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Hitching Most likely you will arrive by plane or by boat in New Caledonia [[Nouméa]]. Everything is in Noumea, most people live there and it is pretty easythe main city. Nouméa city has about 100. Knowing French is very helpful though000 people wheras the second biggest city Koné has only about 5.000.
==Cities, towns==* [[Noumea]]* [[Boulouparis]]* [[Bourai]]Hitching in New Caledonia is pretty easy. Knowing French is very helpful though.
'''Noumea'''However, many people have their cars packed up with their camping and diving gear, several eskis, kids, dogs, etc. So there might be a lot of traffic but sometimes there is no space left for a hitch-hiker. Traveling light is a good advice.
In order to There are quite a few hitch out of Noumea towards -hikers along the west (towards [[Boulouparis]]road, [[Bourail]]) typically one every 100km. Mostly locals who just sit lazy on the best option is to take side of the bus road with their thumb out in the direction . With a bit of effort, like a sign, a travellers backpack, etc. people are more likely to stop for you. There are only a few "travellers" on the airport at La Tontouta. Get off island and hitch from the main road. From here it is very easy to get lifts eastpeople are usually interested in their story.
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|pop = 240,000
|currency = South Pacific Franc (CFP)
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'''New Caledonia''' is a [[France|French overseas territory]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. It comprises a main island (Grande Terre), the Loyalty Islands (Lifou, Mare, Ouvea, Tiga), the Ile des Pins and several smaller islands. It is approximately half the size of [[Taiwan]]. It is located roughly 2000km to the north of [[New Zealand]], and 1500 km to the north-east of [[Australia]].
==HitchhikingingGeography ==
== Hitchhiking ==
Keep the time in mind and the public holidays. Most people leave [[Nouméa|Noumea]] for the weekend and there is plenty of traffic going out of town on Friday afternoon/evening and Saturday morning. Logically Sunday evening is the busy return traffic. But no need to wait for the weekend to hitchhike, there is plenty of traffic all the time.
Also it happens that one person (usually locals) is standing on the road and several others are hiding behind the bushes and then they suddenly jump out when a car stops. If you look a bit around where you stick your thumb out, so there are no obvious hiding places, it is again more likely that people will stop.
The further you hitch out of Nouméa, the less traffic you will encounter. On a Saturday noon, when there should be peak traffic up in the North, [[User:Bernhard|Bernhard]] counted only about one car every five minutes (mostly local short-distance traffic). However, you will wait no longer than 5 or 10 cars and someone will stop.
== Cities, towns ==
* [[Nouméa|Noumea]]
* [[Boulouparis]]
* [[Bourai]]
