can hide from the northern junction of the [[Panevėžys]] ring and a lot of space on the side of the roadrain or intensive sun.

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