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General Category => Everything Else => Topic started by: Amandistan on April 28, 2015, 06:17:28 PM
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Has anyone ever done this? Is it safe?
I am now in a position where i have to even if it is not safe. I must hitch-hike on Monday or be completely stranded.
I am doing volunteer work in Ireland and my host is not very nice at all. The buses are nit running because apparently ,it's a holiday. I must get to Waterford city to get a bus to the airport. I will not get a lift from this person I have lived with for a month and he is laughing about it. Basically I must hitchhike alone for the first time. I was told by a very wise,admirable, older person that "It's not safe for girls to hitchhike alone ...But they can do it with someone else!"
If I am not posting again it's because I have been abducted and possibly sold. ;D
Does anyone know the chances of a single female with a backpack getting a ride in "Small coastal middle of nowhere town" (Dunmore East)?
I am really anxious about this and about not getting a ride.
I think it's really mean of this family for forcing me to hitch-hike when it's really not safe.
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Obviously there's always a risk in hitch hiking alone.
Even I'd be wary now, even though I used to do it in the 80's and 90's
Can you not leave on the Saturday or Sunday and get a bed and breakfast for a night or two so therefore negating the need to hitch on the holiday?
Hope you get something sorted x
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Now we're worried about this. You can't take a cabin or anything? :-\
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It's not safe to hitch hike alone
I think the idea of leaving the day before is very sensible, even if you have to pay for b&b it's better than being attacked robbed and or raped
And yes it is mean of your hosts but that is life and unfortunately there are people who are kind and people who are not
Stay safe
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I'd be very wary about hitching on your own as woman - two options - go the day before & get a hostel (there's loads of them in ireland) - or check out the various liftshare websites - I'm sure there's one for Ireland
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It has been pointed out to Amanda that it is possible to get a taxi from Dunmore East to Waterford for 30 euros but that seems to be ignored...
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30 euros just seems like a lot. I am trying to avoid paying that. I did hear it and not ignore the advice but am very stubborn when it comes to spending money.
I just wanted to get opinions about the safety of hitch-hiking. It sounds like something adventurous to do in the future. I am guessing this is probably the safest way to start.
It's just upsetting finding out that someone who you lived with for nearly a month doesn't care about you enough to give you a 20 minute ride. I am more or less just an unpaid worker.
I think it would be similar to sleeping on a total stranger (that I just met from the internet's) couch. I did that in London and am still alive. I also volunteered for someone new to hosting volunteers, no references or any thing. In a country where I had not yet been before.
You can meet some really interesting people if you don't believe that everyone is evil.
If you did not, wouldn't solo travel then be very lonely?
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Personally I would not risk getting raped or murdered for the sake of 30 euros
Yes it's annoying to have to pay out but sometimes you just have to
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€30 versus that risk? Please please please focus in on going by public transport. every country has a history of people going missing and many are never found and those that are tend to have suffered.
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Despite all the warnings, I think I am trying to hitch a ride for the first time. It sounds romantic, cool and adventurous. Like having the pleasure of living in the 1960's and being a hippy. If no one stops in 45 minutes, the person I am staying with. Will actually do it. He believes that it's very safe.
The attitude towards it today is sort of like the NMA song Frightened. I just believe that most people want to help rather than harm.
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Despite all the warnings, I think I am trying to hitch a ride for the first time. It sounds romantic, cool and adventurous. Like having the pleasure of living in the 1960's and being a hippy. If no one stops in 45 minutes, the person I am staying with. Will actually do it. He believes that it's very safe.
The attitude towards it today is sort of like the NMA song Frightened. I just believe that most people want to help rather than harm.
Why ask then ignore our advice?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's your address and I'll bloody send the 30 Euros if you're going to be that stubborn!!!
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It's not the money so much as wanting to prove to this guy that I am not a waste of life and can do something right.
He has just been really mean this whole time. He is laughing at the fact that the bus is not running and I have to hitch a ride. How can he expect someone to perfect a new skill the first time and if not scream at them and call them an idiot? My phone does not work here as there is no signal. I would have to ask him to call.
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It`s not worth that risk to prove something to this guy!
If shit wil happen, it will happen to you, not to him
Hitch-hiking alone a a girl was not a real problem 40 years ago - I wouldn`t do that today if I have enough money for a taxi or the bus
Take care of you
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Does anyone know why it was okay 30 or 40 years ago but not now?
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What's your address and I'll bloody send the 30 Euros if you're going to be that stubborn!!!
Red, I'll p/m you the address to send the money to ::)
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Do you really think this guy gives a **** whether you are cool or not?
Do you think he will visit you in hospital when you have been attacked?
You owe him nothing and have nothing to prove to anyone
You are in a foreign country and you need to be safe, especially as a woman travelling alone
You have asked for advice and the overwhelming response is don't do it but you choose to ignore it!
Your choice but maybe sit back and think that those who have tried to help you actually care what happens to you
The guy you are working for who would let a single woman, who is a foreigner in his country, hitch alone is a complete prick and does not care if you are attacked
Think about it Amanda it is not romantic lying in a hospital bed after being assaulted
Please stay safe
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Okay, I have decided to get a taxi then. It would be cheaper than paying for somewhere to stay in Dublin, then buying food for two days.
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good since these are the types of articles that are in the news here these days
http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0429/697648-ryan-humpage-police/ (http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0429/697648-ryan-humpage-police/)
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I think the chances of being harmed are slim. Sadly, It's safer to be a man than woman in these situations. Thanks to the few men who think that sex is owed to them by however they please at anytime. Then there is being sold into human trafficking.
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It's not the money so much as wanting to prove to this guy that I am not a waste of life and can do something right.
He has just been really mean this whole time. He is laughing at the fact that the bus is not running and I have to hitch a ride. How can he expect someone to perfect a new skill the first time and if not scream at them and call them an idiot? My phone does not work here as there is no signal. I would have to ask him to call.
If you want to prove you can do something right, get a cab or go in on public transport when you can and get a hostel.
The guy is obviously a waste of space (to put it mildly). Get a cab, stick two fingers up at him and two fingers at the memory of him. Those laughs may hurt you but they'll be all the louder in your mind if you let him get to you, hitch, and something bad happens. Or even something inconvenient, like a lift taking you half way and leaving you somewhere where there is no traffic for half a day.
You say your phone has no signal; that means you could not call for help if you needed it.
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I think the chances of being harmed are slim. Sadly, It's safer to be a man than woman in these situations. Thanks to the few men who think that sex is owed to them by however they please at anytime. Then there is being sold into human trafficking.
slim. sure. but its like planes. safest way to travel. but once it goes wrong it is a very dodgy situation. glad to hear that you are not going to take any risks.
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I did it. I hitchhiked for the first time. It was wonderful. I got an old lady who then invited me into hwr home and made me tea and food.
The irish people are so kind. My host said he would not let me do it if it were dangerous.
I will miss them all and Ireland.
I want to cry because I am leaving. It feels like part of me has died becase I can't stay in Ireland.
Next temporary family are hippies in the Netherlands.
It's things like hitchhiking that make you realize how wonderful people can be.
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And its things like Hitch Hiking that can get you killed or raped! People have posted good advice here, I would take it.
No one is saying that everyone is evil, in fact I think 99% of people are brilliant. But that doesn't mean that people, especially young women on their own, should take unnecessary risks when there are alternatives.
There is a term Amanda called "risk normalization", have you heard of it? It means that if someone tells you something is dangerous, and you still do it and nothing happens this time, or next time etc, we STOP being careful, we ignore the risk. That is very dangerous.
A lion tamer may put his head in the lions mouth and not get it bitten off, doesn't mean one day the lion won't bite!!!!!!!
No one is saying you should be wary of everyone, and quite frankly it's lovely to hear how happy you sound these days. But please don't stop being smart. :)