In contrast it seems that Asians never give you a ride. I think the concept is foreign to them. Apparently people don t hitchhike in Japan. Then, a guy from Thailand will stop, give you a ride, and tell you stories about hitchhiking in Thailand. The next day a lady from Vietnam will stop and give you a ride.
People do hitchhike in Vietnam.
It is dangerous, though I m not sure if it is dangerous to hitchhike or dangerous to pick up a hitchhiker. The Grab Bag says it is 3 times more dangerous to hitchhike then to pick up a hitchhiker. After 25 years of hitchhiking I have never had a problem. I have had women stop, give me a ride and take me home with them, and I have picked up woman hitchhikers and done the same, but this has happened only a couple of times, long ago, so don t count on it. This was my day, Cinco De Mayo, 1995.