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Hitchhikers' Guide to Hitchhiking is a collaborative project to build an encyclopedia for the needs of hitchhikers. It's a compilation of tips about good hitchhiking places, knowledge about hitchhiking possibilities in different countries, general knowhow about what to pack and when to go, what to eat and how to stay safe. The project has just started. So far we have 3,856 destination guides and other articles written and edited by hitchhikers from around the globe.

Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking essentials

Top 10 Tips, Finding accommodation, Where to hitchhike, Safety, Hitchhiking techniques, Things to carry, Phrasebooks more...

Europe

Netherlands, France, Finland (Helsinki), Spain, more...

North America

United States of America, Canada, Mexico City, Minot, more...

Africa

Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, more...

New Topics

To start a new page, just click "edit" beside the "new topics" headline. There is more advice in the editing page.

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Middle East

Egypt, Israel, Syria, more...

Asia

Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Japan, India, more...

Central America

Flores, Guatemala City, more...

South America

Chile, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, more...

Oceania

Hinchinbrook Island, Gunbarrel Highway, Australia, New Zealand, Hobart, more...

Maintenance?

It seems that there is no real maintenance of this site. If I don't get any response I will start checking out the possibilities of hosting it at Wikicities, which is somewhat more related to Wikipedia, and hence spammers will be easier kept out.

Hitchhikers' Guide to Hitchhiking: the Project

Welcome

Newcomers, Wikipedians, Plunge forward

Help

Help, FAQ, Search help, User accounts, more...


Project

About, Goals and non-goals, Policies and guidelines, The Guide's Hitchhikers, Help wanted

Tools

Manual of style, Geographical hierarchy, Article naming conventions, Article templates

Logbook

Hitchhikers' Guide to Hitchhiking is a collaborate project to build an encyclopedia for the needs of hitchhikers. It's a compilation of tips about good hitchhiking places, knowledge about hitchhiking possibilities in different countries, general knowhow about what to pack and when to go, what to eat and how to stay safe.

The inspiration to this project came from the wikipedia-project and the marvellous book of Douglas Adams - the Hitchhiker's guide to galaxy. The idea is to use the open Wiki system to gather information the same way wikipedia does to result to a guide similar to the imaginary Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy is in the books of Adams: a guide that knows it all and is allways up to date.

Every Hitchhiker is not only a user but also a possible contributor - a correspondent of the guide with the best possible first hand knowledge. This is not a worrk of a single mind, it's a work done by all the hitchhikers for the benefit of all the hitchhikers. Every visitor can add her / his knowledge and edit the existing pages to make them even better!

Under Constuction

The Hichhiker's guide is taking it's first baby steps, so the content is scarce and not too organized. It will get better, as more hitchhikers contribute. Feel free to start today!

How to contribute

Easiest way to contribute to the Guide at this point is to write an entry - point a good spot to hitchhike in yout home town or give a tip about something else you feel would be good for hitchhikers to know. To create a new entry, you need to create a link first. To do this as easy as possible, there is a page for new entries where you can just add your link. So, PRESS HERE to get more info.

You can also check the Top 10 Tips -page to see if you have something to add.


Tips ordered by geograhpy

Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Australia

General backpack travelling tips

Packing, Food, Safety, Looks

Hitchhiking recources in the web

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