Hitchhiking from Tainan
Hitchhiking to Tainan
Recent reviews mentioning Tainan
22.90481, 120.26595
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, a sunny day. On my way from Taichung to Taitung (over 350 kms).A good place. I was standing at the exit of the petrol station. Plenty of space to stop (much more that at the station across the highway). Visibility good, but sometimes blocked by the lorries which have their parking at this part of the station.
I was hoping for a ride passing Kaohsiung. But I took the ride to that city, coz the first car stopped after 15 minutes (long wait in Taiwan) and the guy promised to drop me at a very good spot there, I already knew. So, I went to Kaohsiung.
The ride was a lorry. My first one after 1,5 hitchhiking in Taiwan! Interesting, that day 3 lorries stop for me :)
―Gural
23.78724, 120.47742
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, a sunny day. On my way from Taichung to Taitung (over 350 kms).A perfect place. Loads of space for a car to stop. Great visibility. I even got some shade.
After 2 minutes I got a ride. The driver was going to Kaohsiung, but I asked him to drop me at a petrol station on a highway, before Kaohsiung, because he couldn't leave me at a good spot in Kaohsiung.
―Gural
22.90771, 120.2652
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, a sunny day. On my way from Kaohsiung to Chiayi.I got dropped here by a previous ride.
A very good spot, (like most petrol stations on highways). I was waiting at the end, by the exit. There is just enough space for a car to stop. Very good visibility. Of course cars go slowly. No shade, but I was waiting only 2 minutes. One guy spotted me from the car park and waved to me. I grabbed my bags and went to his car. It turned out he was going to Chiayi as well. He gave me a lift, and dropped me in the centre at the spot when I was going to.
―Gural
22.62806, 120.33649
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, a sunny day. On my way from Kaohsiung to Chiayi.It's my second time using this spot. Please read the description in the previous review.
I only add, for those wondering if it's legal to stand in this spot, that a police car passed me while I was standing there with my thumb up and they didn't bother me at all.
This time it went quickly. After 4 minutes a man stopped and gave me about 30 kms ride to the first petrol station on the highway. It was a good decision to go there. Coz at that petrol station I waited only two minutes and I got a lift all the way to Chiayi.
―Gural
22.97257, 120.24754
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, a cloudy day. On my way from Tainan to Kaohsiung.A challenging spot. It wasn't marked on any hitchhiking websites. I've only found info on one of them that the entrances to the highway are good spots. The only problem is that the entrance here is very narrow, with a big and busy junction just before the ramp leading into the highway. Tjere is really not a place for a car to stop. Normally I'd never hitchhike in a spot like that. But I've found something a bit promising. Just before the last traffic lights, before the ramp leading to a highway. There were two good things about that spot. There is an extra lane, about 15-20 m long. An entry into a parking for delivery cars going to shopping centre. And two. The most right lane (the closest to you) is used basically only by the cars entering the highway.
I decided to give it a go.
The spot was very different to others spots in Taiwan I used. One car pulled over just to take off after a second. Two taxis stopped for me thinking I was stopping then. Nothing like that happened before. Also it was my longest wait in this country. But after 25 minutes a woman stopped and took me all the way to Kaohsiung. It turned out that she was just going back from school where she dropped her son. She decided to drive me to another city (50 km up + 50 km down), just because she felt that I was in some danger standing in this busy spot (her words). I'm not sure if it's a good recommendation. In the end it worked. I didn't wait that long. But I've got mixed fillings about this spot. Maybe someone finds a better one elsewhere.
Maybe a sign saying "SOUTH" or with a name of your destination could help a bit?
―Gural
22.62806, 120.33649
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, sunny day. On my way from Kaohsiung to Tainan.The same story like 10 days before, when I was going south from a spot across the junction. On the other side of the highway there is a mirror place for those going south.
Normally I'd never hitchhike in a spot like that. On a small triangle drawn between 3-lane street and a very busy entrance to a highway, where a few lanes were squeezing to become one. A very busy traffic. No shade.
But all the hitchhiking website were recommending this spot for those going north. And ONLY this spot.
So, I took a few deep breaths, walk up there and put my thumb up. I stood at the (wider) end of the triangle for 20 minutes. A bit longer than normally in Taiwan. But actually two cars stopped before, but I turned their offers down, coz they were stopping before Tainan and I didn't want to look for a new spot. It paid off, coz the 3rd car took me directly to Tainan. And 20 minutes isn't that long after all :)
―Gural
23.04408, 120.25127
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23.18005, 120.23132
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23.04408, 120.25127
7-11 spend 5 minutes―Anonymous
23.18005, 120.23132
there has a 7-11 nearby spend 10 minutes―Anonymous
23.00621, 120.18465
[Did this back in 2024]Don’t trust the few dots in Taiwan, this country is super hitchhikeable!
Good spot to go to Anping. Used this spot twice and both times waited very little time before I got picked up. Both times happened in the middle of a workday
―Swagg
23.15789, 120.16517
Walked 10 minutes out of town to the last crossing to get a car who went to Tuchengzi. There's a huge temple there. Then i took the ubike and crossed the beautiful national park, and arrive to the Anping old town touristic area. Nice plan.―EduNauta
23.33919, 120.31063
[Did this back in 2024]Don’t trust the few dots in Taiwan, this country is super hitchhikeable!
Great spot, barely waited. Had a sign with written « south on it ». You gotta talk with people to see where you wanna be dropped, I had to go to the absolute south of the island so some logistics as to where to be dropped was required
―Swagg
23.01931, 120.19734
[Did this back in 2024]Don’t trust the few dots in Taiwan, this country is super hitchhikeable!
Was walking on this road to get closer to the highway but decided to hitchhike at the same time. A lady picked me up on this road already and brought me to my destination in Taichung
―Swagg
22.57127, 120.33741
Not a good spot, most people go quite fast,―vitkuvblog
23.22565, 120.18305
Easy spot to jump to the next town south. Got picked up no problem, with my sign. I I carry a laminated white A4 paper and a whiteboard marker.―EduNauta
22.92692, 120.35091
[Did this back in 2024]Don’t trust the few dots in Taiwan, this country is super hitchhikeable!
I don’t know why it took me so long to be picked up because this spot seemed really good. Cars can see me from far, there’s a bit of space for them to stop and there’s only one road to go south. It maybe just wasn’t the lucky day for this spot, but I would use this one again and just hope for a better outcome
―Swagg
22.97386, 120.24322
[Did this back in 2024]Don’t trust the few dots in Taiwan, this country is super hitchhikeable!
Got dropped off here by a very nice Taiwanese family and got almost immediately picked up by a group of friends headed to the same destination as me, Kaohsiung
―Swagg