Soldato
Me and my mate hitch-hiked roughly the same distance in Australia over the course of three months (took it slowly) and amounted over 60 individual lifts.
We never had any trouble (though there were a few times we thought we might be in trouble) and met a lot of very friendly people.
I'll probably come back to this thread and offer more input when its not silly O-clock but for now I'll leave you with two snippets:
1) Avoid large towns and cities.. and even large villages. The more isolated you are, the more likely you are to get a lift (seems counter-intuitive but 100% true - for example, it took us 2 days to get out of townsville.. whereas on roads with one car/hour, we were pretty much guaranteed a lift). Also, people from smaller communities tend to be a lot warmer. You can visit the cities at a different time. This trip will be about getting to know the countries you're travelling through. Consider taking a light tent.
2) I can promise you right now that this will be the best thing you've ever done, no matter what little bits of trouble you might run into
Oh, just seen your company. hitching in a group of three will be pretty difficult, especially if you all have luggage. Due to the fact that two of them are girls, I'd expect a lot of people will offer to just take them.
good luck!
We never had any trouble (though there were a few times we thought we might be in trouble) and met a lot of very friendly people.
I'll probably come back to this thread and offer more input when its not silly O-clock but for now I'll leave you with two snippets:
1) Avoid large towns and cities.. and even large villages. The more isolated you are, the more likely you are to get a lift (seems counter-intuitive but 100% true - for example, it took us 2 days to get out of townsville.. whereas on roads with one car/hour, we were pretty much guaranteed a lift). Also, people from smaller communities tend to be a lot warmer. You can visit the cities at a different time. This trip will be about getting to know the countries you're travelling through. Consider taking a light tent.
2) I can promise you right now that this will be the best thing you've ever done, no matter what little bits of trouble you might run into
Oh, just seen your company. hitching in a group of three will be pretty difficult, especially if you all have luggage. Due to the fact that two of them are girls, I'd expect a lot of people will offer to just take them.
good luck!
You probably wont get any chance to wash clothes mind, so something big enough for clothes to get you to Morocco at least. Or, if not, just stuff the side pockets with deodorant so drivers aren't repulsed when they roll the window down next to you 