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== Experiences ==
* [http://marcandoelpolo.com/viajar-a-dedo-corea-del-sur/ Information, tips and personal experiences of hitch-hiking in South Korea. A 980 km journey on 11 vehicles (only in spanish)]
experience summer 2018: Apart from Daegu which was impossible to get out of (trying to go to Gyeongju and the tollgate staff kicked me out of the tollgate and threatened to call the cops) all other areas were easy to hitchhike around, waiting time was around 10 minutes on average (solo man) when the spot was good. Most drivers who picked me up spoke a bit of english and were very excited to meet a foreigner.
Most were single men but once a woman stopped as well. Overall easy country to hitchhike through but being white definitely helped. Appearance matters A LOT in Korea. I always had a sign in Hangeul (the staff at petrol stations helped me write it everytime). Koreans are very friendly although many do not understand the concept of hitchhiking and people looking at you will not understand what you are doing. Best advice here is to '''have a sign in hangeul, look clean and make sure the spot is safe for them to pull over.''' '''contrary to what this page says I did not find that Koreans were very risk-taking, I had to change spots a lot because no one would stop if it was bad.'''
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