Hitchhiking from Yuanlin
Hitchhiking to Yuanlin
Recent reviews mentioning Yuanlin
24.19799, 120.57139
One male 40+, no sign, one small and one big backpacks, a sunny day. On my way from Taichung to Taitung (over 350 kms).The place looked pretty nice. Just enough space for those willing to stop. A bit of curve and a small bush, but generally good visibility. Cars go quite fast and in waves (traffic lights a bit before). Lack of shade.
But it was my longest wait in Taiwan. In 1,5 months of travelling here I never waited longer than 20-25 minutes. This time I waited 45. The problem was not that people didn't want to stop, but they didn't go my direction. I wanted get on the highway #1 and go south.
Before I got a ride 5 cars stopped. 3 were genuinely trying to help me, but they didn't go my way. And the other two asked for money! It never happened to me in Taiwan. And I hitchhiked here a lot. And in this one spot it happened twice!!!
Anyways, after 45 minutes I finally got a ride for about 50 kms, to a petrol station on the highway #1, from a guy on his way to Chiayi. And from there it went quickly. I got that day to Taitung. So if you go south, as me, be patient and you'll get your ride eventually.
―Gural
24.90906, 121.16208
Good spot for going to Taichung reachable from yangmei trainstation by u bike―Daviscacha
24.11187, 120.59731
[Did this back in 2024]Don’t trust the few dots in Taiwan, this country is super hitchhikeable!
Found a guy who took me to Lugang. Quite easy and good spot, road going straight to the highway 1, many cars and great visibility
―Swagg
24.96527, 121.43234
Good spot for going south, i got a ride to Taichung after 15 minutes. There is not really a lot of space for cars to pull over, but it's just before a traffic light so they will manage to stop for you :)―Anonymous
24.04733, 120.42919
[Did this back in 2024]Don’t trust the few dots in Taiwan, this country is super hitchhikeable!
Best spot to hitchhike out of Lugang going south in my opinion. Not hard to walk to from the city centre, good visibility and cars aren’t going too fast
―Swagg
24.08532, 120.66409
[Did this back in 2024]Don’t trust the few dots in Taiwan, this country is super hitchhikeable!
I didn’t make it easy for people to stop for me: my sign said Lugang (which was quite far from here and very precise), this road has quite a lot of traffic, and there were constructions happening, rendering it sometimes hard to hitchhike while there’s a truck backing in front of me. A lady on her motorcycle still managed to bring me more west, which greatly helped me. She offered to host me if I didn’t make it to Lugang tonight
―Swagg
24.12557, 120.66992
[Did this back in 2024]Don’t trust the few dots in Taiwan, this country is super hitchhikeable!
A student picked me up and brought me there in a record time as I was pretty much in the city centre. Really great spot as this road leads you to the highway
―Swagg