Navigating Macedonia's Mountain Roads 🇲🇰

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In this weeks episode of Rusty Roadtrips we explore the mountainous Southern regions of the country of Macedonia.
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Starting at the top of a hazardous mountain track complete with landslides, snow and ice, we make our way down and head East. We meet a friendly local man who shows us the way to an awesome mountainous area where we camp under the stars with the Greek border in sight. We then head further East, driving through Bitola on our way to Lake Prespa.
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We’re Lucy and Ben, two photographers from Cornwall, UK who’ve been living and travelling in our self-converted LDV Convoy camper van for the best part of four years. We’ve travelled all across Europe from West to East documenting our encounters with the people we meet as well as our own travels and adventures. We embrace the ethos of slow travel and minimal living, generally spending between 2 and 8 weeks in each country, getting to know each culture, cuisine and people as though we were locals ourselves as well as hiking, wild swimming and camping as we go.
We are currently on our third 7 month long road trip, travelling through the Balkans for the second time beginning in the French Alps and venturing as far East as Turkey, visiting 13 countries in between.
Our plan was simple: visit every country in Europe in our rusty tin can of a van. So far we’ve made it to 28 countries, travelling as far West as Portugal and as far East as Ukraine, having all sorts of crazy adventures in between.
Our main motivation for our travels is to capture photos and create documentary projects, so our van is primarily a vessel for our photography. We tend to focus on topics such as nomadism, traditional ways of life, the effects of recent political events and the difficulties of living in remote rural areas as well as documenting our own adventures and lifestyle on our various social channels.
We’ve had so many memorable experiences on our travels, and our photo documentary projects have given us an intimate insight into the lives of many different people and brought us together as friends.
We've visited the folk living in one of the most remote corners of Europe in the Albanian Alps, experienced the culture and traditions of the horsemen in the Hortóbagy National Park, and experienced life with Roma gypsies in their village in Romania, and there's still so much more to explore...
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@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

We really hope you enjoyed this week’s travelogue! We'd love to hear what you think in the comments. If you enjoyed it, don’t forget to share, like and subscribe! Check out our Patreon for early access to content and help us keep making more films. www.patreon.com/fromrusttoroadtrip See you on the next one 🙌

@sonnydaniel9934 3 жыл бұрын

A trick: watch series on Flixzone. I've been using them for watching a lot of movies recently.

@michaeleckstaller3223 4 жыл бұрын

It is so nice to be allowed to travel with you. It is a perfect mix of Film and music, love it. 👍❤👍

@hobonomadic5667 4 жыл бұрын

Lazy sunday morning listening to the rain fall on the van roof and watching another fantastic vlog from you beautiful people! Perfect morning 😁👍

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds peaceful! We love listening to the rain hitting the roof, as long as it’s not leaking in 😂

@MacedonianGrace 3 жыл бұрын

Guys I'm watching all your videos 🇲🇰❤️. Well done guys. Lots of love from Macedonia ❤️🇲🇰🌻

@FromRustToRoadtrip 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for watching! We love Macedonia and we’d love to come back again, it’s a wonderful country ☺️💙

@thegreatbriton1203 4 жыл бұрын

That was good. Some amazing shots there. I'd love to see some more of the simple stuff such as you making and enjoying your coffee (dunno why lol). Also the Bazaar would have been an interesting vlog section! Keep it up.

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Aha thanks we’ll keep that in mind then for the future videos 😃

@clivetaylor27 4 жыл бұрын

Hazards aside the ambiance of the mountains and lakes is just spectacular. It enliven to see it and your capturing it is a real service. I hope you can publish and share further afield. Pagan festival! I've booked my seat already. You'll be home before next week (I hope), I'm wishing you good homecoming and look forward to your reflections and further plans and adventures.

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

There’s nothing as soothing as total wilderness and isolation. We hope to return next year to the Pagan festival as it’s an amazing celebration!

@rikb6930 4 жыл бұрын

Another good and interesting video. Thanks for sharing your trip. The way you said "Hotel rot - that sounds nice" cracked me up laughing.

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Haha we see some strange things along our travels

@RetroRatz 4 жыл бұрын

Your much braver drivers than us haha

@clivetaylor27 4 жыл бұрын

Sunday morning would not be the sane without your update, a ray of light to brighten the week. very happy you're well in such times.

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Clive, that’s nice to hear! We’re heading back to the UK on Tuesday to face whatever madness awaits us, at least we made it out before they closed all the borders!

@markwhitehead1658 4 жыл бұрын

Great filming .love all those lovely colours.

@kimballard8362 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent as usual guys, I guess you are back in the UK now? I've just loaded my van ready to hit the hills if things get bad, me being over 70 years now, although fit and healthy bad times I think, you guys stay well.

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And we’ll be back in the UK on Tuesday, bit worried about what we’re coming back to though, think we would’ve been safer in the Balkans!

@thetravelingridgways 4 жыл бұрын

Love the content guys, planning a six months trip around Europe this coming summer, Macedonia is definitely on the list! Hope it can still go ahead due-to the current situation, we’re on lockdown here in southern Spain, hope everything goes well with you, keep safe.

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yeah who knows how our travel plans are going to be affected in the coming months, this situation is not ideal for travellers! Hopefully it can resolve quickly and you can go ahead with your trip ☺️

@thetravelingridgways 4 жыл бұрын

From Rust to Roadtrip I’ve followed your channel for a while with my other channel, Costa del DJ, this channel, The Travelling Ridgway’s is my family channel based on our upcoming adventure, (if it happens?) This has been inspired by people like yourselves, great content in both filming and editing, very enjoyable. I hope this current will get sorted sooner rather than later, and I guess you’re in a better place separated from masses of people. Keep safe, long May your road trip continue! 😉

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, much appreciated! Unfortunately we’ll be back in the UK in a couple of days (our videos are a few months behind), we had to get out before everywhere closed its borders and we made it just in time!

@thetravelingridgways 4 жыл бұрын

From Rust to Roadtrip That’s good then, hope you get back into the UK, the situation changed rapidly here, only two days ago it was all fine, I work DJing in bars on the Costa del Sol, then bang everywhere is forced to close, we are locked down in our apartment, the Police and army are arresting people for being on the streets, what a difference a couple of days make? Good luck guys 🤞🏻

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Crikey sounds scary down there! Hope it doesn’t cause too much damage economically either. No idea what we’re doing for work when we return. Hospitality industry is struggling right now everywhere it seems. Hope things return to normal for you soon 🤞

@gman8606 4 жыл бұрын

Always nice to see where the road takes you. I really like that you've chosen a quite unusual- but very British van- both this one and before that the Bedford. In my youth some 40 years ago I spend a lot of time driving Bedfords, both the van and some trucks too.

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

We like that about our van(s) too, always up for a challenge and something a bit different! Can’t wait to see the Bedford on the road

@keltic_nomad 4 жыл бұрын

...good vlog guys🙂like the rock music backing track👍we can move around the city here but all entertainment places none food shops Malls bars and restaurants are all closed for 2 weeks here in Bulgaria🙁

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Think we’ll try and incorporate a bit more in to future videos. Sounds bad in Bulgaria too then. We are almost back in UK now just got to North France before it locks down here too.

@vangeezerexperience 4 жыл бұрын

Well, I give You 10 points for effort. "....is a dirt track, I think we are going to have a go for it" :) And the people. "Go there, and there and then follow that road...ok.....oh, are You hungry?" I follow van lifers that are in the sun i Morocco and in Mexico, but this is my "go-to-channel" every time I log in. I love your videos :)

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks that’s much appreciated! 😃🚐

@stefanomazzon4075 4 жыл бұрын

I dig the music, Nice tracks

@blackdogwildtrails3123 4 жыл бұрын

Hope you get back to Cornwall OK...or are you back. I saw on Instagram that you were making a dash for home before things get even worse. Good Luck

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately we’ve broken down the day before our ferry agh! Trying to find a way to get on it before France goes into lockdown

@blackdogwildtrails3123 4 жыл бұрын

@@FromRustToRoadtrip Oh No!!...Hope things work out. All the best!

@MikeWilliams-yp9kl 4 жыл бұрын

Liked your video like No.99 glad your ok 😎

@pautjevandaag 4 жыл бұрын

You are in last non-infected country. What are your plans? Or should i say: what are the options?

@stevecooney1361 4 жыл бұрын

Stay safe from caronavirus

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers. We’re almost back in the UK now. Too much crazy going on on the continent. Lots of videos to catch up editing now :)

@charlie123866 4 жыл бұрын

our town centres look similar to these now..funny that..a decade of austerity and we are up there with good old macedonia and greece..irony

@zorannaumovski6413 3 жыл бұрын

LUCY I LOVE YOU

@charlie123866 4 жыл бұрын

calculated risks or stupidity..there has to be a line..

@FromRustToRoadtrip 4 жыл бұрын

What’s life without a little risk?

@mikehurley5052 4 жыл бұрын

@@FromRustToRoadtrip No life. We are here for a good time not a long time. Keep the wheels rolling, hope you make it home.