Escaping to KOSOVO in a Broken Taxi - Skopje to Pristina

Hello everyone! This is the seventh video in my Balkans series. In this video, I travel from Skopje in North Macedonia to Pristina in Kosovo.

The people you meet on your travels are, ultimately, the lasting memories.

I originally planned to travel from Skopje in North Macedonia to Pristina in Kosovo via bus. However, this plan had to change, as it was a public holiday and there were no buses in operation from Skopje bus station. My only transport option to escape the holidays in Skopje was to take a taxi.

Luckily for me, Bokkie and his brother Kosta were in town - after some negotiation, the former arranged for the latter to drive me to Pristina. It is fair to say Kosta was not happy with the cut Bokkie seemed to arrange for himself!

The taxi itself might have had a few mechanical issues, but the company could not be beaten. Kosta kept me entertained with his interesting stories, rants about the road quality in his country and his "welcome to Pristina" song. It is fair to say that he is one of my all-time favourite characters I've met on my travels!

Buckle up for a ride like you've never seen before.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:08 Skopje bus station with Bokkie and Kosta
1:53 Paying Bokkie
2:35 Getting to know Kosta
3:23 Leaving Skopje Bus Station
3:57 Driving through Skopje
10:47 Petrol and Schweppes
13:11 Last bit of North Macedonia
18:19 Border zones
20:01 Welcome to Kosovo
24:39 Kosta's song
25:53 Entering Pristina
32:13 Parking
32:31 Going for coffee

A link to another of my Skopje videos I mentioned in the vlog:
   • This city of statues cannot be real! ...