Category: World Borders

Don’t Stop Living brings you world borders – stories of crossing borders from all 7 continents!

World Borders: How to Get From Northern Macedonia🇲🇰to Kosovo🇽🇰(Skopje to Pristina by bus)

Posted on by Jonny Blair

When you hear about places like Northern Macedonia and Kosovo you might think that obscurity is the name of the game and that backpacking through this region is a test for your stamina. However, this particular border crossing is a fast and easy one and something I’d definitely recommend now having been in the former Yugoslavia Read more about World Borders: How to Get From Northern Macedonia🇲🇰to Kosovo🇽🇰(Skopje to Pristina by bus)[…]

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World Borders: How to Get From Romania🇷🇴to Bulgaria🇧🇬(Train from Bucharest to Veliko Tarnovo)

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Another of my Eastern European world borders series now as I write about my trip from Romania to Bulgaria. Having loved my time in Bucharest, I decided to head south and check out the medieval city of Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria. Having used train to cross from Romania to Moldova (and back the same way) Read more about World Borders: How to Get From Romania🇷🇴to Bulgaria🇧🇬(Train from Bucharest to Veliko Tarnovo)[…]

World Borders: How to Get from Transnistria☭🟥🟩To Moldova🇲🇩(Bus from Tiraspol to Chisinau)

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You might have heard that I went backpacking in Tiraspol, capital city of the rather unknown country of Transnsitria. I enjoyed a cool home stay with Ilya, including a local breakfast experience. Getting to Transnistria, I got a border bus from Chisinau to Tiraspol and have already written about that journey. Going the opposite way Read more about World Borders: How to Get from Transnistria☭🟥🟩To Moldova🇲🇩(Bus from Tiraspol to Chisinau)[…]

World Borders: How To Get From Moldova🇲🇩To Transnistria☭🟥🟩 (Chisinau To Tiraspol By Bus)

Posted on by Jonny Blair

Well it’s been yet another crazy bit of off the wall backpacking as you do. While last year I visited a few countries which may not be “recognised by everyone”, I’m thinking of the trip to Nagorno Karabakh and my endless backpacking through Iraqi Kurdistan and Palestine. This time I was doing a Beatles. Back Read more about World Borders: How To Get From Moldova🇲🇩To Transnistria☭🟥🟩 (Chisinau To Tiraspol By Bus)[…]

World Borders: How to Get From Romania🇷🇴To Moldova🇲🇩By Train (Bucharest to Chisinau)

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My recent return to Eastern Europe saw me venture into some new countries in the former eastern bloc. I started off in Romania this time before heading across the border into Moldova and later Transnistria. Moldova is a part of the former USSR and has been its own country again since 1991. I chose to Read more about World Borders: How to Get From Romania🇷🇴To Moldova🇲🇩By Train (Bucharest to Chisinau)[…]

World Borders: How to Get From Barcelona Airport to Andorra by Bus (Catalonia/Spain to Andorra)

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As well as being a proud Catalan city, Barcelona (officially part of Spain) also sits near the border of two other countries, Andorra and France and both are only a 3 hour trip from Barcelona. As I had been to France and Spain before a few times, I decided to head to Andorra while I Read more about World Borders: How to Get From Barcelona Airport to Andorra by Bus (Catalonia/Spain to Andorra)[…]

World Borders: The Luxury Way to Get from Guatemala🇬🇹to El Salvador🇸🇻(Guatemala City to San Salvador by King Quality)

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While touring Central America, I think I have crossed about 6 or 7 borders, all in different ways, sometimes walking, sometimes ferry, sometimes chicken buses, mini buses, organised transport however the best and smoothest border crossing to date was the crossing I did from Guatemala to El Salvador. In fact this crossing was so luxurious Read more about World Borders: The Luxury Way to Get from Guatemala🇬🇹to El Salvador🇸🇻(Guatemala City to San Salvador by King Quality)[…]

World Borders: How to Get From Suriname to Guyana (Ferry from South Drain to Moleson Creek)

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I finally completed my “hat-trick of the Guyanas” by visiting Guyana itself – the former British colony once known as British Guyana, now simply Guyana. I crossed to all the Guyanas overland and have previously shared my advice on getting from Brazil to French Guyana and from French Guyana to Suriname. Time to keep the Read more about World Borders: How to Get From Suriname to Guyana (Ferry from South Drain to Moleson Creek)[…]