http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Budva/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Montenegro , Budva en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:11:49 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:11:49 +0000 Rachel my friend from Seattle had suggested I go to Montenegro. I was so glad I did. As you can see its amazing. I stayed at Sammy's Guesthouse. Sammy and his family are amazing. They will cook special meals for you take you on tours around the island by boat and offer you unlimited glasses of their homemade grappa. Beware its strong. Sammy had lived in Germany and opted for a more simpler l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Budva/blog-442511.html Ostrag Monastery Budva days 911 July 6 July 8Leaving Sarajevo we took a bus to our next destination Ostrag Monastery. The road from Sarajevo through the nearby mountains was very narrow with some lovely sheer drops but this of course meant great views. Especially initially we were on a narrow country road with not much passing room for the oncoming traffic. You can see why this area is s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Budva/blog-426436.html wellif you think im going to do a usual blog about 9 days worth of stuff then you are very much incorrect. so here is the last 9 days in neat bullet point form. i shall expand on bits and pieces and leave some tantalizing cliffhangers. im being very antisocial to write this by the way so appreciate it. mostar was awesome and i fell in love with it pretty sharpish. on the first night i met a g http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Budva/blog-397153.html At the crack of dawn 8 AM in lazyassstudent speak Steve pokes his head into my room and announces that we're going to Budva today. Budva. My head still busy extricating itself from the realm of sleep I could've sworn he told me that we're going to see the all mighty Buddha today. I don't care how many millions of Asians worship him I need my eight hours at all costs. Kaput.I squinted at h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Budva/blog-374841.html The taxi driver in Tirana have family in Boston and have visited 3 times before so we had a good conversation about life in his country and how he still have no ambition to live with his parents in America he hopes Obama wins. The Shkodra bus took a good 2 hours including delays due to bad traffic accident. When I arrived in Shkodra taxi drivers immediately took notice of me and offering to take http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Budva/blog-339907.html The next country on our journey was Montenegro which is one of the newest contries in the world after it recently gained independence from Serbia.We were headed for Budva for 2 nights Budva is the main tourist destination in Montengro and the Dalmatian coasts version of Ibiza. On the way we took a scenic drive along the Kotor Fiord and stopped for lunch in aptly named Kotor. Kotor was an unexpec http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Budva/blog-321271.html We got through the border with no problem and immediately saw the economical differences between Albania and Montenegro Montenegro reminding me more of the Algarve in Portugal there were far more real buildings than there were in Albania and a damn sight more shiny cars. We were dumped on the side of the road and after counting up our left over euros from italy 7.70 we hopped into a taxi to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Budva/blog-304829.html