Just hitch after the bus stop and got picked up after 3 mins.

I put a sign going to Chiatura and it worked

I learned everyone can stop at the highway to pickup hitchhikers. Took a Bolt from Stalin's museum to here. I got picked up in a truck within 5 minutes going to Zestafoni

Good spot if you got dropped of the highway and going to Gori

I put a sign going to Gori and got picked up within 15 seconds.

Direct ride to Kutaisi. Great spot for north too. Use a sign.

To Batumi direction. Not sure if it's the best spot to leave Kutaisi but it worked for me. Some local was telling it's not good to go to Barumi from here but seemed fine.

Just after the roundabout there's room to pull over. First car that came took me to Batumi.

took us longer to make the sign then getting a ride

I was standing on the start of the turning lane with kutaisi sign and guy stopped and took me all the way to mestia. still not the best spot since you’re basically hitchhiking on the highway but very possible.

Direction: Turkey. Easy to get a ride, but lots of short ones.

Direction: Akhalkalaki, Vardzia - the road splits here. Both directions very easy.

Direction: Vardzia, Akhalkalaki.

Direction: Akhaltsikhe. People stop, but the traffic is very low. 1 car every 10 minutes.

Took us about 10 rides to get from Batumi to Akhaltsikhe. Lots of cars stop, but rides tend to be short. Also further towards Akhaltsikhe the road gets very empty (around Goderdzi Pass).

Direction: Batumi.

Direction: Poti, Batumi. A bit of place to pull over, cars go very slow.

Direction: Kutaisi, Batumi.

Direction: Gori, Kutaisi. We got lucky right after the gas station here. Cars getting out of it are slow, it seems to be a much better tactic then thumbing by the side of the highway (lots of cars then, but way too fast).

Great spot for Tbilisi, right after the bridge, going south.

He drove us 30 minutes extra to give us a good first impression of Georgia.

Got ride towards Kutaisi, but left us on highway. Apparently it is common to hitchhike on highways in Georgia.

Cars go a bit fast and my driver had to turn around to pick me up the second try. Otherwise good spot for going to Georgia. After 20 minutes picked up to Ardesen.

Its a border town so everyone stops at the street to eat. The road is one big parking lot. Walk the main road, not the one near the boardwalk into Georgia direction and find a free parking spot for people to stop. 5 minutes took me to Kemalpasa and I had a sign that said Gürcistan.

First car picked us up. It's the kind of remoteness where that can happen. Girl from Georgia on a cross-country odyssey was shunpiking to Laramie.

Super spot. 4 colourful wanderers, we camped in Areni floodgate and came here at 11am brought by a friend's car to find a direct ride to Iran. After 5 minutes playing music and singing by smiley food vendors, two armenian trucks stopped for us and drove all the way to Agarak, which border i really missed since 2 years ago. We had signs to Meghri but they were really useless, as everyone would understand we're going as much south as possible. I'm in Samuel Hostel in Agarak, Iran will see me again in winter, going back to Georgia tomorrow!

We crossed from Georgia to Russia on a Monday morning in July 2024, then back on a Sunday afternoon. Some things for hitchhikers to note: -It can be cold and rainy even in summer, be prepared. -Line of cars were backed up on both sides all the way to the borders. It's very far from one border to another, but the traffic was so bad that it was faster to walk. For the love of all that's holy, if the traffic is backed up all the way to customs, WALK!!!! You are SO lucky, you're the only person who is not tied to waiting for a car. On the return trip we stupidly decided to stay with our ride and we spent over 9 hours in the line. Just get out and walk, please. -We'd heard you couldn't cross the border walking, but nobody stopped us on the Georgian side. You just need a car to cross customs on the Russian side, after that, say thanks to your ride, and get out and walk.. -There are two tunnels. At the first tunnel we got in a car going to Vladikavkaz, but ended up sitting in line for hours, we should have walked. -We ended up getting out and walking after a while, but were stopped within sight of the Russian checkpoint, so we got in another car at the front of the line. Probably saved an hour or two by just getting out and walking ten minutes. -If you choose to walk the tunnels, wear a facemask, the pollution inside is quite heavy, but you can cross in 15 minutes or so, so it's doable. Ideally have a flashlight too, as tunnels are quite dim, and there are a lot of broken bottles on the ground. Make sure to walk on the right of traffic against tunnel wall,NOT in the middle, as cheaters cut the line and zoom around very recklessly. -Go to the bathroom BEFORE you cross. There are portapoties on the bridge, but they have poop piled up since the time of the tsars. -Exchange any money you need before crossing. In Russia, foreign bank cards don't work, and you can only exchange money at banks for very bad rates.

Perfect to be seen by drivers and very good to stop for any kind of car or truck. Ifyou want to go to georgia or artvin

Undoubtedly a crappy place to hitchhike with nowhere to pull over but they don’t seem to care in Georgia. busy road and got a ride almost immediately

April 2022. After a whole year travelling across Turkey and learning how to become a nomad while waiting for Iranian border to re-open as well as escaping pandemic, after a whole winter in Georgia. Finally i came again to Doğubeyazıt and got a relaxing ride by a truck. I was so excited and speechless that i even fell asleep on the way to Gürbülak. You have to leave the car and walk through the border, that's quicker. I found the same truck on the other side and they hosted me in Marand. Let the safest, most welcoming and freeminded population guide you across Persia!

Waited 20 minutes. 4 cars stopped and the 4th was going where I needed to. Georgia has great hitchhiking culture!

Though one getting a ride coming from Georgia. I was there on a Sunday and there was very few traffic going though the border

It's the bus 114 and it's a very bad spot if you want to go to Georgia, very few people use this road to go to Georgia nowadays, M2 highway is the best option.

Right after the roundabout direction Poti - Kobuleti - Batumi. There might not be plenty of space for the cars to stop right after the roundabout, but this is Georgia and they always find the way :) . We were walking to cross the roundabout when a car offered to take us, so no waiting time at all!

Nikortsminda is a historical village in Racha, Georgia (country) with XI century church in a village center, near a village are cave ,,Sakinule" and cave swimming pool cave, the river originates it's river ,,Sharaula". Also there are ,,Shaori" reservoir and place ,,Leknari" for two days hiking. Hitch Hiking is very easy in Nikortsminda, almost every point are good for stop a car and go to Oni or go to Batumi or Tbilisi through Terjola.

Excellent place for going to Georgia! Waited here for a ridiculous 2min until a car took me directly to the border, from where the first car took me straight to Tbilisi. Cars are really slow here and I assess the overall hitchability as insanely great! There is public transport from Vladikavkaz but I forgot which minibuses go there. Ask people or add it here.

As usual: just walk a bit out of town and start thumbing. This is Georgia - so drivers will stop for you even though there's not too much place to pull over.

Not much space for cars to stop on this stretch of road. But this is Georgia, so it still works somehow. Direct lift to Kutaisi in 45 minutes.

Just few meters from cab station. Direction to Georgia.

I think it bit dangerous there, its occupied part of georgia, by Russia and there are a lot criminals.