Arrival in Botswana at Kazungula from Zimbabwe

World Borders: How To Get From Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to Kasane, Botswana (At Kazungula)

In February 2020 just before COVID lockdown, I crossed a lot of borders in southern Africa and never wrote about them. Here is a guide on World Borders: How To Get From Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to Kasane, Botswana (At Kazungula). We left the Shoestrings Backpackers hostel in Victoria Falls City, Zimbabwe by shared car (Malina, Read more about World Borders: How To Get From Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to Kasane, Botswana (At Kazungula)[…]

World Borders: How To Watch The Famous Pakistan 🇵🇰 To India 🇮🇳 Border Ceremony At Wagah

“Over the borderline” – Madonna. I copied Palin again. These journeys are wild. As a child and teenager, I’d watch a load of Michael Palin travel documentaries. I never really thought I’d be able to replicate him. I watched 80 Days Around The World, Full Circle, New Europe, The Hemingway Adventure, Pole To Pole…it was Read more about World Borders: How To Watch The Famous Pakistan 🇵🇰 To India 🇮🇳 Border Ceremony At Wagah[…]

World Borders: How To Get From France to Monaco (And Get Your Passport Stamped in Monte Carlo)

“Give me something I can rely on, far away from the life that I once know – Monaco. Monaco is an enigma, that’s for sure! As a lover of wacaday republics, unrecognised states, countries that don’t exist, nations unofficial and unclaimed lands, Monaco was right up my street. And it was a handy little trip Read more about World Borders: How To Get From France to Monaco (And Get Your Passport Stamped in Monte Carlo)[…]

World Borders: How to Get From Kigali, Rwanda to Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

World Borders: How to Get From Kigali, Rwanda to Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

“All those people gathered there in Zaire, in Zaire. To see the rumble in the jungle there in Zaire, in Zaire” – John,ny Wakelin. On the ongoing journey, it was time to jungle it. We were heading from Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of Congo, with gorilla trekking and a jungle visit quite clearly on Read more about World Borders: How to Get From Kigali, Rwanda to Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo[…]

World Borders: Crossing the Former Berlin Wall from East Germany (DDR) into West Germany (FROG)

“You’ll never change what’s been and gone” – Noel Gallagher. There is no tongue in cheek and definitely no apologies for one of the most blatant tourist sites / sights (delete as appropriate) ever covered on here. The fact is I should’ve written about this crossing years ago. It was March 2005 as a dreamy Read more about World Borders: Crossing the Former Berlin Wall from East Germany (DDR) into West Germany (FROG)[…]

World Borders: Muslims Only - The Fork in the Road Near Mecca, Saudi Arabia

World Borders: Muslims Only – The Fork in the Road Near Mecca, Saudi Arabia

“Another turning point; a fork stuck in the road” – Green Day. This is a world border which is slightly different to those in my normal World Borders series, as whether you enter this border or not depends solely on one thing – if you are a Muslim or a Non-Muslim. I am a Non-Muslim Read more about World Borders: Muslims Only – The Fork in the Road Near Mecca, Saudi Arabia[…]

World Borders: How to Visit the Border Entrance Between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia at King Fahd Causeway

“That’s me in the corner. That’s me in the spotlight. Losing my religion” – Rapid Eye Movement.  When I was backpacking Bahrain in 2015, I made a trip to the Saudi Arabia border and it was something I always meant to include in my World Borders series, yet always forgot about it. The reason I Read more about World Borders: How to Visit the Border Entrance Between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia at King Fahd Causeway[…]

World Borders: How to Get From Morocco to Western Sahara (Marrakesh to El Aaiún by Bus)

My ongoing border crossing into unrecognised countries and wacaday micronations continued as I backpacked overland from Morocco into Western Sahara on a bus. It is an overland border crossing that can also be done easily by air. Though by air, you will be questioned more on arrival. You are barely noticed when you bus border Read more about World Borders: How to Get From Morocco to Western Sahara (Marrakesh to El Aaiún by Bus)[…]