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Crossing borders guide
Do you recoil in fear when confronted with crossing borders? It need not be a nightmare. Come and read our handy crossing borders guide and ensure a smooth passage onto your next destination. written...
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A Tale of Two Border Crossings
´No! I don´t know what you have in your rucksack,´ and off he drove. Leaving us stranded on the Turkish side of the border with a mile of no-man´s land, a company of soldiers and an impossible...
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The unofficial border crossing
If you are a hitch-hiker, you might not always remember all the drivers who gave you a lift or all the roads you found yourself on, but most certainly you will remember all the border crossings you...
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Georgia
Hitch-hiking in Georgia source: http://www.lonelyplanet.com Contents 1) Visas 2) Advantages 3) Disadvantages 4) Things you should be aware of 5) Hitch-hikers phrasebook 6) Road map of Georgia 7) Main...
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Spain: hitch-hiker’s essentials
Types of roads 1) Autopistas (A-roads, AP-roads) – motorways with the speed limit between 60–120 km/h (37–75 mph). The majority of them are toll roads. Hitch-hiking on them is illegal. 2) Autovías...
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Guest post: A guide to hitch-hiking in Slovakia
Hitch-hiking in Slovakia source: lonelyplanet.com . . Contents 1) Visas 2) Advantages 3) Disadvantages 4) Things you should be aware of 5) Hitch-hikers phrasebook 6) Map of motorways in Slovakia 7)...
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Portugal: hitch-hiker’s essentials
Types of roads 1. Auto estradas (A) – motorways with the speed limit of 120 km/h. A number of auto estradas are linked with the Spanish motorway system and are normally toll roads. Rather confusingly...
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Entering Albania, the Albanian capital and when assumptions makes an arse of...
In many ways it was good to be leaving behind Montenegro. Sure, it had some beautiful nature, but our next stop, Albania, felt like a real jump into the wild. Albania, has a reputation as a strange and...
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Our first experience of hitch-hiking in Kosovo, drinking rakija with the...
Before we had even set off for the trip, our rough itinerary suggested visiting Macedonia, then Kosovo and then Serbia, as that order seemed the most logical looking at the map. However, the more we...
View ArticleGuest Post: How the ghost of Hitler tried to foil our escape from Kazakhstan...
In this week’s guest post… we learn the importance of staying focused in the face of a cat disguised as Hitler, as we join Rich and Mike as they attempt to escape Kazakhstan (during their 20,000 km...
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Essential hitch-hiker information for hitch-hiking in Azerbaijan with road information, map, phrasebook and border crossing info...The post Azerbaijan hitch-hiker essentials appeared first on...
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Essential hitch-hiker information for hitch-hiking in Armenia with road information, map, phrasebook and border crossing info...The post Armenia hitch-hiker essentials appeared first on Hitch-Hikers...
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Essential hitch-hiker information for hitch-hiking in Italy with road information, map, phrasebook and border crossing info...The post Italy hitch-hiker essentials appeared first on Hitch-Hikers Handbook.
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Essential hitch-hiker information for hitch-hiking in Georgia with road information, map, phrasebook and border crossing info & more...The post Georgia hitch-hiker essentials appeared first on...
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Essential hitch-hiker information for hitch-hiking in Croatia with road information, map, phrasebook and border crossing info & more... The post Croatia hitch-hikers essentials appeared first on...
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Hitchhiking in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: road stories #14 – from...
Introducing the 14th part of our Travelogue charting our stay in an unexpected place in Konye-Urgench, our experiences crossing the Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan border and our first experiences in the 4th...
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Road Stories #22: Messing with the police in Tashkent and crossing the...
Introducing the 22nd edition of our Long Way Home travelogue, bringing an end to our time in Uzbekistan. Including our final stay in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent, our encounters with some corrupt...
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