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[[File:Polizei_in_Kasachstan.jpg|350px|thumb|right|[[User:Korn|Korn]] making friends with kazakh police]]Hitchhiking in Kazakstan isn't predictable. You can get 4-day rides with trucks or just rides of a few kilometers kilometres to the next village. People often offer rides out of cities when they see you walking. The road between Aktobe and [[Aralsk]] is terrible, with little asphalt. Vehicles get stuck in the mud all the time and crossing the country this way can take days.

The road between Aktobe Some drivers of small cars, typically only going a short distance out of cities, will demand money. However, long-distance lifts are typically free. Inside of cities, especially in Almaty it is very common to stop cars and [[Aralsk]] is terrible! Trucks get stuck in the mud all the timeuse them as private taxi. Going into [[Almaty]] This means that you have to leave the city to start hitching, inside it will often get dropped off at cause a big truck area about 10 km South lot of the actual cityheadache.Experiences in Kazakhstan are different, some people had problems with drivers asking for money again and again, so if while for others it's possible wait it out was no issue at all.For sure whereever you hitch, drivers will stop fast and the ironic fact is that somebody might wants to charge you for a car when 3 km lift, while the next driver takes you get close 1200 km from Almaty to [[Almaty]]Astana and this will be for free.

People Average 600 km/day in south west, more from north west to north est (hitchhiking only in daylight). This depends also if you are hitchhiking alone or two people because some truck driver don't want more than a passenger at a time. Only Kamaz truck are legally allowed to take three people. From Aktobe most of the traffic is going to Shymkent less traffic to Kostanay and Astana. Longest ride offered 2000 km. Truck brand: 70% European like Scania, Volvo, Daf (average speed 70-80 km/h). 30% Kamaz soviet trucks (average speed 40-60 km/h). Very easy to hitchhike if alone, sometimes trucks was stopping for me even without tumbing while a was walking in the highway. They will stop even more if you are stuck in the middle of nowhere anyways most of the time expect to hitchhike from a truck restaurant to the other. In the desert in south west cars was stopping to provide me water sometimes asked or just to ask if i had enought water. Never bothered by police while hitchhiking or standing along the road just a lot of speed radars for the drivers. If you are hitchhiking cars for short distances always explain to the driver you will not pay for money, especially around the Chinese borderride because a few normal cars are working as a taxi.

According Nevertheless a very good country for hitching, especially to [http://wwwcover long distances.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,522634,00.html this German article], hitchhiking in Kazakhstan  The Russian word used to explain Hitchhiking is "Avto stopem"And the local slang for no money is "Kapusta Pusta!" (Literally means "the cabbage is empty") and it's a normal good way of traveling and public transport. Some students regularly hitchhike to University in [[Almaty]]make those grumpy west Kazakh smile. Drivers are payed a bit for the ride they offer and according to the guy interviewed didn't know about any issues with hitchhiking in KazakhstanWitch helps.

[[File:Shimkent Kazakhstan.jpg|right|thumb|350px|On the road in Kazakhstan]]* [[Almaty]] (the former capital , called ''Alma-Ata''in the Soviet era, biggest and the country's largest city)

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'''Khorgos''' border crosing: the only allowed way to cross border is by bus. Border is very serious: dogs, watchtowers, barbed wire, walls, soldiers, about 4 checkpoints between countries, scanners, walls, walls... Crossing border takes about 2-3 hours. It looks like border between worlds and it really feels like that from the cultural point of view. Buses are paid, but [[User:z-z-z88|z-z-z88]] ([[User talk:z-z-z88|talk]]) managed to get a free ride without seat from China to Kazakhstan in 2016. In China without bus ticket you are not allowed even approach border, but bus leader can take you through these pre-border checkpoints.[[User:Korn|Korn]] managed to find a ride at the border with a wedding society. It is just a couple of kilometers to the Kazakh side. From there you can walk, once you pass the gate to the customs. ==SIM-cards==Some Beeline SIM-cards a bit expensive but no need any ID(2010). SMS 0,05USD.Most Kazakh people use either Aktiv or Kcell. It's extremely cheap to make phone calls to other Kcell/Activ users (they are the same company). Passport is needed for this sim card. == Experiences ==*Analyses on [https://warmroads.de/en/hitchhiking-in-20-kazakhztan/ - Hitchhiking in Kazakhztan.] by [[User:Korn|Korn]] on https://warmroads.de * [http://marcandoelpolo.com/como-es-viajar-a-dedo-por-asia-central-kazajistan-kirguistan-tayikistan-uzbekistan/ Lot of information, tips and personal experiences of hitch-hiking in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). Only in spanish] == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}