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== Hitchhiking out == | == Hitchhiking out == | ||
− | - The Bus Station, at the Vespasiano Veppo Square in front of the Continental Hotel | + | - The Bus Station, at the Vespasiano Veppo Square in front of the Continental Hotel, where drivers go slowly between two traffic lights. |
− | - The gas station Ipiranga Aeroporto, at Avenue of States, 75 | + | - The gas station Ipiranga Aeroporto, at Avenue of States, 75 where drivers stop there before go to the two highway beyond: the BR-116, which goes North, and the BR 290, wich goes East. |
− | If you are going to coastline, you can also | + | If you are going to coastline, you can also ask a ride to leave you to the Km 80 of the "Freeway", to ask for another ride there, at the gas station Petrobras Graal Rota 80. |
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+ | It's not allowed to ask a ride near the fuel pumps but you can do it on exit of the gas station, when the drivers slow down. | ||
== Hitchhiking in == | == Hitchhiking in == |
Revision as of 15:27, 18 August 2014
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Contents
Hitchhiking out
- The Bus Station, at the Vespasiano Veppo Square in front of the Continental Hotel, where drivers go slowly between two traffic lights.
- The gas station Ipiranga Aeroporto, at Avenue of States, 75 where drivers stop there before go to the two highway beyond: the BR-116, which goes North, and the BR 290, wich goes East.
If you are going to coastline, you can also ask a ride to leave you to the Km 80 of the "Freeway", to ask for another ride there, at the gas station Petrobras Graal Rota 80.
It's not allowed to ask a ride near the fuel pumps but you can do it on exit of the gas station, when the drivers slow down.
Hitchhiking in
Places to avoid
Avoid hitchhiking at the coasting of the highway BR-290, also called "Freeway". It could be dangerous.
Accommodation and Sleep
Porto Alegre have a lot of Couchsurfing (CS) members who are friendly to host people like hitchhikers.
You could contact these CS members at https://www.couchsurfing.org or going to the weekly meeting of this guys, which occurs every thursday at 7:00 pm, in the place called "Espaco Cultural 512", João Alfredo Street, 512 at the Downtown District.