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Travel Diaries

Welcome to the section of Josie Wanders where you can read in diary format the details of my travels.

I started this for the gap year I took in 2017-2018, but will continue with future travels too.

Here is where you can find all the day to day trials of long term travel and come across the hidden gems that can improve your trips.

Enjoy my travel diaries.

Travel Diaries – Jordan

A vast desert landscape with rugged sandstone mountains and clear blue skies, showing layered rock formations and sparse vegetation on the sandy terrain.

Gap Year Days 188 – 201 Arriving in Jordan was exciting. This was one of …

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Travel Diaries – Turkey

Turkey

Gap Year Days 173 – 188 I had been looking forward to getting back to …

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Travel Diaries – Croatia

A stone fortress with red-roofed buildings sits atop a rocky cliff by the sea, under a clear blue sky. People are visible walking along the walls.

Gap Year Days 157 – 173 Our arrival into Croatia is a bit of a …

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Travel Diaries – Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Gap Year Days 149 – 157 As always, we learnt something new on our way …

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Travel Diaries – Montenegro

Montenegro

Gap Year Days 141 – 149 When we planned this next part of the trip …

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Travel Diaries – Albania

Albania

Gap Year Days 134 – 141 I am generally a morning person – I am …

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Travel Diaries – North Macedonia

Macedonia

Gap Year Days 123 – 134 Country number fifteen for our trip was North Macedonia …

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Travel Diaries – Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Gap Year Days 111 – 123 Bulgaria! Yet another country that if you asked me …

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Travel Diaries – Romania

Romania

Gap Year Days 96 – 111 As we made our way to Romania, I was …

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Travel Diaries – Prague

Prague

Gap Year Days 92 – 96 We had been sweltering in Brno, but as we …

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