Hitchhiking from Ad Dir‘īyah
Hitchhiking to Ad Dir‘īyah
Recent reviews mentioning Ad Dir‘īyah
24.65289, 46.68815
Its the place where drivers enter highway. Pathetic, but a nice taxi driver stopped by me and it was too hot and I was to desperate, so I negotiated that he drives me to the gas station for 20 Saudi Arabia rupi, so I can hitchhike in Dubai direction.―bogdanpanov
24.67534, 46.65352
No. Just no.This highway has no place to stop and cars go faster than 120 km/h, no chance. Further down the road not better, at some point police officers told me to disappear from the highway to avoid problems
―bogdanpanov
24.69933, 46.65142
No, just don't. Hitchhiking inside Riyadh is nearly impossible, anomaly amount of taxi drivers that stop by you even if you are not hitchhiking and just look like foreigner.―bogdanpanov
24.59371, 46.5472
Was hitchhiking back to Riyadh.A lot of traffic. But be careful about people asking for money or hitchhiking a taxi. I hitchhiked a taxi by accident, but then told that I am a stupid tourist and was confused, so the driver didn't charge me anything thankfully
―bogdanpanov
27.6139, 41.84726
So, good and bad news, I start with a bad one.This road mostly has truck drivers, but the problem with them is that, they are extra paranoid about backpacks and that you may have something illegal with you, I had few truck drivers stop for me, but when they saw my backpack, they were just saying "no" and driving away.
So I would suggest to focus on hitchhiking cars, even if it means to step on the highway directly so they can see you better.
Waited for almost 2 hours when it was getting dark, a nice man going to Riyadh stopped by me! And once again, it was a nice experience. He invited me to visit his village and eat food there at his family place, so just sit and enjoy the hospitality. Also because we were driving in a night time he allowed me to sleep in the back, so I came to Riyadh well rested(it's been ~5 hours ride, so was a long nap) and when we arrived he hosted me at his friend's place because I had no hostel or anywhere to go.
Locals are very very nice. I've never been to other country where it would be this easy to travel hitchhiking. People make this experience unforgettable.
―bogdanpanov