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* [[User:MaxHermens]] hitchhiked in Syria as well, and noticed that when hitching alone, he was never asked for money, but when hitching in a small group, the Syrians almost always asked for money.
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When hitchhiking out of a city, try to stand by the road where there are no people around. When [[User:CRCulver|CRCulver]] tried hitching out of Jisrash Shugur, he accepted an invitation to tea from employees of a nearby garage. They thought he was lost and called the police, who sent him to a military base where he was interrogated for several hours and told hitchhiking was illegal before being forced onto a bus bound for [[Damascus]].
=== Border Crossing ===
[[File:Roads_Syria.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Desert road from [[Aleppo]] towards [[Deir ez-Zor]].]]
Most European tourists can get their visa directly at the border, but of course check your local embassy for country-specific visa requirements. The prices are in US$, so it's best if you have some of this currency on you before you head towards the Syrian border. If you're only planning to stay a couple of days you should get a transit visa, which was 15$ for Dutch citizens in December 2010.
