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Europe » Albania » West » Tirana July 7th 2014

Geo: 41.3317, 19.8172 GÜN 68 GÜNLERDEN PAZARTESİ Sabah güzelce kahvaltımızı yapıp yola çıktık. Yaklaşık 15-20 trafik kontrolünü, sıfır fena puanla aşmasını başardık. Sadece, yakıt alarak Tiran 'a vardık.. Küçük bir ek bilgi vereyim ... Eğer eşiniz veya arabadaki herhangi bir kişi, yoldan ve yüksekliklerden etkileniyorsa, İskodra-Tirana yolunu pek tavsiye etmeyiz .. Oldukça netameli bir yol olduğunu saygıyla arzediyorum.. MIO (GPS) çalışmıyor.Arnavutluk kapsamı alanı içinde değil, bu nedenle Dünyanın en yaygın GPS sistemi olan el kol işareti ile otel arıyoruz .. Arnavut Polis kardeşimiz, burnunun ucundaki oteli tanımayınca veya bilemeyince bize meydan turu düştü. Ne varsa şöför kardeşlerimde var .. Otelimiz olması gereken adreste değil. Yolların adı devamlı değişiyor... read more
tirana giriş
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otelimiz

Europe » Albania » West » Tirana May 8th 2014

6.15 Frühstück, 7.00 Abfahrt, da weiß man gleich, was bevorsteht: eine lange Strecke, die auch noch schwierig ist. So war's denn auch. Der Tag begann mit dem Abschied von Tony Mac. Er war von London aus mitgefahren, hatte die ersten beiden Tage nur gefroren, aber weil er ein Mann ist, ist er nicht auf die offensichtliche Idee gekommen, dass er irgendwo anhalten könnte und sich was Warmes zum Anziehen kaufen könnte...... Am dritten Tag ging's ihm noch schlechter und ab Bled war er dann im Van mit einer schweren Erkältung/Bronchitis. In Trogier wurde er zur Untersuchung/Diagnose ins Krankenhaus gebracht, am nächsten Tag in dubrovnik nochmal. Von dieser schweren Erkältung war sein Herz angegriffen und er entschloß sich, das MR im Hotel in Dubrovnik stehen zu lassen. Er selbst flog heute Abend heim nach England. Plant aber, ... read more
Fähre
albanischer Bunker

Europe » Albania » West » Tirana September 4th 2013

Albania via Pogradec > Korca > Erseke > Leskovik > Permet > Gjirokaster > Livadhja > Butrint > Ksamil > Borsch > Dhermi > Vlore I’ve been reunited with Dragana (the bike) and have to say my heart skipped a beat on seeing her. And now we’ve been together again for just over a week it’s like no time has passed between us. Actually, that’s not totally true. After an absence of bike riding for over a month, whilst I still knew how to still ride a bike, the going was er, a little tough. Riding along Ohrid Lake was nice enough but not like the gorgeous road around Skardar Lake in Montenegro. But as first days back in the saddle go, this wasn’t a bad one. And the monastery of Sveti Naum, just near the ... read more
Summer's over at Pogradec
Playing Dominos at Pogradec
The Road to Korca

Europe » Albania » West » Tirana August 25th 2013

Hello my fellow travellers! After a great day with Mihajlo in Veles and another good exploration of Skopje yesterday I got on the bus to Tirana. Let's just say that the bus was less than exciting, burning hot with no air conditioning but with an assortment of drunks instead, yes drunks, not drinks. Even so I eventually managed to fall asleep and in doing so ended up in Durres instead of in Tirana. Tirana doesn't actually have a bus station, the bus just stopped at a parking lot with no lights around and that's why I never noticed it. I only noticed because we were two hours past the time when I was supposed to be in Tirana and when I asked another passenger he told me that we had already passed it, he was kind ... read more
Bunker TR III 1976
Bunker TR III 1976
Concrete Supports of Spac Labour Camp

Europe » Albania » West » Tirana August 24th 2013

Berat to Tirana - out we went on the same roads we came in on until we headed off to Tirana, the capital city of about a million people. There are some highways built in Albania so we had quite few k's of smooth riding on four lane motorways in between the lesser roads so a better ride than yesterday. Tirana is bustling, busy, bullish - on the surface anyway. We got the impression of a city in a hurry but still with too many men looking as if they had no job to go to. There are some impressive buildings in a style different to western eyes - almost a mix of eastern, western, communist and capitalist ideas struggling for supremacy. The mausoleum that Enver Hoxha, the communist dictator , had arranged for himself in ... read more
Unfinished houses
Rural Albania
Kotor

Europe » Albania » West » Tirana July 5th 2013

www.theredquest.com url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Balkan-Odyssey-Travels-Yugoslavia-oh-ebook/dp/B00DQ6V324/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372689617&sr=1-2&keywords=the+balkan+odysseyThe Balkan Odyssey Getting to the Albania border was as straightforward as the man in the bus station had said it would be. Ulcinj turned out to be another deliciously pretty coastal town, but all Michael and I saw of it was a cafe in the bus station. With a goal of reaching Tirana before nightfall, we decided to get straight on with the journey. After a quick cup of coffee, we jumped in a taxi to take us the short distance to the border. Once stamped into the poorest nation of the Balkans, we considered our options. There were a few minivans waiting nearby, as well as three taxis. "How much to Tirana?" I asked the first taxi driver. "Two hundred euro,"... read more
Tirana
Tirana
The Balkan Odyssey

Europe » Albania » West » Tirana May 21st 2013

Gelato flavour of the day - Blueberry (quality has gone downhill in Albania,this one not true to colour or flavour) We had read there were train services between Durres and Tirana, 38km away and although they could be unreliable for being on time they would at least take us to a point in the city that we could get ourselves back to when it was time to head home after some sightseeing. The buses we had read were another thing and although there was likely to be one bus station in Durres, the departure points in Tirana changed often, or so said the guide books. This was because there was a long ongoing dispute for business between the buses which we think are ‘Johnny come lately’ compared to the furgons who were probably as close to ... read more
Main boulevard,Tirana
Central square,Tirana
Palace of Culture,Tirana

Europe » Albania » West » Tirana September 7th 2012

Resumo: Muitas despedidas num dia so; Coracao apertado; Muitos pensamentos/sentimentos; Estou bem. Acordei cedo para caminhar um pouco. Tirana eh uma cidade bem colorida, bem mais do que eu imaginava. Por causa do comunismo nesta regiao achei que a cidade fosse cinza. Assim, aproveitei para tirar algumas fotos. A nostalgia comecou a bater ai .. estava me despedindo de Tirana. Apos 2 semanas, ja estava me sentindo em casa. Conhecia a moca do caixa do supermercado, a sra da padaria, o moco do cafe, a faxineira do hostel .. e assim vai a lista imensa de pessoas que faziam parte da minha "rotina". Imprimi as ultimas fotos que seriam entregues as educadoras do orfanato. Este foi o dia tambem que 2 processos de adocao foram finalizados. Assim, houve festa de despedida para elas. Que festa de ... read more
Byebye Tirana
ByeBye Tirana
ByeBye Tirana

Europe » Albania » West » Tirana September 3rd 2012

Yes that is how our journey into Tirana began. We thought we were prepared leaving Ohrid, we got up early caught the bus to neighbouring town Struga where we would find the bus station that would take us to Tirana. We learnt the worlds for bus station to Tirana and had told our bus driver who found someone on the bus who said he would take us some of the as It was now apparently a bit of a walk out of town. Well the small walk ended up being a lot longer. The man who walked us to the bus station took us to what looked like a main road and said “bus station” whilst pointing down the road. We had been told a ten minute walk so we decided to follow his directions. After ... read more
Skanderbeg Square
Murat Toptani Street all lit up
Tirana Castle walls

Europe » Albania » West » Tirana August 29th 2012

Resumo: Conhecendo pessoas incriveis; Aprendendo a tocar Ukulele; Estou bem. Trabalhar no hostel estava totalmente fora dos meus planos. Porem, a minha viagem tomou este rumo apos nao conseguir encontrar acomodacao barata em Saranda, lugar que eu queria ter ficado por mais tempo. Como eu mencionei no ulitmo post, trabalho como recepcionista, garconete, faxineira e fotografa dos eventos daqui (15h as 21h30). Se parar para pensar o quanto estou "economizando" e o quanto "valia" a minha hora de trabalho .. eh insano o que estou fazendo! Principalmente pq sou voluntaria no orfanato das 9h30 as 12h30 e na maternidade das 13h30 as 14h20. No orfanato eu ajudo a cuidar das criancas (0-4anos) e na maternidade eu fico com os bebes 'abandonados' no colo ou brinco com uma bebezinha que tem sindrome de down. Mas meu ponto ... read more
my Ukulele teacher
Lele




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