http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Montenegro , Kotor en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:38:45 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:38:45 UTC Took only about 45 minutes to get from Budva to Kotor. The arrival in town was quite dramatic for me through mountain pass and out of it you immediately see the fjord it was very cloudy and windy and when i got off at the bus station no one offered me rooms so i was forced to go to the old town about 1 km away there was a green market going just outside of the fort went in and looked around un http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-340898.html In our quest to vist as many countries as we can on this trip we signed up for a group excursion much like the one we took to Mostar to the Bay of Kotor in Montenegro. As it turned out we would have been much better off to rent a car and drive there ourselves as the tour was a total disaster. It was really a shame because the Bay and the city of Kotor were absolutely beautiful. I will try http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-305197.html Guess what Yes its raining again. But this isn't going to dampen our spirits so after breakfast we start our journey of driving round the bay. Hope the roads are better the other side.The roads were flooded as we drove through Koto it hard to believe they started building this place around 800 BC but never got round to building drains We drove round to Perast which is a very pretty coastal vi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-287234.html Saturated Souls II The weather today looks a little more promising so we decided to make another attempted to climb Kotor's wall after yesterday's attempt was rained off. We started this climb with a rucksack full of high hopes and even higher optimism and ended up with a rucksack full of water. Very reminiscent of Hadrians wall. It is a good climb to the top. 1020 feet roughly. Zig zaging up http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-287232.html Saturated Souls After a good night sleep we wake up to what is reminiscent of the weather in old blighty. Cloudy and overcast but we have breakfast and put our lives in the hands of the gods and drive to Kotor. We had been in Kotor for no more than an hour when we were enticed into the Citadella roof top restaurant for pizza' due to the yummy smell coming from there. The Citadella Hotel has a gr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-287231.html Here we are at last. After a short stint on the plane we arrive in Croatia and drive the fifteen minutes to the border to what use to be until a short while ago the planets newest country. This will be my fifth journal. Three of them along the Adriatic. Croatia. Slovenia and now Montenegro. I use write them for my own pleasure something to read back on in years to come. But hey I thought. I could http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-287229.html Monteregro I a beautiful little country wedged in between croatia Albania and Serbia oh and dont forget Kosovo. I entered into Montenegro via Croatia and the road was amazing you follow a mountian overlooking the Adriatic ocean. The water was so clear and green it made the best view. I stayed in the only hostel in Montenegro in a town called Budva. The people running it were amazing and even http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-286855.html Having abandoned all hope for a meaningful stay in Budva I am now in a much better place. Then again any place is better than Budva. Barrow Alaska would be better. For Montenegro Kotor is that town. Though its popularity with visitors and limited number of beds almost had me call of my entire interest in exploring the area and head elsewhere. All hotels within walking distance have been http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-278117.html Leonardo Di Caprio is lost on the backpacker trail in Bangkok when he hears word of a magical Beach located off the Southern coast of Thailand. Like most backpackers without a plan would he follows this secret advice and is justly rewarded for his search. And though he narrowly escapes death gets chased by a shark is exiled from the hippy commune and is driven mad it makes for a good story. S http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-266713.html We succeeded in getting out of bed rather early this morning and rewarded ourselves with the pastry we bought last night for breakfast. We didn't linger long because it was so damn cold.In a very responsible manner we got bus times in preparation for our onward journey. We think we will have to stay here tonight because the buses run early mornings. As we were leaving the station we bumped into ou http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-224837.html We managed to drag ourselves out of bed this morning only with the promise of our included breakfast. Despite knowing full well that hotel breakfast are always disappointing we still had high hopes. We got a cup of tea and an omlette that was swimming in grease. I couldn't stomach mine so early in the morning so Rob had mine as well. We sat and waited for the plate of cheesemeat to come that we h http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-224835.html just a few piccys of the coast of Montengro......small country....spectacular coast....high mile per photo ratio http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-214285.html Montenegro formaba parte de la antigua Yugoslavia y sigui siendo parte de sta junto con Serbia despus de la Guerra de los Balcanes en la que Croacia Eslovenia y BosniaHerzogobina obtuvieron su independencia...Posteriormente form con Serbia la Unin de Serbia y Montenegro hasta que en junio del 2006 obtuvo la independencia...gran parte de su territorio es montaoso y con unos paisajes de http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-213393.html Decided to stay in the nice hotel in Dubrovnik one more night and do a day trip to Kotor Montengro before staying there. The drive into Montenegro was spectacularly beautiful. Unfortunately it was pouring rain when we got there but we had another rainy hike and walked up to the fortress on the top of the hill. Then had this incredibly beautiful sunset drive back to Dubrovnik. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-213209.html From War Torn to Tourist Town Yugoslavia Croatia Serbia Kosovohellipthese are all words that evoke at least in the mind of the common American the thought of war and ethnic cleansing. When mentioned in common speech people tend to look at you like you are slightly crazy. To say ldquoYeah Irsquom going to Croatia for vacation next weekrdquo people tend to think yoursquove gone http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-201573.html Rhea is an old friend to our family so it was wonderful that after a decade apart from her my family were her first charter for a new season on the Dalmatian Coast. She's spent all of her life in Turkey and Greece where owners David and Penny Ross live now family friends of ours. She's a vast Baltic trader built in 1900 and constructed of pine teak and oak she has a topsail schooner rig squar http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-201079.html If anyone has seen the James Bond movie Casino Royale you might remember shots of an amazing fiord in Montenegro whilst JB was convalescing after a rather painfull experience with a less than complete chair and a large blunt object smashing some of his tender parts.Well not to be outdone except for the blunt object smashing part we decided to check out this place and traveled south of Dubrov http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-199576.html Is the bay of Kotor in Montenegro or Crna Gore as they call it with at the very end the walled medieval village of Kotor. And I appreciated it more than Dubrovnik which I thought was very commercial and a bit like Disneyland whereas Kotor is more authentic. Stayed at a private home stay in old man Marco's kitchen... So no problem cooking... Ha ha ha... You can climb up to a fortress overlook http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-191272.html I suppose that ridiculously late transportation was something that I needed to start getting used to in the Balkans. The train from Belgrade to Bar in Montenegro pulled in nearly an hour late and took almost another hour to get situated before it left. Luckily we had two awesome Serbian girls sitting next to us which made the 11 hour trip a pretty good time with a lot of laughs. We were so lou http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-184519.html Greetings from the newest country in the world. After finally getting a haircut from a women that does not speak language I decided to get online to try and get a car rental for Alex and my travel in Croatia. While we really enjoyed Belgrade it was time to move on. The train from Belgrade to Bar Montenegro was long but very pretty. We sat next to some cute Serbian girls the entire way and talke http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-183891.html This is to be no ordinary blog this is a Super blog. 2 12 countries I'll explain the 12 country later enroute to Greece. First up the world's newest nation Montenegro after it broke the shackles from Serbia its beligerant compadre up north who for once didn't retaliate by bombing the daylights out of one of its perceived fledglings flying the coop. Initial impressions of Montenegro. o http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-168836.html We say goodbye to Emma and grab an overnight sleeper to the newest Country in the world. Montenegro is only 9 months old since it declared independence from Serbia. We arrive in Bar with torrential rain as I had the homey waterproof gear Daz and I bought in New York I was assigned to find out how to get to Kotor. see pic of me in the rain and my Homey gear. I just needed some Bling to make th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-143757.html The overnight bus from Peja went without problem and I was dropped in Uclinje at 5AM in the bus station. I wasn't too sure if I wanted to stay as the sights in town didn't seem to be overwhelming. My question was answered for me by a bus heading northward that was leaving 3 minutes after my bus arrived. I hopped on it because it meant I could have 2 more hours of sleep and not spend hours trying t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/blog-108051.html Hot on the Moon10 years ago before I started to overload cycling with all my ecological social principles I was used to define cyclism merely as ldquoschool for dreamsrdquo. Mighty Leni Kravitz used to sind ldquoif you want it you got it yoursquove just gotta believerdquo. Very nice but no matter how much you believe you would be the next president of the US or the best basketba http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Perast/blog-81626.html I arrived to Kotor todays ago meeting a rather strange woman at the busstation who constantly followed me wanting me to accomondate at her place. I didn't get much of her very fast talk but after long considerations and her constantly saying Stari Grad Moda Stari Grad I chose together with a belgien guy to go with her. We came to a small apartment near the cathedral where she immidiately st http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-14724.html By request I am including a small post with pictures that include myself as well as scenery. Yes I am alive and well and haven't become Eurotrendy a mountain man or dirty traveler at least not yet.And a couple of good travel and life quotes Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey. Fitzhugh MullanThe traveler was active he went strenuously in search of http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-11677.html