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== Hitching Out ==
=== East towards Kavala and [[Istanbul]] ===
So many people have lost their hope trying to do this. The best and rather easy way of doing this is hitching a Turkish truck. Here is how to do it. Take bus #27 from the centre (e.g. Kamara) and go till the very end of the line. Switch to #83 and go a few stops until you see the highway. Get off when you see JetOil rest area on the other side of the highway. Just follow the bus and go under the highway to get to the other side. Once you are there, rally the gas station personnel to help you. Show them your Istanbul (or Kavala or whatever) sign and ask them to tell you if they notice someone going to Turkey. Be prepared to convince the paranoid drivers that you are not wanted by the police and show them your passport. Getting a ride can take anything between one minute and five hours but this IS the way to do it. Do not even consider other small gas stations or thumbing up on the road. When you get to the border you might want to switch to a passenger car because the truck might be stuck in the border control for a while. --[[User:Astikain|Astikain]] 12:44, 25 September 2010 (CEST)
=== West to [[Igoumenitsa]] ===
Go to the train station, which is also the inner-city bus station. From here, take bus 8 KTEL (the KTEL are the blue and white buses) to Makedonia bus station. From there, you can catch the bus #80 to the end of the line, then follow motorway signs walking (approx. 2km) to the [[toll station]]. Or rather than taking bus #80, just walk across the road (roundabout) till you come to an [[on-ramp]] where, according to [[User:Liva|Liva]], is a a pretty good spot to stop cars.
