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[[moriya :]]I found Laos really easy to hitch-hike (march 2016) just get out of the city, and wait for trucks. tell them where do you want to go, and try to say it correct becouse they don't know a lot english, but they will know the places. I had "hitch-hiking helmet" for motorcycle, and then they take you without a question.
Laos
,→How to hitchhike
'''if you raise your thumb people will think you just doing 'like' and dont understand it's mean to stop. for hitch-hike take your hand and 'hit' the air'''
Hitching in Laos is very different between the north and south part of the country. While in the south it is relatively easy to hitchhike 300 kilometers a day and people don't commonly expect money, in the north it's hard to go more than 150 a day -- on some roads, expect to cover only as much as you can walk in a day. It can take a long time to be picked up, as few cars drive on the so called 'highway', often just a dirt road with random pavement sections. Looking at the amount of cars (in January 2011 and 2012) there are '''around 1 (pick up, car, truck) per 6 minutes'''. This makes travel in Laos very different from hitching in Thailand. But even in the north it is still possible to get a lift. Solo hitchhikers can get a ride between villages with one of the many motor bikes that roam all over the country.
