Exploring New Destinations with Our Van!

Proof You Don’t Have to Wait for Summer to Travel: The @adventure.trip.bus Project — Young People Exploring Miles of Untouched Nature in Their Own Van.

Their adventures began in 2016 with a Yugo 45, a car they never imagined would even make it to the first toll booth without breaking down. Yet, it carried them all the way to the Duomo di Milano Cathedral in Italy. That trip took them through several European capitals and ended at an art and music festival in Hungary.

They stayed at the festival for a few days, equipped only with a sleeping bag and their Yugo as their apartment. From that experience came the idea that they needed a van to serve both as transportation and as a living space during their travels.

After returning to Macedonia, they began researching and inspecting vans, eventually deciding on a VW T3 that was previously used to transport students to rural areas.

Traveling with Adventure Trip Bus is more than just following a map. Their journeys are spontaneous and sometimes last far longer than the planned weekend tour because they often discover more interesting camping spots along the way than originally expected.

So far, their adventures have taken them to the Baltic countries—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania—as well as Switzerland, Hungary, Slovenia, and Poland. They have also completed several-month-long trips through Italy, Sicily, Malta, France, Turkey, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other places.

They shared that at the border with Serbia, the police officers started asking them about their next destination and even tried to guess where they were headed.

They hope that in 2021 the borders will be open so they can visit Spain, Morocco, and camp in the desert in their million-star apartment.