順風車是什麼?由為了省下一百幾十開始,截車過程可以相當辛苦。寒風吹、烈日曬,掛在公路中,水盡糧絕,望天打掛,盼望善心人快出現,但能捱到最後的,除了獎你一程車外,還有各式各樣講不完的旅行真樂趣。

Not a hitchhiker’s guide, only the two or three things about my hitchhiking.

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﹣雁過無痕的司機很多,但也有少數成了朋友

﹣瘋狂快車司機,時速高達160公里,三小時走完500公里的路;也有龜速慢行大貨車,用整整一天時間跑200公里

﹣很多喜愛交談的司機,對來自遙遠國度的你極度好奇,亦毫不介意跟你訴說家中瑣事

﹣清楚好客之道,為你介紹風景名勝吃的住的,停車給你好好拍照,又特意走遠路帶你看多一點點

﹣也有面冷心熱司機,他們不需要人陪伴,亦不多說什麼,只是純粹好心載你一程

﹣很多時都是男司機,但我的第一次獨自順風車卻給了個女的,她還在我之前已經載了另一個男子

﹣記得一個60多歲高呼 Rock & Roll never dies 的司機大談他的音樂,但更多喜愛本土民謠音樂和流行的 Reggaeton 的司機

﹣截了兩次大巴士、一次旅遊巴、一次的士、一次電單車、一次救護車、無數次的大貨車、小貨車和私家車

﹣最高紀錄一天截了八趟順風車

﹣坐過開篷車尾,又試過像人蛇般潛伏於貨斗中,也睡過大貨車內的下舖床

﹣不知道截了幾趟車,遇上過多少人,只知 99% 是好人,一次衰人

– To most drivers, I was only a passerby but still, I have become friend with some of them

– Some drivers drove crazily fast, around 160km/h. They made 500km in 3 hours. But there’s also sometimes, some trucks went super slow and took a whole day to go 200km.

– Some drivers were very talkative. They’re curious about everything of you and also told you a lot about themselves.

– They can be a very good guide too, gave you a lot of information, stopped for you to take good pictures, even drove out of their original route just to bring you to see more.

– Some were pretty quiet. They didn’t need a companion but just doing you a good favor.

– Most of the time they were male drivers, but my first hitchhiking driver was a female. She already picked up another guy before me on that journey.

– one driver who’s about 60 and loves rock & roll and talked a lot about music but also many drivers who only love local folklore music or the very popular Reggaeton.

– I did 2 times buses, 1 time tour bus, 1 time taxi, 1 time motorbike, 1 time ambulance, uncountable times of trucks, mini trucks and private cars.

– The maximum times of hitchhiking I did in one day was 8.

– Had sat at the rear of an open deck mini truck, hid inside a car trunk like human trafficking, and slept on the bunk bed of a big truck

– I don’t know how many cars I hitchhiked and how many people I met, 99% were good people, only 1 unlucky time.