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Tried here for some time with no success at a super windy day in late july. Cars could maybe stop here somehow in theory but are going way to fast for it to be a good hh spot.

Not a lot of traffic going on here at an afternoon in july. Was trying to get closer towards the Balaton after getting dropped of at the highway next to here, but wasn’t taken by one of the few cars going by, after trying for some time, so I decided to walk towards the town of Koröshegy, where I luckyly found a cozy camping site for the night. Somehow was the only guest there at the time so I spend the evening eating some repowering homemade hungarian stew with the owner of the place and watching the worldcup finals in my tent :) Very nice guy - let me sleep there for way cheaper than the normal price and even drove me to a gas station at the highway 20 minutes from here in the next morning!

In theory not bad, but same problems as the roundabout at the other side of the highway: quite „complex“ traffic here with separated lanes for the cars going in all different directions. You probably wont catch a lot of cars going on to the highway here somehow, even if the spot itself (bus stop) is quite okay for cars to pull over, there is not that much traffic coming by which is going towards the highway. (Area around here itself is quite busy but you definitely got less traffic here than at the other roundabout at the other side somehow) Better try the gas station at the highway next to here, if you wanna catch a ride going on to the highway towards Izola/south/Croatia! (worked for me :))

Avoid the area around the roundabout here if you want to catch traffic going on to the highway towards Izola/south/Croatia! Might seem like a good idea at first but its quite „complex“ traffic here with cars moving quite fast on multipile lanes and with limited options for them to pull over cause lanes are separated depending where they wanna go, so they can’t really pull over. Also a lot of local traffic in different directions here, so its quite busy but cars wont really look at you cause they’re busy theirselves getting the right exit. Better try at the gas station directly at the highway (max. 10 minutes by foot from here), u will have way better chances there, even if there’s not so much traffic going on, and you can maybe also get yourself some shadow there!

Not a good spot at all towards Izola/more south towards Croatia. Basicly no chance for cars to stop here, they are going directly at the highway when they come from the roundabout.

Can‘t really recommend if you want to get to the border/Albania - Try at the roundabout down the road instead. Was dropped of here after I was told that it will be easy to get a next ride here from the guys who brought me here. Got a sign with „AL“ and „Shkadar“ and tried for about half an hour by directly asking people at the gas station with nobody going anywhere else than Ulcinj itself or towards the other direction to Bar or even willing to take me. The gas station was very full though, but workers were super Slow. Sun was absolutly brutal with about 40 degrees hot air so I could just stand in a small shadow from a gas station sign at the edge of the street but unlucky for me some big ass travel busses decided to somehow block the entry of the gasstation and the street so cars has to go slowly around them and couldnt really see me anymore. (Even when thats not the case, you better go to the gasstation itself or before or After it, cause directly Next to it people can’t pull over cause its locked of with some sort of barriers.) Decided to Walk towards the roundabout more south at the street to catch more people actually going to Albania/Shköder - worked way better :)

Quite a good spot! Came from the direction of Mostar and was dropped of here - just after the traffic lights at the right side of the road. Eventhough the houses here are quite close to the street and there is no real space to pull over, cars just stop at the road, so that’s no big problem. The spot also got some good shadow and you will be seen quite good from the cars coming from the crossing. You can also sit at some parts of an abandond house/sidewalk thing there close to the road in the shadow which is maybe nice if you have to wait longer. Waited there no longer than 10 minutes though at a saturday morning on my way towards Montenegro. (Single male with a sign „Trebinje“) Was taken by a very nice Bosnian couple, which was coming all the way from the north of BIH and was on their way to a friends birthday in Herceg-Novi, Montenegro, so they offered me to take me not just to Trebinje but directly all the way over the border to Montenegro which was actually my goal for the day :) Was invited for a short coffee break on the way in Trebinje and afterwards waited in the brutal sun at the que at the border for 3hours!, cause it was high season (August) with a lot of tourist cars packed on a road which is just one lane in each direction with border guards working quite slow at the border… :) (But don’t try to walk over the border, its a very long walk without any houses, shadow, or anything else at the road (and probably even hotter if you are not in a car) with some unfriendly snakes living in the areas on around the road.) Made it over the border in the end despite everybody losing their hope and arrived in Herceg-Novi in the afternoon after beeing in the car for more than 5 1/2 Hours for a distance of around 100km :)

Nice spot - was just waiting a couple of minutes at a sunday morning before getting taken by a nice couple from Belarus which just moved to Montenegro 2 years ago and took me to the ferry terminal at Kamenari. (single male with a sign saying „Kotor“) *Also can recommend the bakery next to the spot, located at the street going up the hill at the other side of the road next to the pharmacy - you can get yourself some very nice apple-strudl like pastry there for just 1€ which is quite cheap (and very yummy!), and you can also see a lot of locals going there, so its really a good place to stop by if you are hungry ;)

Super good spot! Walked on the ferry by foot at the other side (its free of charge for pedestrians!) and figured out that you can just walk around with a sign at the ferry just before the cars are leaving, which is just the perfect chance to find a ride, cause you’re stuck there with a lot of cars going towards Kotor/Tivat or somewhere else, which are basicly forced to read your sign :) Worked out super fast - first car who saw my sign with „Kotor“ directly took me, still on the ferry, and brought me all the way to the beautiful old town of Kotor. Probably one of the coolest and easiest hh spots on my journey :)

Very good spot towards Budva/Bar or if you are on your way to Albania! Right after the gas station and before the beginning of the tunnel, lots of space for cars to pull off easily. Was taken after 3 minutes my a Bosnian couple going towards Petrovacna between Budva and Bar :) (Late afternoon of a sunny monday in the summer - single male on the way to Albania with a sign „AL“ and another saying „Bar“)

Was dropped of here at the bus stop by my previous ride. Honestly thought that it will maybe take a while to get a ride from here cause it is basicly in the middle of nowhere and cars are going not very slow, so I was already prepearing myself to walk all the way to the next city but I decided to still try to maybe get a ride first ofc, what worked quite fast :) I was taken after not more than 10 minutes to my suprise, cause it wasn‘t actually a lot of traffic going on tbh (probably because it was already quite late). But it still worked pretty good and the spot itself wasn‘t bad - cars can see you quite good when they turn around the curve and can easily pull off at the bus stop, so not a bad spot at all. Guy who took me was also very nice and we even stopped at one of the sunset viewpoints on the way to Bar for a little photo-break, very beautiful :) (Single male with a sign „Bar“)

Good spot if you want to go to the city centre of Bar - got some shadow and some space to pull over. Slept at a small camping site at the sea directly next to the spot (huge shoutouts Sergej, guy let me sleep there for FREE even though the place is normaly just for campervans and not for tents) and just waited around 20 minutes until getting taken by a old german couple to the city centre - very nice start of the day :) (Single Male - Sign „Bar“, but just thumb will probably also work if you just want to go more towards the city centre, cause there‘s pretty good traffic going on and basicly everybody is going there or further)

Very good spot directly next to the gas station. Main road towards Tirana and you’re also catching the traffic going there coming from the roundabout. 2 guys with a sign „Tiranë“. Traffic was going very slow, cause there was some sort of construction going on at the road, so you got a good visiblity and also some shadow. We were taken after 1 hour by a guy who drove us all the way to the Center of Tirana and even took some shortcuts to avoid traffic and to make sure that we were even faster than the Google Maps was saying :)

Quite good spot, you got some shadow and are located right after the roundabout with cars possibly going in the direction of Ulcinje/Albania. Despite that there was somehow apparently not soo many traffic to Albania -lot of local license plates, and people turning into the parking lot to go shopping. Sign with AL/Shkadar - collected two middlefingers with that :) (the majority of people in that part of Montenegro don’t seem to like Albania the most). Was waiting for around 1 hour, until getting taken by some french family turning in from the parking lot on to the street and going to Ulcinj :) (Eventhough I thought people would go via the shortcut (R-29 road) to go from Bar to the Albanian border it seems like the majority is going the longer way through Ulcinj, so you maybe will be more successfull with a „Ulcinj“ sign)

Probably the best spot to Shkodër/the Albanian border, but I was still waiting some time, cause somehow nobody stopped. 2 cars offered to take me to the border for 10€ though. A bit of shadow if you stand directly behind the roundabout, otherwise you standing in the brutal sun :) Good space to pull over, cause there is a small shop at the road, where people stop to buy something to drunk or to Go to the bakery/fruit shop at the other side of the road. Was given some water by some locals, which were also waiting for some sort of local bus there :) After waiting for over an hour with no success, I just asked one of the cars, which stopped at the small shop if they maybe drive to Shkodër, and for my lucky suprise they Did :) 2 very friendly Albanians from Shköder, drove to the border, walked over without even getting my passport checked and switched cars there (he got 2 - one for each country, to skip the line at the border). They let me out at the center of Shköder after stopping at quite some stores on the way, to buy all possible attachments for water tubes that probably exist in whole of Albania - very nice :)

Very good spot towards Walchensee! People can basicly just go there or stay in Kochel from that point. Was taken after 3 minutes by 2 women going to swim at the Walchensee. Good traffic and space to pull over (bus stop/parking lot). Very nice if you don’t want to wait for the bus going every hour. Just thumb, no sign :)

was dropped of at the Motel - close to no traffic going on the highway (waited around 15 minutes and no car coming from under the bridge was turning in on the highway) But I was lucky getting picked up quickly ,just before it started to rain, by a super kind women coming from the other direction who turned in to go on the Highway, which took me all the way to Kurim next to Brno and let me sleep at her and her husband flat :)

wurde nach 10 Minuten bei dem Rewe toGo von paar Jungs die ganze Strecke mit nach Prag genommen