Backpacking 2022

July 2022

A 26-day public-transport-crazed backpacking tour of Central/Eastern Europe: the Tatras to the Balkans Read more

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Croatia
Montenegro
Albania
Kosovo
North Macedonia
Serbia
Hungary
Austria
Slovakia
Poland
England
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- Day 22
- Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 12:07 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Montenegro Uvala Pod Fratre 42.277301, 18.83800142°16’38” N 18°50’17” E
Budva
July 26, 2022 in Montenegro ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Well now we've found where everyone in Montenegro has gone... Budva is a pleasant but touristy destination on the Montenegrin Riviera, with a charming old town. We are spending the day being conventional tourists and taking it easy at Mogren beachRead more
TravelerAbsolutely stunning country. 😍
7/26/22Reply
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- Day 22
- Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 7:35 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 50 m
- Montenegro Hrid Golubinj 42.256101, 18.8968842°15’22” N 18°53’49” E
Sveti Stefan
July 26, 2022 in Montenegro ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
After some swimming and bringing back the legendary elbowball, we took a leisurely stroll from Budva, through Becici and onto Sveti Stefan, where we are eating dinner at this restaurant with an alright-ish view.Read more
TravelerBeautiful and unspoilt town. 🤩👍
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- Day 23
- Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 12:00 PM
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 1,568 m
- Montenegro Njegošev Mauzolej 42.399923, 18.8375642°23’60” N 18°50’15” E
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Lovcen
July 27, 2022 in Montenegro ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
After scraping our comically few coins together to meet the park entrance fee and then passing a wasp off onto an unsuspecting family (lol), we started our day at the top of Lovcen national park having been plonked there by a taxi. We discovered two ways of getting into the mausoleum at the peak for free; by walking in confidently (JJ), and by admitting to not having any cash (Thomas).

On the way down to Kotor, we were trailed by a stray dog we affectionately named Luke. Luke was our perfect third member: loyal, great at hills and loved hunting grasshoppers and rabbits (basically the opposite of Josh, sorry not sorry). On the ladder of Kotor, we only found one way to get in to the city walls for free; accidentally use the secret entrance. It was here that we heavy heartedly had to part ways with our beloved Luke as we descended down into Kotor.Read more
Traveler Aww he looks fun!! 🐾
7/27/22Reply
TravelerLuuuuuuuke! Every good team needs a Luke tagging along
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- Day 24
- Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 3:00 PM
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Croatia Sponza Palace 42.641055, 18.110542°38’28” N 18°6’38” E
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Dubrovnik
July 28, 2022 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Dubrovnik needs no introduction, with its towering UNESCO world heritage city walls encircling the famous old town. Historically known as Ragusa, it has been part of Italy, Austria-Hungary and even ruled itself as a free state for 500 years.

During our spontaneous daytrip here, we explored the pretty old streets, climbed up to the scenic Mt Srd and dunked our heads into the glistening Adriatic. It really is remarkable to consider that war occurred here as recently as the 90s, especially with surroundings as beautiful as these.Read more
TravelerJJ is definitely the mad king. Thomas you're his Hand
7/28/22Reply
Traveler Beautiful sunset 🌅
7/29/22Reply
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- Day 25
- Friday, July 29, 2022 at 12:00 PM
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Montenegro Škurda 42.425568, 18.77136342°25’32” N 18°46’17” E
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Kotor
July 29, 2022 in Montenegro ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Aaaaand finally, Kotor. Here are some photos from basecamp over the past 4 days. Our hostel was right amongst the bustle of the fortified old town, which dates all the way back to 5th century BC. During our stay, we enjoyed numerous sea swims, walking on the lofty walls built high on the limestone cliffs and exploring the nooks and crannies of the pretty streets.Read more
Traveler That looks great!!
7/29/22Reply
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- Day 25
- Friday, July 29, 2022 at 8:45 PM
- 🌙 29 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- Montenegro Podgorica Airport 42.368034, 19.24632842°22’5” N 19°14’47” E
Podgorica Airport
July 29, 2022 in Montenegro ⋅ 🌙 29 °C
We think Podgorica gets some unfair hatred from tourists. Don't get us wrong, there's absolutely nothing to do there and the place does have something of a festering rubbish smell, but it's not Belgrade bad.

The journey to the airport was an interesting one; there are no buses that really come here and the train only runs every 3 hours or so; the station doesn't even have a platform, and even that is a good 20 minute walk from the airport itself. Personally, our train was delayed by half an hour seemingly as the driver just fancied a smoke break. But other than that, we have successfully arrived, and checked in at the capital's tiny airport. Now it's just a matter of waiting for our already delayed flight. Balkans, you were never boring!Read more
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- Day 26
- Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 2:30 AM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 106 m
- England Stansted Airport Railway Station 51.890457, 0.26335251°53’26” N 0°15’48” E
London Stansted Airport
July 30, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Some fun facts about this strange new country: the people here religiously eat battered swan every Wednesday for afternoon tea, the winner of Saffron Walden's annual crumpet throwing championship is rewarded with 3 limited edition tunnock's wafer bars, and rumour even has it that if you queue anywhere for long enough the queen will personally come and knight you herself.Read more
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- Day 26
- Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 5:07 AM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- England Waterloo Railway Station 51.502507, -0.11188551°30’9” N 0°6’43” W
London
July 30, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Take me back to Belgrade.
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- Day 26
- Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 7:50 AM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 45 m
- England Winton 50.731323, -1.85611750°43’53” N 1°51’22” W
Bournemouth
July 30, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
A highly enjoyable and memorable adventure comes to its end.

This trip involved taking:
42 Buses
10 Trains
7 Taxis
5 Metros
5 Boats
3 Trams
2 Flights
2 Cable cars
1 Hitchhike
...In 11 countries, all in 26 days😅. That's so much travelling you might even forget to summit a few mountains and walk 375+ km in a heatwave in that time too.Read more
TravelerWelcome home and thnx for letting me to follow u both. What a amazing and interesting trip. Vy well done 👏
7/30/22Reply
Travelerthanks Gilly! appreciate you taking an interest
7/30/22Reply
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