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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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* [http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi/archives/61 Blog article] with thoughts about hitchhiking in Syria {{en}}
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Damascus.jpg|Hitchhiking Spot in Barzeh
Image:Damascushitch1.jpg|Signs in Damascus
Image:Damascushitch2.jpg|Somewhere in Damascus
Image:Deirezzor.jpg|Deir ez Zor, hitchhiking & water supply in the desert
Image:Maaloula syria.jpg|The city of Maaloula
Image:Quneitra centrum.jpg|Quneitra on the Golan Heights
Image:Roads Syria.jpg|Roads in the desert
</gallery>
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{{Alert|Travel to Syria is not advised due to the civil war between government and rebel forces.
Read [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war Wikipedia article about Syrian civil war] and about [http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/War_zone War zone safety] from Wikivoyage. In 2013 the Russian hitchhiker Konstantin Zhuravlyev disregarded this travel warning and was arrested by jihadists on the day he crossed the border. Six months later he appeared in a video message. He was released in October 2016.}}
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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.
As of February 2012, prices for VOA's are divided into two categories. 3-day transit, and 10-day transit. Typically the 3-days are considerably cheaper. Prices range from 5US$ to over 200US$ For German passports, 3-day: 8US$, 10-day: 33. But for some, are the same. For Canadian passports it's 56US$ for either.
As of June 2016, it is '''not''' possible to obtain a visa on arrival at a land border crossing.
When entering Syria, you also get an entry/exit card. Don't loose it, you need it when leaving the county. When leaving [[Syria]], you additionally have to buy an exit/return-ticket at the border checkpoints. These can be bought in most cases in little supermarkets just in front of the ''we stamp your passport''-offices. As of December 2010, the price for an exit card was 500 Syrian Pound.
No border with Israel is open to civilians. Syria is in a state of war with Israel. If you have any evidence of a visit to Israel in your passport you're not allowed to enter Syria. This includes stamps from the Jordanian or Egyptian side of border crossings with Israel. Israeli and Jordanian officials are usually okay with providing a separate paper so it remains possible to travel to Syria and other countries strict on Israeli stamps - Egyptians however tend to stamp your passport all the time. Your only way out is to go through Jordan, and take the ferry from [[Aqaba]] to [[Taba]], Egypt.
=== Regions ===
== Links ==
* [http://www.geo.de/GEO/reisen/58593.html Interview] about hitchhiking in '''Syria''' {{de}}
* [http://www.digihitch.com/article1052.html Hitchhiking Syria], article from [http://www.digihitch.com digihitch] {{en}}
* [http://youarealltourists.blogspot.nl/2015/10/what-was-syria-like-before-war.html Reminiscences of Syria before the war by a hitchhiker]
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