http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Albania en-us Thu, 26 Nov 09 04:01:01 +0000 Thu, 26 Nov 09 04:01:01 +0000 My last trip was through the Balkan countries in Eastern Europe taking in the sights of Budapest in Hungary before heading down into Serbia and Bosnia. From here I headed into Croatia to see Dubrovnik for a few days. After leaving Dubrovnik I travelled onto Albania where we toured around for about a week. From Albania we headed onto Corfu and then down into Athens. Bosnia was one of the highlights http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/blog-455832.html Vacation BlogBusiness Plan ServicesVacation Rentals http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/East/Korce/blog-452094.html Catherine enjoyed frankfurters for breakfast heated over a Gaztype stove and in a 250 mL coffee pot. Such was the Ulcinj Hiltonhome stay. Our cabbie was on time and we headed for the border along everdeteriorating roads. This area really was a frontier in geography and vibe. At the frontier proper the wind was cold chilled by the previous night's snow The roads actually improved in Alba http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/West/Tirana/blog-445124.html Erion my Albanian friend w305th whom I had worked in London sent me a text. He had got the message that I was 305n h305s town and we arranged to meet. He looked somehow bounc305er than he had 305n Londonwh305ch he attr305buted to a l305festyle of relax305ng 305n the Alban305an sun sw305mm305ng 305n the Ion305an Sea and most 305mportantly not w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/South/Vlor-/blog-443269.html Still raining. Host beyond his call drove me to the bus where I was almost embarrasingly the only passenger on the massive coach. The journey to Shkoder in Albania took an hourandahalf including the bordercontrol stop where I without incident or payment of any kind received a slightly dissapointing passport stamp. I had been expecting a big Albanian eagle emblazoned over a whole page. We http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/North/Shkod-r/blog-442087.html Hicran Cigdem Yorgancioglu Arnavutluk seyahatinden Gunluklerinde bir kac kesit Eser Sahibi H.304286DEM YORGANCIO286LU Bu gezi yaz305s305na dair 5846 say305l305 Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunursquondan do287an mali ve manevi haklar305n gerek sahibidir. ARNAVUTLUKKalp ve damarlar305m ne istiyor bugn soruyorum ve diyor ki ad305na seyahat denen k305p305rt http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/blog-437654.html We begin our journey through Albania with three bus rides from Budva through to Tirana. We ended up with a private room at Freddy's Hostel. Tirana wasn't the most exciting city we have been to so far but it is interesting with Albania only just having come out of an unsuccessful communism in the 90's. Things in Tirana were fairly cheap people were generally extremely friendly. On one occasion we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/blog-434407.html Rapidos pour partager un peu voici quelques photos.Vido sans montage hyper rapide en 2 s le temps de taper mencoder videos.mp4 sous Fedora.Cliquez sur une photo pour les voir en plus grand. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/blog-433628.html first coming to Albania Tirane and arrival at Durres http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/blog-432643.html 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 considerin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/West/Tirana/blog-431586.html 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 al http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/South/blog-430788.html 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 comp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/West/Berat/blog-430526.html 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 s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/West/Tirana/blog-429794.html Three days ago we arrived Albania. In the beginning we got the feeling that hitchhiking will not be easy because some people expected to get money. As we arrived Tirana the capital we were lokking for a telephonebox to call the numbers of people from that town. A girl Dorina helped us and after we couldn't reach any of our contacts Dorina offert us to stay at her house together with her fam http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/blog-426208.html Wednesday 8th July 2009Wake up this morning at 6am... had not slept well AT ALL due to the streetlights shining straight into the sail boat cabin which has no door plus I had woken up at 4am with a coughing fit so it felt like I had only just got back to sleep when it was time to get up and get ready. We had to pack up our stuff and clean the boat and have breakfast this morning before the boat http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/West/Tirana/blog-418186.html Teddy The Albanian Puppy We Rescued UpdateTeddy will be coming out of quarantine on Saturday 4th July 2009 'Teddy Independence Day'. Teddy will have an absolutely fantastic life. Everything will be a new experience for him. When we found and rescued him at 10 weeks old he was in a dreadful condition in fact nearly dead. He has now almost finished his 6 months in quarantine just 2 more weeks to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/North/blog-411220.html Not on everyone's list of places to see in the world Albania had always been a country that appealed to me. With my pal Michael we flew into Tirana on a warm and sunny evening in May. One of Europe's poorest nations a legacy left over from exruler Enver Hoxha or Supreme Comrade as he liked to call himself Albania embraced communism in the 1940s. At first Hoxha made friends with the Soviets http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/West/Tirana/blog-403942.html www.shkodraonair.com shkodraonair live chat muzike tv radio foto http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/blog-384597.html Just Look At Teddy NowTeddy the puppy my friend Jilly and I recued from a slum in Albania has recovered well in quarantine. He is now about 5 months old and is fit and healthy. He has grown tremendously and is now free of sarcoptic mange and his fur has fully grown back. For Teddy quarantine is like staying in a 5 star luxury hotel in comparison to the slum in Albania where we found him livi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/North/blog-380894.html This morning my boss strolled into my room and told me this Good morning...how are you doing beat Well I was thinking a little bit about going to Albania today...I think you already know how this story ends.But God you wouldn't believe what happened inbetweenAlthough the Albanian border was only a good 30 km away there was something that stood in our way...It was Tuzi this tinyass p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Albania/North/blog-377523.html