Hitchhiking from Wandan
Hitchhiking to Wandan
Recent reviews mentioning Wandan
22.49129, 120.53917
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 very good spot. There is lots of space to stop (a scooter lane, a shoulder strip plus an entrance to some property). On a map there is a bus stop marked. But I didn't see any. There are trees giving shade. After the trafic lights. So the visibility is great. Cars go slowly. Not heavy traffic.
After 6 minutes I got a short ride to Fangliao, where quickly I got another ride.
―Gural
22.62497, 120.33591
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, a sunny day. On my way from Taichung to Taitung (over 350 kms).My 3rd time using this place. And it's getting better and better. This time I waited only 2 minutes. And it was a lorry which stopped! Weeks ago when I was using this spot for the first time I was afraid there is not enough space for a normal car to stop. But it turned out that even a lorry can do that :)
The driver took me south just enough to leave the highway behind. So later I easly found rides to Taitung.
―Gural
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
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
22.57778, 120.99129
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, a very sunny day. On my way from Taitung to Kaohsiung.It's my second time using that spot. (Funny enough, on my both trips between those two cities, the first rides dropped at exactly the same spot :D ). Please read the description of the spot in the previous review. I just add that there is no shade.
This time I waited only 6 minutes. And the ride was straight to Kaohsiung.
―Gural
22.62497, 120.33591
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, a very sunny day. On my way from Kaohsiung to Taitung (east coast).This time I felt more confident, coz it was my second time using this spot. Please read the description in my previous review. I only add that there is zero shade. It was midday of a very hot day. Lucky you won't have to wait long here.
The first car stopped after 4 minutes, the second after 6 minutes. I turned down their offers, coz they were going very close and I didn't want to look for a new spot to enter the highway.
The 3rd stopped after 10 minutes and the guy took me 50 kms, to Fangliao, where very quickly I got another ride to Taitung.
―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
22.3648, 120.6081
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, a cloudy day. On my way from Taitung to Kaohsiung.My previous ride was going to Kaohsiung, but first they were stopping in Pingdong for a couple of hours. So I decided to look for a good spot before a highway starts. I picked that spot to try my luck with someone else. A perfect decision it was.
It's a very good spot. With loads of room to stop (an empty parking), the traffic was very busy and superb slow. Cars were basically going 10-20 kms/h or even stopping when the nearby lightwas red, so they could see me clearly and they had time to decide.
After 4 minutes I got a ride. Actually two cars stopped at the same time. The first car was going beyond Kaohsiung, but they were kind enough to drop me there. They even went to my destination place and dropped me at the door. Welcome to Taiwan :)
―Gural
22.62497, 120.33591
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, sunny day. On my way from Kaohsiung to Taitung (east coast).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.
But all the hitchhiking website were recommending this spot for those going south. And ONLY this spot.
So, I took a few deep breaths, walk up there and put my thumb up.
After (lucky) 13 minutes I was going south. I got a ride with a woman (!) for about 60 kms. Where after very short wait I got another ride from two women, straight to Taitung.
―Gural
22.56796, 120.32028
One male 40+, no sign, one small backpacks, sunny day. On my way across the bridge to the island.Technically it wasn't hitchhiking. I was just walking to the island when the scooter stopped and older lady took me across the tunnel.
It turned out pedestrians are not allowed in the tunnel (my map was showing otherwise).
On my way back the same thing happened. The difference was that I walked into tunnel more. And that time it was an older man who took me to the mainland.
―Gural
22.62749, 120.33349
―Smallann123
22.58295, 120.32246
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22.60119, 120.56059
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22.53064, 120.5334
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22.62497, 120.33591
―Truman
22.58295, 120.32246
school front gate 30 minutes―Anonymous
22.62749, 120.33349
quite good to free way―Anonymous
22.60119, 120.56059
school door have a roomy space (30minutes)―Anonymous
22.53064, 120.5334
nearby have a store(20minutes)―Anonymous