A Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), hitching a ride on the Skomer Island ferry, off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Pisac, Hitching Post of the Sun, Inca site in the Urubamba Valley, Peru, South America

Intihuatana, hitching post of sun, Inca site in the Urubamba Valley, Pisac, Peru, South America

A female Goosander, Mergus merganser,with young ducklings hitching a ride on her back on the river Brathay, Ambleside, Lake District, UK,

Imperial shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) hitching ride on nudibranch (Chromodoris coi). Komodo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Local man watching his friends hitching a ride up to Babusar Pass, Chillas, North West Frontier, Pakistan, South Asia

Close up of hitching post, French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States