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Ever wondered what it would be like to drive across two continents? No plans, just the open road and three weeks to get from A to B?
In a 1994 hatchback affectionately named Nancy, purchased for the whopping price of 350 euros, that’s exactly what two of my good friends and I set out to do in the autumn of 2013: an epic road trip starting in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina with just one goal – to get to Tbilisi, Georgia.
We had no idea if we would even make it that far in a 20 year-old car that didn’t like going uphill or travelling more than six hours a day. We had no idea what could possibly be in store for us traversing two continents and seven countries…
Article originally published on Skyscanner’s Travel Features & News section.
8 Comments
Naomi
February 25, 2014 at 7:48 amI just had to laugh at that photo from Turkey of all the men staring ever-so-perplexedly at you taking a picture…sometimes being a young female photographer kills any chance at taking ‘natural’ street shots, huh? ;)
The trip sounds EPIC. What a crazy adventure!!
Larissa
February 27, 2014 at 9:25 pmSo true. Sometimes I wish I had a hidden camera on my forehead to capture some of the pretty memorable exchanges and encounters I’ve had with the people who might as well have seen a ghost walking through their village/town than me with my pink iPhone. It was a pretty awesome experience and I’ve got oh so much more to say about it so hopefully some more will come out soon :)
Emily
February 25, 2014 at 10:03 pmI am always so in love with your photos! I had never really thought about travelling to these areas before I read your blog, now I can’t wait to go one day!
http://missvoyager.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/new-york-new-york/
Larissa
February 27, 2014 at 9:26 pmThanks, Emily! I highly recommend a visit to all these parts, very interesting.
Shaun
February 27, 2014 at 5:48 pmI’m sure it’s hard to summarize that trip up but I had the best time in Cappadocia (there in Oct 2012). My fav being the underground cities. Like you said, I wish I would have stayed in Uçhisar. Went to a great hamam in Istanbul. Can’t wait to go to Sofia.
Larissa
February 27, 2014 at 9:32 pmSadly we missed the underground cities! But great excuse to “have to” go back :) Sofia was cool though I much preferred Plovdiv. Then again, I spent way more time there.
Borsuk
March 28, 2014 at 5:17 pmsounds like my first road-trip :D from Cracow, Poland to Kiev, Vladikaukaz, Tblisi, Yerevan, Istambul to Poland again :D
Road trips are the best ways of trips. This summer i`ll go to Norway, guess why? Becouse of your photos :D
Larissa
March 31, 2014 at 1:50 amAbsolutely! And wow, was a crazy road trip you did. Have a nice time in Norway – hope to get there again soon myself.