History of VHHC begins even in 1987 when tourists
of Vilnius Engineering Construction Institute (now VGTU)
founded the Hitch-hiking Section in their Tourists’ Club.
Then they were travelling in all territory of former USSR. All western borders were still
closed. After the 1990 (re-establishing of independence in Republic of Lithuania) our
hitchhikers starts to go to the west. In 1991 the Hitch-hiking Section’s team takes part
in the first International hitchhiking competition in West Europe and after in the second
competition “Around The Baltic Sea”. Their main competitor was Leningrad Autostop
League (now Saint Petersburg Autostop League – PASL).
At the present moment there are only two members in VHHC who took part in these
competitions: Rytis Alekna (ex-president of The Hitch-hiking Section) and Romas
Tamosiunas.
The new history of Hitchhiking in Lithuania begins with a foundation of Vilnius
Hitchhiking Club in 2 October 1996.
CHRONICLE 1996
other years:
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16 12 1996
An official registration of VHHC's statute.
20 11 1996
Visit of two hitch-hiking veterans Alexey Vorov (President of
PASL) and Andrey Kuritsin (General Arbiter of PASL). They have invited Lithuanian hitchers
to take part in The World Hitch-hikers Trophy. Demonstration of film from PASL's
hitch-hiking in Denmark in 1991.
03 10 1996
Establishing of Vilnius
Hitch-hiking Club. 18 hitch-hikers take part. Elections of The Council and The President. Vladas Sapranavicius has become a
President of VHHC.
OTHER YEARS:
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