Hitchhiker
Name: Mr.minefield
Hitchhiking since 2010
From tromsø, Norway
On Hitchwiki: Mr.minefield
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Trips
Mongolia 2026
1 – 5 Jun 2026
7 rides
Rides
25.6286, 103.8353
Best spot to leave qujing, i got picked up after 5 minutes by a truck driver going directly to guiyang :)
Used a sign. Just drive close with a electric acioter and walk to the opposite side of tve road from the prison.
27.7894, 99.7012
Best spot to hitch towards lijiang and dali. We used a sign and stood right at the corner off the roundabout and there is place to pull over as you exit the rounadbout. Got a direct ride to lijiang.
28.4505, 98.8822
We started hitching in the morning and got picked up quickly by a coupple going to shangri la. Plenty of good spots along the road, and plenty of traffic in the morning to shangri la.
28.1703, 99.3888
Plenty of traffic all going towards deqin and feili. We got a ride quickly. Plenty of space to pull over. Traffic goes slower because of sightseeing.
27.8493, 99.6859
Lots of traffic and a traffic light. There is enough space to pull over but not perfect. We got a ride as a coupple verry quickly though.
25.7695, 100.1222
We waites 27 mins and got picked up by a car going to lijiang. They where on holliday and changes their plans to drive me and my friend all the way to shabgri la. We used a sign. To get here take the C7 buss from dali old town all the way to the last stop.
22.2614, 100.0785
While i was writing my aign to get to Lincang some locals came over and got me a ride within a coupple of minutes. Otherwise a good spot to hitch with good slow moving traffic and good pullover space.
22.2024, 100.0296
Used a sign that just said 搭便车 and got help from a local woman to explain what i was doing to the driver. He dropped me off down at the main road :)
21.1562, 101.6743
I randomly got picked up by a chinese lady on a mobility scooter. She asked for money and i showeed my wallet with 4000 dong and she asked for those (<20 eurocents). She drove me to the border checkpoint on her mobility scooter lol.
17.0698, 104.9875
Was hitching late at night and got picked up by a night buss going to vientiene and got a free ride. Not the best spot but there is place to pull over and some lights.
16.6811, 104.9596
Was hitching in the evening and got a ride in the back of a truck going about 60km north, got to enjoy a beautifull stary night as we rode.
16.6756, 104.9878
A motorbike stopped and drove me to the buss station as i was walking down the street :)
16.6203, 106.4990
The bridge was under reconstruction so all the trucks had to slow down to cross, made it easy to get a ride with a vietnamese truck with a 5km sign.
16.6247, 106.5726
Got picked up by a motorbike going a coupple villages over, dropped me off at a broken bridge where the trucks slowed down to continue hitching. Used a 5km sign
16.8040, 107.0171
Got dropped off there the day before and slept in the forest north of the roundabout, stsrted hitching in the morning and got picked up sfter 5 minutes by a guy going straight to lao bao border checkpoint :)
10.7927, 106.7929
Great spot, good traffic and pullover point. Got picked up by a guy going to ninh binh so got a long ride with him :)
11.9208, 108.4439
Great spot with good space to pull over. It is on the primary road to ho chi minh.
12.2580, 109.0254
Me and a friend hitched a ride going directly to da lat with a sign. This is the primary road that goes that way from the northern side. We used a sign.
20.2172, 105.9600
A lot of heavy traffic heading south from here, a good pocket for pulling over aswell. We got a ride going directly to Hue after a short wait :)
47.6336, 118.6109
After soeeping here overnight me and my friend managed to catch a free ride with the buss that runs from the shukov statue to Arxan in China. The buss driver refused to accept payment as we where the first forigners to come this way according to him :)
47.7329, 118.0368
We came here late at night and slept over night. 3 cars drove past close to midnight. Another car drove past at 06 in the morning and woke us up. We ended up catching the first car after that which was only 4 hours later. Took us straight to kholhkgol though :).
46.9498, 116.2628
Qhen qe got here our previous driver talked to the peopple at the industrial plant and got us a ride towards the chinese border. There are oil trucks driving all morning and evening towards china though. It is a asphalt road.
48.0556, 114.6451
Not a lot of traffic but it is the best way to get to Sümber border checkpoint from Choibalsan.
Got a ride to take me and a friend to a oil field in eastern mongolia.
47.2971, 111.2377
Got picked up and driven to Choibalsan directly from here. The driver gave us a aightseeing tour of the city :)
47.7883, 107.2288
We got picked up instantly by a kazakh family going to the chinghis khan statue. Took buss X12 to a gas station and caught a ride here from said gas station.
47.8230, 107.1713
We came on a ealy rainy day where you could not stand outside without getting soaked. Gas station personel helpes us out finding a ride but took 3 hours... gor a ride to the next intersection where we had mutch better luck.
47.9805, 91.7197
Got pivked up quickly by a driver that took me to his family and i got to work harvesting cashmeere wool for some money out on the steppes before he took me to a crossing and found me a new ride to Altay.
49.6038, 89.4643
There are few cars driving through here and most are quite full so it took a while ti get a ride. After waiting outside in -2c and strong wind for 30 minutes a restaurant owner invited me inside, fed me and talked to drivers to find somone to take me to the next city :)
38.1550, 23.8558
Not a lot of traffic with a small pocket to pull over. It is not on the main highway. A driver pivked me up and drove me to a gas station on the highway itself.