Category: World Borders

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Departure tax - shocking Sierra Leone - nothing at the airport works - no Wi-Fi, no cash machines that work, no card payments.

Backpacking in Sierra Leone🇸🇱: Scrap Your Departure Tax and You Might Get More Tourists

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“We are not born for departure, but we do learn to take it” – R.E.M. In the last 20 years of backpacking the world, only TWO countries charged me for departure tax to be paid in cash at the airport when leaving…and the shitlist reads… 1.New Zealand🇳🇿. 2.Sierra Leone🇸🇱. Of course they are not my Read more about Backpacking in Sierra Leone🇸🇱: Scrap Your Departure Tax and You Might Get More Tourists[…]

Backpacking Simultaneously In Mauritania 🇲🇷 and Spanish Sahara 🇪🇭: Visiting Cap Blanc, The Most Western Point Of Saharan Africa

Backpacking Simultaneously In Mauritania🇲🇷and Spanish🇪🇸Sahara🇪🇭: Visiting Cap Blanc, The Most Western Point Of Saharan🏜️Africa

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“Go West, life is peaceful there” – Pet Shop Boys. In December 2024, Marek Bladowski and I had a wild dream to backpack to the western most point of Saharan Africa. What even is that? Is there even a point where such a place exists and publicises itself? We dream up the wild things. Life Read more about Backpacking Simultaneously In Mauritania🇲🇷and Spanish🇪🇸Sahara🇪🇭: Visiting Cap Blanc, The Most Western Point Of Saharan🏜️Africa[…]

World Borders: Roman Britain To Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Border - Backpacking Hadrian's Wall🧱At Birdoswald

World Borders: Roman Britain To Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Backpacking Hadrian’s Wall🧱At Birdoswald

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“After all, you’re my Wonderwall” – Noel Gallagher. In 2022, I finally stopped and visited Hadrian’s Wall (Haidy’s W). I had of course passed it manys a time but this was my first time to stop, walk it, stand on it, understand it and backpack it! This is NOT the border between England and Scotland Read more about World Borders: Roman Britain To Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Backpacking Hadrian’s Wall🧱At Birdoswald[…]

World Borders: Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️ To Republic Of Ireland 🇮🇪 At Liberty Bridge, Muff, Donegal

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“Illusion never changed into something real” – NI *. There are obviously loads of roads and border crossings between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and I’ve crossed that border about 100 times I’d say, given my list of visits to each country. I’ve crossed by bus, train, foot and car. This includes the Read more about World Borders: Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️ To Republic Of Ireland 🇮🇪 At Liberty Bridge, Muff, Donegal[…]

World Borders: How To Get From Italy 🇮🇹 To Seborga 💙🩵🤍👑👸 - Local Minibus From Bordighera

World Borders: How To Get From Italy 🇮🇹 To Seborga 💙🩵🤍👑👸Local Minibus From Bordighera

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World Borders: How To Get From Italy 🇮🇹 To Seborga 💙🩵🤍👑👸 – Local Minibus From Bordighera “I know the roads on which your life will drive” – Noel Gallagher. I thought it would be a wild one. I knew it would be a wild one. Yet despite all that, and my years of backpacking 🎒 Read more about World Borders: How To Get From Italy 🇮🇹 To Seborga 💙🩵🤍👑👸Local Minibus From Bordighera[…]

World Borders: Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️ To Republic Of Ireland 🇮🇪 At Middletown Armagh To Monaghan

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“Why do anything, when you can’t forget everything?” – Manic Street Preachers. There are obviously loads of roads and border crossings between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and I’ve crossed that border about 100 times I’d say, given my list of visits to each country. It was commonplace as a kid on holidays Read more about World Borders: Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️ To Republic Of Ireland 🇮🇪 At Middletown Armagh To Monaghan[…]

World Borders: How To Get From Chisinau, Moldova To Komrat, Gagauzia

World Borders: How To Get From Chisinau, Moldova🇲🇩To Komrat, Gagauzia🟦⬜️⭐️🟥

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“Shouting at the world you’ll never change. But it’s what’s inside, you’ve got to rearrange” – Andy Cairns. A 2014 Jonny Blair once shone his light on perky Moldova 🇲🇩. It was November 2014 when I first crossed by nighttrain into the extraordinary world of Moldova. Memories aplenty, and there did it all go wrong? Read more about World Borders: How To Get From Chisinau, Moldova🇲🇩To Komrat, Gagauzia🟦⬜️⭐️🟥[…]

Arrival in Botswana at Kazungula from Zimbabwe

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

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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)[…]