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Backpacking the Balkans is a trip run by Girlguiding North West England to take place in Summer 2019. All of our young members went through a county selection weekend before being put through a second regional selection weekend, before being put together as a team.

We’ll be visiting three Balkan countries on our trip, flying into Bulgaria, travelling around Serbia and Montenegro, and then returning to Bulgaria before flying home.

This blog will be used to update you all on our journey, from briefing weekends, our preparations and the trip itself to our debrief and presentation. It will likely be updated every couple of days, so make sure to subscribe - and follow our Twitter and Instagram @balkansnwe2019 for more!

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03/08/2019 So. Here we are. The last day of the trip. Now there isn’t much to say about today except from the fact that the leaders could have sailed home on their own tears from last night when they exchanged gifts - and I laughed at them.  We had a not-so-much lie in of 7:30 (although this may have been a little worse for the leaders, seeing as they experienced a little disturbance in the night when a 'fight' occurred and a young male was kicked out of the hostel). Moving on to this morning, when I woke up to find that we had to use the toilets on a different floor because the kebab shop may have been handing out bad food to drunken individuals who could not control themselves.  After a quick pack we headed to the airport via our private transfer (thanks Alice, I don’t think we could have dealt with anymore of your public-transport-induced-stress!) and waited to check in. Lots of Milka later, we were heading on to the plane and fast track to an hour later and ...
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