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* [http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi/archives/61 Blog article] with thoughts about hitchhiking in Syria {{en}}
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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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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.
* ''[[Daraa]] checkpoint'': [[User:Guaka|guaka]] didn't experience any troubles heading to Jordan in October 2008 and in December 2010. CRCulver experienced that it was not permitted to walk across the border, and any cars going across must have a formal manifest of all passengers. The guards on the Syrian side are generally not willing to allow a hitchhiker to stand at the border gate to wait for a car, and any car willing to drive back into the city to add your name to the manifest at the transportation office will want money. Gekko crossed the border at this point in March 2011 and didn't experience problems concerning a formal passenger manifest. Walking across the border is not allowed. Border officials enjoy telling travellers that pedestrians would be shot by sharpshooters. However, finding a ride seems to be easy, generally.
On February 24th 2012, [[User:LordOfTheCheese |LordOfTheCheese]] reached the first check checkpoint via cameon camion and was told the truck will be in quarantine for one or two days. They then had him wait for a taxi to cross. Outside the taxi, the driver seemed alright all right with a free ride, but then tried to charge 300 Syanian Syrian pound just to cross to the Jordanian side. He was then left before the final check, but the guards were friendly and got him a ride over the boarderborder.
;Iraq
Iraq has three border checkpoints with '''Syria'''. One near the town of Abu Kamal, another near Attanf. For these two there are good roads to travel on. If you want to enter Iraq you have to take the visa in advance, you will not get it at the border. The third crossing is in the north-eastern corner of the country.
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.
== 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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