Blogs from Albania, Europe - page 28

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 hour-and-a-half, including the border-control 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 reached the town just as it got light, and I wandered back and forth in the rain trying to find the train station. I was certainly the only tourist there that day, and no - they don't speak English all over the world. Actually Kristoff spoke a little - he bailed me up in the street to practise, and we swore that we would meet up again one day in Australia. ... read more

Hicran Cigdem Yorgancioglu Arnavutluk seyahatinden Gunluklerinde bir kac kesit Eser Sahibi (H.ÇİĞDEM YORGANCIOĞLU) Bu gezi yazısına dair 5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunu’ndan doğan mali ve manevi hakların gerçek sahibidir. ARNAVUTLUK Kalp ve damarlarım ne istiyor bugün soruyorum ve diyor ki adına seyahat denen ,kıpırtılı bir canlı müzk istiyor … Ve yol veriyorum o müziğe yeniden … Adriyatik kıyılarında Balkan üzerine . ‘Shqiperi’ derler Arnavutlar ülkelerine, yani Kartal Yurdu.anlamında. Böyşece kartal gibi semalarda süzülerek uçuyorum Adriyatik üzerine .Sonrası 1 saat 20 dakikalık yolculuk ve Mother Theresa Havaalanı’na iniş ve Mother Theresa ‘nın burada hayatına başlayıp nasıl Calcuta’ya vardığına ait zihnimde geçen düşünceler . Ülkede Arnavutça konuşuluyor . Bunun yanısra insanların çoğu İtalyancayı TV den öğrenmiş .Taksi icin 2000 LEK isteniyor ve pazarlıkla 14... read more

Rapidos, pour partager un peu, voici quelques photos. Vidéo 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.... read more

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 ... read more

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 station, but rather the buses stop on the outskirts of the country depending from which direction they come from. We were determined to be 'proper' travelers and trek to the other side of town and search out the hostel we had decided on from our little Lonely Planet map. We eventually arrived at the Albania Backpackers Hostel, started 5 years ago and the first ... read more