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It might be wise to learn at least some basic Arabic to communicate with locals. Not many people speak more English than the ''Welcome to Syria'' phrase. Sometimes you can find old people speaking French. Especially for explaining your hitchhiking intention (and to ask for the way the driver goes), it is an absolute advantage to know some Arabic.

===Border Crossing===

;Turkey

* ''Hatay checkpoint'': This checkpoint is easy to reach via Reyhanlı (Turkey). Passing the border by foot is no problem, but it might be wise to hitch a ride behind the Turkish checkpoints, the distance to the Syrian checkpoint is around 4km. Behind Syrian controls, hitch your way towards [[Aleppo]] (~65 km). Don't wait for trucks to pass the border and give you a ride, you can be much faster with walking to the next village and catching a ride with some motorbikes or pickups.

* ''Aaboudiye checkpoint'': Checkpoint in the north of [[Lebanon]] and north-west of [[Syria]], might be a choice if you come from [[Tartous]] or [[Aleppo]] going to [[Tripoli (Lebanon)|Tripoli]] or [[Beirut]]. Small border checkpoint, very bad condition of the roads, mostly taxi's and buses around here. Not much traffic at all. Take care! [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] recommends to take the Masnaa checkpoint, which in fact is much further away (if coming from [[Hama]]/[[Homs]] or [[Aleppo]]), but also possible to hitch in one day if your destination is [[Beirut]].

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===Regions===

* [[The Golan Heights]]