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Europe » Albania » North » Shkodër July 25th 2005

I arrived rather early in the morning in Ulcinj, coming from Kotor. I had heard it should be easy to get a minivan to Shkoder from here. But the informations there were confusing. One person told me it left at one o'clock, another at 14.30, then one said 11 and finally someone told me four o'clock. As I was running around pretty swetty and tired, I believe I was noticed by more than one person, wherefore a guy in the end offered me a ride to Shkoder for 7 euros which I felt was rather cheap considering the long way. I went with him in his very hot car and I was almost baking on the backseat. We talked some, but mainly I just staired out the window at the very beautifull nature that is to ... read more
The center of Shkoder
The mosque in Shkoder center

Europe » Albania » North » Shkodër June 21st 2005

The suspense is now over; we have finally arrived and tomorrow we depart. As logic normally will tell you, though people rarely listen, is that the hype is usually nothing like the actual experience. It reminds me of the build-up to a GREAT New Year’s Eve party. Every time you have all the hype and all the expectation, it is never what you think it will be. In our case, we heard a lot of negative things about Albania before we finally ventured across the border from Ulcinj, Montenegro: “Don’t go there. It’s nothing but beggars”; “Why would you go to Albania?”, or “Don’t believe a word that any Albanian tells you”. These were just a small sample of what we heard just from our short stay in Montenegro. It’s always useful to inquire about the ... read more
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