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''Personally "I had a great time hitch hiking in KGZ all around the country with cool peoplehitched from Osh-Arslanbob-Song Kol-Issyk Kul- Karakol and based on my experience, short waiting times and offered place here are my tips: learn how to sleep say 'no money' (nyet tienge) 'how much/many' (for freeskolka) all the time. Worth and other basic words you'll use to mention my girlfriend speaks Russian explain where you're going and we could explain our situationbasic conversation, that made it much easier like if they say 'Kuta' they're asking where you're from. My travel buddy spoke a good bit of courseRussian so she managed well for us. We went through Karzaman-Aktul-Song kol- Kochkor which was very scenic and VERY remote. Because of hitch hiking I had recommend it as almost everyone invited us for tea and food, took pictures with us and if you find yourself in the chance to get interesting contact to people. I didnmiddle of nowhere, ask a yurt family for a bed, they probably won't like the fact that in KGZ everything accept your money and everyone gets labeled with "Hospitality"it's a great experience. Taxi When truck driversare passing and looking, homestays, guides, CBT...indicate that you are going their direction and they all want your bestwill usually stop due to the extra effort, your money, so of course but they never charge and are friendlyreliable rides, but if this is especially through mountain passes where cars usually don't go and the definition of hospitality, also workers from my local Mc Donals roads are friendlydirt. This honest hospitality, like getting into houses of people not used We payed twice when we were desperate but it was very easy to strangers find rides! Definitely go here and without money as highest valuedo the mountain passes, I witnessed because it's incredible to experience in the back of hitching and it was coola truck!'' " --[[User:dorfdisco|dorfdiscorwescott]]
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As soon as somebody agrees to take you for free, you can be sure it is really like this. The concept of hitching rides for free is just unknown and strange for the people, be prepared to be asked a lot of questions like how you can survive without money, where will you sleep, where are your children.
Despite the fact that some locals and travellers who actually never tried it by themselves, will tell you that hitching is a pain in the ass or even impossible in Kyrgyztan, it is absolute recommended and a positive experience. Taxi drivers can be very pushing and indiscrete from time to time.
''Personally I had a great time hitch hiking in KGZ all around the country with cool people, short waiting times and offered places to sleep (for free) all the time. Worth to mention my girlfriend speaks Russian and we could explain our situation, that made it much easier of course. Because of hitch hiking I had the chance to get interesting contact to people. I didn't like the fact that in KGZ everything and everyone gets labeled with "Hospitality". Taxi drivers, homestays, guides, CBT...they all want your best, your money, so of course they are friendly, but if this is the definition of hospitality, also workers from my local Mc Donalds are hospitable. This honest hospitality, like getting into houses of people not used to strangers and without money as highest value, I witnessed because of hitching and it was cool!'' --[[User:dorfdisco|dorfdisco]] [[File:Locals h-hiking in Kyrgyzstan.jpg|200px|thumb|left|This old woman stopped that Kyrgyztans favourite car, the Audi 100]]
This is an excellent guide for all [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] countries in general, but unfortunately in Russian.
Note that all of the Daewoo Tico cars are shared taxis.
The Kyrgyz slang for no money is "Ach Che Jook" and it makes them laugh.
== Border Crossing ==
* [[Talas]]
== Experiences ==
* [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]
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