After exiting Montenegro and crossing into Bosnia-Herzegovina, it was getting late, and I knew I wouldn’t make it to Sarajevo that evening. I was passing a beautiful lake near Bileca and parked there in a great hidden spot to sleep in the car again, away from traffic or any police who might bang on the…
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Montenegro (along with Tibet & FYRo Macedonia) has one of the coolest flags. I crossed in from Albania, had a really fun time at passport control (driving an uncommon car brand when they only had a drop-down menu in their computer meant we compromised and put Toyota as my car, since Scion is made by…
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From Macedonia, I crossed into Kosovo and was told that my proof of insurance didn’t count, because nearly all car insurance doesn’t cover Kosovo. I had to back out of the passport control line (the people behind me loved this) and buy a temporary insurance policy to cover me in Kosovo. 15 days was the…
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I passed through Bulgaria this time, laughing about my previous trek through the country. In 2007, I took a train from Budapest to Istanbul. Somewhere in the middle of Bulgaria, between Sofia & Plovdiv, the train broke down in the Bulgarian countryside. They called to the station we’d just left (a small one) and the…
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