Hitching in Peru usually means catching a ride
with a truck driver, who will almost always
expect payment. With most trucks you won't have
to pay before setting off, but you should always
agree a sum before getting in as there are
stories of drivers stopping in the middle of
nowhere and demanding unreasonably high sums (from
foreigners and Peruvians alike) before going any
further. Trucks can be flagged down anywhere but
there is greater choice around markets, and at
police controls or petrol stations on the
outskirts of towns. Trucks tend to be the only
form of public transport in some less accessible
regions, travelling the roads that buses won't
touch and serving remote communities, so you may
end up having to sit on top of a pile of
potatoes or bananas.
Hitchhiking in private cars is not recommended,
and, in any case, it's very rare that one will
stop to pick you up, though some travellers have
had lifts of over 1000km this way.
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