Hitchhiking skills in Tibet

1, Hitchhiking Skills: Generally speaking, the Qinghai-Tibet Line is the best hitchhiking route. Take a bus from Xining to Lhasa (note: Xining to Lhasa is about 2000 kilometers, and Qinghai Lake to Lhasa is about 1.800 kilometers), but the Qinghai-Tibet line will cross a no-man's land in Hoh Xil, so there is a certain risk factor.

Don't wear sunglasses when riding, and try not to ride as a professional outdoor athlete. The more common it looks, the more harmless it is, and the easier it is to get a ride. That is, the more diaosi looks, the better it is, and the more students look, the better it is. (ps: be thick-skinned)

2. There are two criteria for choosing the pick-up location. One is convenient for the driver to know which direction you are going, and the other is convenient for the driver to park.

Don't get a ride at the fork in the road. Master doesn't know which direction you are going. If you are lazy, you won't stop. In the same way, don't take a ride in town, go out of town and take a ride on the national highway. If it is still difficult to get a ride on the national highway, go ahead. Maybe there are forks in the road in front of some villages. Go through all the forks to get a ride.

When riding, try to choose a place with slow speed and convenient parking. Especially in gas stations, checkpoints, speed limit stations and other places (Tibet has its own characteristics, and there is a time limit when passing through a place), because it is also convenient to talk to drivers, it is not only easier to get a ride, but also the chance of getting a good car will increase. Moreover, the staff of gas stations, checkpoints and speed limit stations, especially some police uncles, are used to backpackers being used to hitchhiking.

Tips:

First, if it gets dark, don't take a ride. First, drivers are afraid of robbery. Second, the driver can't see you. Third, the driver can't see your car and it's easy to hit you.

Secondly, if you don't have a tent, or you want to sleep in a tent as little as possible, or you want to avoid poor tourists in no man's land, if you arrive at a village or town at 10 pm, don't go too far when you get out of the city, so you can go back to the village or town to find a place to live even if you can't get a taxi. If you take a ride, ask Master if he will go to another village when you take a ride. Don't hitchhike for the first time like Sal Paradies in On the Road, but you have to hitchhike back to the starting point.