Border Crossing

The Importance of Border Stamps

Anonymous Hitchhiker — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:05:32 +0000

Still filled with happiness in our hearts from the last ride, we walk up to the Ukrainian border guard. Hmmm, we could have known better. We give him our passports and as he flicks through them he says: "Where is your arrival stamp for the Ukraine?"

"We didn't get one", I answered.
"Impossible", was his simple reply.

Border crossing in Transnistria

Anonymous Hitchhiker — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:12:32 +0000

Today started as early as possible. I had no time to waste. I was heading to Odesa (Ukraina) from Chisinau (Moldava) for the 789 hitchhiking festival, a trip of only 180 kilometers. But I was up for a big challenge: crossing the borders of a country that officially doesn't even exist and that has scary stories attached to it.

Some journeys (thankfully) just don't end.

Anonymous Hitchhiker — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:34:05 +0000

This morning should have been an omen. But I was too eager to leave, to be back on the road. And so I stood at a forgotten truck-stop staring out from Poland on to The Czech Republic wondering why, and how.

Featured Country: Syria

Anonymous Hitchhiker — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:09:21 +0000

Hitchhiking in Syria, a medium-large country in Western Asia / the Middle East, can be considered “very easy” for foreigners, although drivers might not always understand the concept or reasoning behind hitchhiking.