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Published: July 14th 2023
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I forgot to spray my bed so the biter is at me again. I put socks, leggings and a hoodie on but he still leaves a line of bites on my face. I wake up not slept and grumpy when Deysha wakes me. I go down and my phone seems to be working but the case is missing. I search everywhere through breakfast but with no luck. Who steals a phone case but its the only explanation. My mood is not improved. We head to the bus station and Deysha buys me a coffee to cheer me up. My phone has now died and won’t recharge so I’m back to thinking its gone for good and I don’t think much is backed up. I have a little nap on the bus and by the time we get to vlore I feel a bit better.
We are dropped at a roundabout and maps say we are an hour walk to town. There are two other girls so we decide to get a taxi to the bus station. We do and it stops next to a credins bank so Deysha and I are able to get cash out. Then we look at
where we are and find we are still 40 minutes away from where we need to be. It is really hot and I feel light headed as we walk. We walk through old town which looks cute but tiny. We stop for food and I feel a little better after a coke and a bacon and cheese sandwich that is nothing like I expect it to be. Still I’m hungry so I eat. The second half of the walk is still hot but I am feeling a little more myself. At the hostel we check into our private room which is similar to the one in Skopje with the bed on the floor. Its cute though. The guy on reception seems to have no clue about anything, we ask for towels and ge tries to charge us but Deysha shows him an email saying they’re free. He wants to check with the owner when he is back in an hour but we insist, I really need a shower so he gets us towels. We ask about the fan and he says someone is using it but Deysha insists that’s we’ve paid for a room with a fan and we need
one now, we’re hot after the walk. Reluctantly he finds us one. I head for a shower which is hot and I can burn my bites which improves my mood. Then we chill in the room for an hour and I put my phone on the wall plug and thank god it starts charging.
After my phone is charged and we are sufficiently relaxed we head to the beach. It is one long strip and could be anywhere in Spain with the tree lined road but it has a sandy beach, dark sand though. The water is warm and really shallow. Deysha swims but I just enjoy chilling in the shallow water. We wash under the beach shower and dry off before heading up to the bars. Jasmine and Stephen are due at around 8pm so we find a bar near their air bnb and order a cocktail to wait for them. Deysha wants to shower and change so she heads back. I ask her to bring me a dress I can change into. I watch the sunset while she is away and have another cocktail. It is a beautiful sunset and I decide I quite like Vlore, I
am going to spend my second day here rather than Tirana.
Jasmine and Stephen arrive near 9pm and they look a bit frazzled, seems like it has been a long drive. We head for food but the local place we were recommended is really busy so we just go to a place on the front. We get a nice selfie of the 4 of us and have a nice catch up. Everyone is really tired so it is not a late night. Back at the hostel Deysha and I watch about ten minutes if the little mermaid before we fall asleep.
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