Same truck took us further down to нарын, but an excellent place to get other rides, and the Kyrgyz border itself is not too far away if you walk.

Border guards will not allow you to cross by truck, they will either put you in a military truck or you will be put on a bus heading in the same direction. Crossing the border at the arc, is done by walking, and at the Kyrgyz side you can get another truck or talk to your previous truck driver to wait for you if possible (what we did).

Only plausible place where you will get a ride is at the police checkpoint near the customs area where they check your passport or 20 km down the road at the next police checkpoint. Talk to the police officers and explain your situation, truckers are convinced that they are not allowed to take hitchhikers, but that is not the case when the police explains to them there are not going to be any problems down the road. Take a truck from here (preferably Kyrgyz) and go to the second to last border check.

Hitching a ride here is almost impossible, the border guards will put you in a taxi with other Tajik tourists. Be prepared to pay 40 Somoni.

Asked a Tajik truckdriver to take us, after I asked him where he was heading to. Russian language will be a major help.

After 3,5 hours got only a 10km ride. After trying to hitch from the other spot we surrendered. If you plan to hitch in China anywhere else then the Tibetan areas (where locals will pick you up in no time) your best best will be truckers

First time trying to hitch in china. Only taxis stopped asking for money. I was told by locals that there's no way ill get a ride, i decided to surrender and after 4 hours of no luck i took the train to Xishuangbanna.

Same spot other day. I was hitching alone with a sign saying Kangding in chinese. Got a ride in 15 minutes all the way to Chengdu by two dudes from there!

Great spot for going south! First time hitching from there got a ride to Tagong (my friend all the way to Kangding) in literally 2 minutes by a local bus driver that gave us ride for free! The rode is under construction so the traffic is slow and there's a restaurant and heaps of space for cars to turn and pull up

For going North. There's spot for cars to pull up right nexct to the police station (policeman approved hitching). God a ride from a local Khampa to Dawu in 5 minutes (I had a sign in chinese saying Dawu)

We got dropped on a police checkpoint (our driver was going to Danbe and we to Dawu). The Policeman gave us noodles and helped hitched. Since all the cars had to pass the police check they were asking them if they are going to our destination and can take us. We got a ride to Dawu in 30 minutes!

Very good spot for going east of Litang. Plenty of space to pull up, it's next to some kind of Litang small monument so people often come to stop there. We saw a monk hitching from here a moment before us. We got a ride to Bame in 20 minutes (with sign in Chinese saying Yajiang)

Lhasa is boring, and it's hard to hitchhike in Lhasa. I hitchhiked the how 317 road, Lhasa has the worst experience. If you keep going on 318 to 林芝（linzhi）the view is really amazing again. if you are not Chinese, don't take photos alone the way, especially buildings of any sorts, you may get into troubles

there is a very beautiful lake in 当雄 called 纳木措

best journey I ever experienced, the driver asked us to stay at his place. he brought us for a hot spring the next day, he offered raw beef meat

it was harsh weather in winter, all you can do is waving your hand, local people don't know what a thumb means. the police station is where you can ask for stay and food and hot water

was super convenient to hitchhike here, maybe because I was wearing a Tibet style clothe

was by a local resident, a herdsman. Me and my friend stayed at their home for two more days, for Chinese new year

was a Tibet monk

I walked to the toll gate first, but the police politely told me to go here because cars are not allowed to stop at the toll gate. The problem here is that there is a big crossing right before the highway starts and you're standing right next to the right lane, everybody going on the highway is already on the left lines... around 100 taxis stopped and only two private cars that weren't going into my direction but offered to drive me for a huge amount of money. Generally I was quite unlucky both times I tried hitchhiking out of lanzhou from different spots

Can't cross border now as a pedestrian!! (as of sept 2025) Need to book a bus from China to Zharkent. 8€ and took like 3-4 hours all together (waiting for the bus to fill up and crossing the border)

Hitchhiked the Pamir Highway. It's very possible but slow and cold (early october). It took me only 5 days from Sary-Tash to Dushanbe. I didn't do much sightseeing/detours etc. Some locals and some European overlanders. After Murghab plenty of trucks from China driving to Dushanbe but they drive ~20km/h because how bad the roads are. Don't expect to make much progress in a day. Plenty of guesthouses even in small villages, iOverlander offline map is handy for that^^

Trafic flow is low, but atleast every truck driving here goes to Murgab or to the Chinese border. In our case a truck driver drove to the Chinese border! But since the pamir highway and the road is so shit, be prepared to drive for 14 hours to the China border! At one point our truck driver got tired and we had to drive the truck ourselves for over 6 hours. Good spot, got here by shared taxi which was 50 somoni from Khorog.

After 3,5 hours got only a 10km ride. After trying to hitch from the other spot we surrendered. If you plan to hitch in China anywhere else then the Tibetan areas (where locals will pick you up in no time) your best best will be truckers

First time trying to hitch in china. Only taxis stopped asking for money. I was told by locals that there's no way ill get a ride, i decided to surrender and after 4 hours of no luck i took the train to Xishuangbanna.

Best spot to get north from LPB Cars need to slow down because of the roundabout and bad road conditions. Many trucks would go all the way to China

Good to start from here, than use highway in way down deep to China. Cheers 2015

Coming from China, right behind the border post, many trucks are stoping for rest or gas refill. Easy to get a lift to Osh here, but be aware of the border opening times (It has a lunch break of several hours where everything stands still). Some small shops and restaurants are there to stock up on food while waiting.

Towards Zharkent. After crossing the border, just walk 15 minutes until you come to the end of tow. Traffic is very low. Unlike in China. make the money issue clear before you get in the car.

I agree, easy to walk there from the old town. Pingyao is a small town, so not much traffic, but this is China and hitchhiking is easy even with little traffic.

U can see to hitchhiking spot.This is the one i did which make sense to let people know at least u can get ride from here.try to pop on a but to while this place is a branch of high way entrance which you can try west kunming toll gate ,get there you will easily get a ride passing those place when you get dali usually it is the city downtown.most people trying to see the old town ,go with No.8 bus to get the old town. Good luck to all the hitchhikers in china . mail me if you like to 940161762@qq.com BB

If you are going in the direction of China remember to take big supply of water as you may spend sometime waiting for the ride. There is also no place to hide from the sun !(It gets hot and there is at least 3km to the city)

To Murgab: From Sary Tash town, walk down the towards Tajikistan, the road splits at a police stop. Wait there for cars going left towards the snowy mountains. Alot of trucks from China to Tajikistan no longer go through here and hitchhiking (for free) is incredibly difficult. Even for paid transport to Murgab, waiting times are long.

Follow the road towards China for about 2km from town. Walk past an empty customs terminal to the new one. There will be alot of Chinese trucks in the morning, they stay there for an indefinite time for 'processing'. Some of them will sleep in Murgab, some go to Khorog, some go all the way to Dushanbe. They all leave around a similar time.

This might seem like a good place because of all the crossings, but it's also the spot where prostitutes (aka "china") wait for their customers. After many dirty looks I walked 500 meters up the road and was picked up quickly and the driver told me about the prostitution thing.

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Welcome to China! This will be the location of your first ride having entered from Laos. You should be able to get a ride to Mengla quite quickly. There is a decent amount of traffic here. Enjoy!

Here is Tajikistan-China cargo Terminal located. Talk with truck drivers. Direct lifts to Dushanbe, Khujand, Pejikent, Murgab. siberian_explorer