I had made some really lovely friends in Kotor, but I was very ready to leave the buzz of tourists behind after 3 days. I headed onto a bus to Sarajevo; left at 19:30 and arrived at the uncomfortable hour of 5am. I was not happy to be dropped off in the middle of relatively no where, and had to get a taxi to Sarajevo, which as I was about 30 km away, had to fork out 20 euros for a taxi which was about the same price as my bus there. When I eventually got to Sarajevo, the taxi driver [View Full Entry]

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It took about 4 buses but I eventually got to Kotor, a beautiful port town, that is a preserved museum town. It is a walled city, that as soon as you walk in you feel like you have been taken back a couple of hundred years. Of course the hundreds of extremely wealthy Russian and Serbian tourists soon ruin that dream. I stayed in a hostel within the town, and spent most of my time walking around enjoying the stunning surroundings with other travellers. It is a really lovely place, but was slightly ruined by all the tourists. Unlike Albanian I [View Full Entry]

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Well I had only a few days left in Albania before I headed to the coast of Montenegro. So after our trip to the Blue Eyed spring, Jhonny, Axiel and I jumped on a bus to Gjirokastra. there were no seats but we sat on the floor, and I made friends with the people around me, and managed to a get a nectarine and contacts to meet up with when I went back to Tirana. So was a pleasant journey, considering the seating arrangement. I had only a short period before I had to head back to Saranda, as the buses [View Full Entry]

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From Berat we got a day bus down to Sarande. The journey was through the mountains and very picturesque, so the 6 hours were a pleasure. We went to the Hairy lemon hostel managed by a lovel Irish women, Annette, who made us pancakes in the morning. The hostel was an apartment on the 8th floor, with awesome views over the coast of Sarande, and on a clear day you can see Corfu. I could have spent all afternoon just sitting on the breezy balcony taking in the viewm but we braved the heat to walk the 5 mintues to the [View Full Entry]

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From Tirana we headed off to Berat, apparently Albania's prettiest town as it was preserved during the communist era as a museum town. We arrived in the afternoon and after a trek across town and up cobbled streets to the Hostel, we arrived at the most beautiful hostel - The Berat Backpacker's Hostel - owned by a nice English guy called Scott. The highlight of the hostel was the pretty garden complete with grape vines, fig, pomegranite, lemon trees and aubergine and tomato plants. We went into the main town and walked up another cobbled hill to the citadel, where we [View Full Entry]

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Our bus journey to Tirana from Struga, near Ohrid, was like many in Albania; longer than expected, hot and sweaty but with beautiful scenery to watch go by and my uncanny ability to sleep on warm moving vehicles, still a good journey. We arrived in the evening in Tirana, which was a little overwhelming as we did not know what to expect from this recently communist country. There is no formal bus station, but rather the buses stop on the outskirts of the country depending from which direction they come from. We were determined to be 'proper' travelers and trek to [View Full Entry]

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I am a couple of weeks behind, but thought I would try and catch up anyway. SO the true start of my travels, and I began jsut 30 minutes from where the general assembly was in Ohrid. We were only there for about a day, but I really liked it. We spent most of our time in the Old Town, and enjoyed walking around the Med style cobbled streets and houses complete with grape vines and cats. We visited a few of the 365 churches Ohrid boasts. They were a contrast of Orthodox Christianity and Catholic, all very ornate with lots [View Full Entry]

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Well I have finally started my travels, and first stop is Sofia, Bulgaria. A country I know little about, and whose language completely escapes me. I feel somewhat disabled by this and struggle not start speaking Spanish as my brain only knows two languages; English and Foreign. We arrived today at noon, Nikesh my travelling buddy who I met for the first time at Gatwick this morning, but had planned to travel to the IFMSA conference together via email. Luckily we get on! We were welcomed to Sofia with sunshine and blue skies, and given a glimpse into the Iron belt. [View Full Entry]

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We spent just under a week in Puerto Escondido enjoying some much needed sun and surf. Puerto is not only beautiful, with stunning beaches, it is also filled with surfers and so has a great night life and atmosphere. They made the view from our sun loungers even better, as there were always surfers out catching waves, or just walking around, and with their very tanned and toned bodies they made a great view! We stayed in these cabanas on the beach at Buena Onda - which kind of translates as good vibe. The accomadation was the best I have stayed [View Full Entry]

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Well after our 3 and half weeks in Gautamala Lizzie and I finally came back to Mexico. We had an eventful border crossing, mainly because we were tired, but also as we just weren't thinking. Anyway luckily we got to San Cristobal in the end, and spent our afternoon there shopping in the markets and walking around San Cristobal. It is a beautiful city and I was very happy to spend another evening there. We spent our evening before our long night bus in a stunning little Wine and Tapas bar, hoping the bottle of wine and yummy food would help [View Full Entry]

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