Back to the past.... 2nd hand shoe streeeet!

Back to the past....

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October 16th 2007
Arrived in Durres, Albania, the port was...........basically a flat piece of concrete!!! got through customs and nothing there beside a bunch of cars calling themselves a taxi. So lost, got ripped off and hopped on a taxi to find the bus to Tirana! Once on the bus it was all easy, dropped right off at the train station and I just took the bigest road I saw until I got to the big Scanderbeg Sq ... read more

Europe » Albania » West » Tirana

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Between 1990 and 1992 Albania ended 46 years of xenophobic Communist rule and established a multiparty democracy. The transition has proven difficult as successive governments have tried to deal with high unemployment, widespread corruption, a dilapi... ... read more