Blogs from Tirana, West, Albania, Europe - page 4

Dax warned us. Efore going into Albania what crazy things we would see.... Well, here's what I saw! Creepy dolls hanging from half finished buildings to keep away evil spirits. Some were hand made, but a few were stuffed animals that seemed to be hanging because of some nefarious crime. I even saw a donkey kong doll lol So many donkeys! Donkeys walking alone, donkeys walking alone with stuff on their backs, donkeys tied up, donkeys in road, donkeys being ridden,... Donkeys!! Woman walking with a scythe with a 2.5 foot long blade! Goat crossings and little boys driving them Cars on the second floor of unfinished buildings with no explicable way for them to have gotten ho there Slaughtered goat on the side of the highway Cow tied up outside of a butcher shop Uncountable ... read more

Geo: 41.3317, 19.8172 GÜN 03 GÜNLERDEN CUMARTESİ:Sabah erkenden yola çıktım.. Hemen 10 dakika sonra hududa vardım. Bakmadılar. Devam ederek yoluma girdim.Qukes'i geçip Elbasan' a vardım . Sanayi kenti Yoldaki araba yıkama meraklılarının adedi beni şaşırtıyor . Bizim Fethiye yolu üstündeki gibi, tepeden suyu sallayan "Araba yıkarım" diye yolun kenarına dizilmiş. Elbasan 'ı geçtikten sonra tırmanmaya başladım ve yol giderek zorlamaya başladı. ... read more

Our travel through the Balkans began in early January, however it is only Tirana that has forced me to start a blog. Perhaps it's the crazy turn of events that continue to fall upon us daily, or the impulse to share information from such an ill-informed country with others that has now convinced me to start a blog. And so here we are. Albania. We arrived in Tirana today with little fuss (yes, unusual for us). It's our fifth day in Albania and fourth destination on the map. We are over the initial culture shock, the realization that bus stations and tourist informations don't exit and we have mastered the Albanian thank you, 'faleminderit' with fluency. Here's to the beginning of an Albanian adventure!... read more

we were back on the coach today headed toTirana, Albania, it was an interesting drive as the roads were not to well maintained and interesting sights on the way. There was lots of rubbish on the roadside, lots and lots of carwashs and not quite completed buildings. When we got to tirana we got taken on a driving tour which took us past all the brightly coloured buildings with designs. After the drive tour we got taken to our accomidation for the night which was an apartment style with a kitchen, lounge, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. We were very spoilt here with the accomidation, and the beds were amazing, I got to catch up on a lot of sleep.... read more

This morning we were up at 6.15am so we could clean our boat before leaving (we had to have inspections)... problem was we were such a great team that we had the boat finished and emptied in 45 minutes... I stood guard of our luggage because our friends (the 'town dogs') may have tried to steal something! After packing up we drove to Tirana, Albania. It is crazy to come from such a pleasant, rich place (Plataria, Greece) to this incredibly poor country. We stopped at a shopping mall and I was not feeling so well. Steve told me I would be ok and I wondered if I had just been sitting funny on the bus... 5 minutes after getting back on the bus I was vomitting into a rubbish bag... not very nice but it ... read more