Tak. Так. Таиланд. ЮВА 2018
Hitchhiking in Thailand: A Journey of Discovery and Confusion We have been thumbing our way through Thailand for the last three days, covering 500 kilometers from Chiang Mai to Nakhon Sawan via Tak. Hitchhiking is a foreign concept here, and most Thai people are baffled by our choice of travel. The only way we can explain it is by saying we have “no money” (which is not true), but that only adds to their confusion. Three years ago, when we hitched from Chiang Mai to Sukhothai , our last driver thought we were in trouble. He assumed we had been robbed or attacked on the road, and he took us to the nearest police station. The policemen looked at us with a mix of curiosity and indifference, and asked us what we wanted. It was getting dark, and all we wanted was a place to sleep. They shrugged and let us go. When the drivers are not so dramatic, they usually prefer us to sit in the back of their pickup trucks, to avoid any communication (or miscommunication) problems. It also helps to