Hitchhiking from Pekanbaru
Hitchhiking to Pekanbaru
Recent reviews mentioning Pekanbaru
0.44115, 101.44942
Finally found a truck after 20 minutes. One lane and chaotic traffic but enough room for a truck to pull over. Super nice, took me out of this shit show and onto a straight clear road.The spots no good if it’s raining but wou will get shade if it’s not midday.
―Kjmurray1230
0.46426, 101.39439
Again this is technically on the route of the trucks (confirmed by another friendly local) but still heaps of local traffic. Good spot to pull over but people didn’t. Found another bike that took me 5 mins further―Kjmurray1230
0.49089, 101.39483
I was told this was the best spot to try and get out of the town. Sounded kind of dumb and might have been. The trucks do not go through the down, but rather down and along a backroad and rejoin towards Kerinci (sus my later points) which is probably why I was dropped here. It might be smarter (if possible) to get to the east side of the city and hope for a car or ute to take you to Kerinci, then try and get a car from there. I found most people were just confused and wanted to take me to the bus station. Ended up getting moved down the road by a bike―Kjmurray1230
1.65431, 101.45068
Had a sign for Pekanbaru, didn’t get much luck for an hour. The spot is pretty good, no shade in the day and no rain cover but there is a large spot to pull over. I was there late at night and was lucky enough to be under a street lamp. Took an hour (and 11 rejections of a lift to a bus station/directions to a bus stop) to get a lift.―Kjmurray1230
1.46648, 99.33587
From here 3 of us got a direct ride to Pekanbaru. It was a 15-hour ride because the car broke at some point, and the road conditions were very poor. In the end, the driver expected a payment from us. I had no problem paying him some money for the petrol, etc, but if you are not willing to pay make sure to figure it out beforehand.―otv3n