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'''Tel Aviv''' is considered by many the capital of [[Israel]]'s economy and trade center, and serves as the center of the vast metropolitan area which is built all over central [[Israel]]. It is also where all most of the foreign embassies are located, since they do not recognise [[Jerusalem]] as the capital status of [[Israel]]Jerusalem is disputed.

__TOC__Hitchiking Hitchhiking to [[Haifa]] and the North is not that bad at all. There are two good places to start, both accessible by buses leaving from the central bus station, or from the Arlozerov Terminal (Namir street).

To Haifa a direct ride is best, as sometime drivers get off the highway where there is no good hitchiking hitchhiking spot. However, ask the driver and he may know a petrol station on the main road where he can drop you off. To [[Afula]] and [[Tiberias]] you will need to get a ride which turns right in Ceaseria Junction to Road 65 - If the driver continues till Haifa then you will not be able to get off in that junction.

One possible spot for this is from the Central ("Merkaz"/"Savidor"/"Tzafon") train station, AKA Arlozorov Bus Terminal, there is a small ramp leading to Ayalon Highway South-bound. Most of the traffic is local, and traffic goes from here in 3 main direction: Ayalon South, Road 4 (Ashdod, South) and Road 1 to [[Jerusalem]] direction. On that ramp there is a little used bus stop, and a place for cars to brake. They often do, even if it seems improbable at first. See exact location [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=&daddr=Exits+Ayalon+Darom-%E2%80%AB%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9F+%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9D%E2%80%AC%E2%80%8E&geocode=FV6J6QEdZvcSAg&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=32.082236,34.797376&sspn=0.001239,0.001725&ie=UTF8&ll=32.082315,34.797419&spn=0.001239,0.001725&z=19 here]. Another spot is Holtz junction, ten minutres walk from the central bus station - Go to the end of Levinsky street, where the bus station is, and turn south before the bridge over the highway, until you get to a street called Kibbutz Galuyot. Then go left under the bridge. There is a bus stop there that is a good spot for rides south and east in the direction of Jerusalem - if the driver is going all the way to the Jerusalem area, ask them to drop you off at Latroun interchange - under the interchange bridge is a possible (not very good) spot, or walk a little bit south along highway 3 (about 5 minutes), past the monastery, there is a bus station that is a much better spot.

On-ramps to Road 20 (the Ayalon) that are north of LaGuardia (Halacha, Arozolov and HaShalom) are all safe and commonly used for hitchhiking. Standing with a sign is very helpful - "south" (דרום) would be the best sign to hold. Be aware of drivers using Road 6 may be exiting in an area where it is difficult to get a ride. Kiryat Gat is the only Road 6 exit with regular on/off traffic. It is not recommended to take a ride to Ashdod, as there is nowhere safe to drop riders who are heading south because the intersection is now an interchange that continues far away from the road south. Another destination to be aware of is Ashkelon or Sderot (Road 4) - you may wait a long time for a ride out and there are often hitching queues on Friday afternoon/evening. However, if 14.5NIS (3 Euro) is only a small part of your daily budget and you're not addicted to hitchhiking there is not really a good reason to go hitchhike - as the bus from Tel Aviv to [[Beer Sheva]] is pretty cheap, and from there you can continue south by thumb easily. Other Two two options for the adventurous from Tel Aviv:

Several optionsGo to the closest Road 20 (Ayalon) junction - preferably Keren Kayemet, Rokach, Halacha, Hashalom or Kibbutz Galuyot. Use a sign (preferably in Hebrew: ירושלים). People will be going to Jerusalem anytime, so only take rides that can bring you the whole way. # HaShalom is usually very easy during daytime, none but other junctions can work as well. # At Kibbutz Galuyot, stand at at 3780 st. junction (32°02'47.4"N 34°47'09.5"E) rather than the bus stop. # The La Guardia on-ramp is not very [[hitchhiker's safety|safe]], not a lot of them are great because those spots are before space for traffic to stop, but it's walkable from the Road 1 center and Road 4 splitof course, people ''do'' stop. [[User:Guaka|guaka]] used it twice and much of the it didn't take longer than 10 minutes.# Arlozorov might be slower since traffic are local commutersis heading in many different directions.

[[Modi'inUser:Roaming Pencil|Roaming Pencil]] is a new city has done it several times from different junctions and would recommend never accepting partway rides or taking any road other than Road 1, if possible. There are always people heading to Jerusalem down this route.  Keep in between mind that Jerusalem is quite big and Tel Avivspread over mountains and hills, and if someone offers a ride there you should definitely take which makes it less walkable than Tel AViv. You'll probably need to use public transport (stay on 443 thoughor walk a lot)once you get there. 

Take bus 127 to the second but last stop , walk on to the highway 5# highway, enjoy hitch hitching in on-ramp since there is no won't be highway policemanpolicemen. Be aware that Palestinian Palestinians are sharing taxi, sometimes you have to pay for the ride.  {{Cities Israel}} == Resources =={{nomadwiki}}[[he: תל אביב]][[trashde:Tel Aviv]]