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 all afternoon just sitting on the breezy balcony taking in the viewm but we braved the heat to walk the 5 mintues to the beach and crashed on some sunbeds for an afternoon nap. The beaches are very rocky, but the water is gorgeous. Sarande is the Albanina riviere, and filled with Serbian, Albanian and Macedonian tourists, all very
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