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{{stub}}[[Image:Pooh_hitching_in_nz.JPG|thumb|A bear hitchhiking in [[New Zealand]]]]
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If you've never hitchhiked before, you have to get over your '''first time hitchhiking''' fear. Every hitchhiker went through this. The first time, standing on the side of the road, heart pounding.
'''To get over this, ''just do it!'''''
Sometimes it happens that you can wait for quite a long time. This can have different reasons: Is it a bad spot? Can cars stop easily there without blocking the traffic? Is it a holiday and all cars are filled up with families? The list of possible reasons is long, but to calm you down there's one universal rule for every hitchhiker out there:
'''Somewhere out there there is someone who will picks you up. Always!''' The only question is when this is going to happen, but as Einstein once said: '''Time is relative'''.
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:''I tried to hitchhike before, but those were complete failures, without a map, with no clue about hitchhiking. Then one moment, living in Paris, I found myself with 200 euros and the wish to go to Barcelona. So I tried again! It was great! I waited more than 2 hours in Paris and it took me a day and a half.'' Will write some more later. :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 17:30, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC) -->
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