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Introduction
About This Book
About The «Free Travellers» (instead of a translator’s foreword)
The Author’s Foreword
American Friend’s Note
Hitch-Hiking
The Teaching Of Hitch-Hiking
Planning Your Trip
Spots On The Road
Hailing Technique
How To Behave In The Car
The Wave. Hitch-Hiking At Night
Hitch-Hiking In Winter
Passing Cities
Calculating Your Speed
Hitch-Hiking On Remote Roads
Travelling In A Group
A Little FAQ
Train-Hitching
Locomotive-Hopping
Passenger Trains
Watercraft-Hitching
Cargo Ships
Regular Passenger Ships
Life Support
Equipment
Eating
Life-Style
Sleeping In Unfamiliar Cities
Sleeping In Rural Areas
Communicating With People
The Locals
The Law And Other Officials
Free Information Exchange
Your Parents
Long Travels
All Over The World
Westerners About The Author
26-Year-Old Travels the World for Free – by Kevin O’Flynn – Moscow Times. Dec. 5, 2002
Travelling The Scientific Way – by Simon Richmond – featured in Lonely Planet. Russia (2003)
Hitchhiking Around The World – Russian Radio, 29 July 2013
Krotov’s Nomad Bases – By Cristopher Culver – http://www.christopherculver.com/
Few words about the author
Few words about this book
Hitch-hiking started in the West with the advent of the car and became a popular method of travelling, but later was disregarded as supposedly dangerous and inefficient. But recently, beginning in the 1990s, hitch-hiking gained quick popularity in Russia and other post-Soviet countries, and it was the book you are holding in your hands that started this revolution. At this moment, hundreds of Russian hitch-hikers are exploring some of the remotest corners of this planet in the name of «the science of travelling,» an elaborate yet humorous system built around two cornerstone beliefs: first, that the world is kind to you and full of help, and, second, that all relevant information should be organised systematically and shared for others to use. Tens of thousands of people, after reading this book, were inspired to go on the road and set out for the big world – lying out there waiting to be discovered.
Meanwhile, the surrounding world was changing. The internet and cellular phones appeared; a veritable «information revolution» occurred; working in Russia pays very considerably better in the 2010s than in the «hungry» 1990s. Some methods of travelling or communication, in demand at that time, now appear too difficult or completely irrelevant. New editions of this book are updated in accordance with how our time, and our country, changes. However, the general message and the general applicability of this book remain unchanged.
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Many drivers don’t stop but try to justify their behaviour in gestures. Some will draw a line across their throat, indicating that the car is so full you won’t fit in. Some will point their finger sideways, showing they’re about to take a turn. Others still will make more gestures to the effect that, you know, would love to pick you up, mate, but, sorry, can’t do it, mate, not me! Finally, no reaction from the driver means that the hitch-hiker is doing something wrong.
There are ways to urge the driver to change his mind. If he cites not enough space, show with your hands you’ll make yourself small. If the driver indicates he’s about to turn, you can point in the same direction and nod (maybe your current spot is bad and you want to escape anywhere, even if it’s until the next junction) – or gesture that you want to be taken far. If you can tell by the number plates where the vehicle hails from and that’s also your destination, point to the plates. If you see the cargo area’s empty, indicate you want to get in there, etc. – so, do all you can fit in those five to seven seconds that you have to communicate with the driver. And if he doesn’t pull over anyway, don’t be upset, stay where you are and pick up another vehicle. At first, only one vehicle in thirty or fifty will stop for you – but that doesn’t mean hitch-hiking doesn’t work, it means your skills have room for improvement.
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