Hitchhiking

I've done some hitchhiking myself in some remote areas in Brazil where farmers picked me up and took me to my destination. I believe that a few remote cases of violence have ruined the beauty of hitchhiking and the companionship that is developed between the driver and the hiker. Urban areas are out of the question to hike on largely because of an alarming increase in violence and kidnappings. Perhaps hitchhiking is something that has lost its place because it requires trust and well being in one another something that is becoming less and less apparent in the 21st century.