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Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid June 26th 2013

Around 9am, I woke up from a nice sleep. It's my last day in Ohrid and I had to check out of the guesthouse by 11am (Valentin Apartments, around $7 for a single room/shared bath). I am already feeling a bit saddened since I really enjoyed my stay in Macedonia and I greatly appreciated all the the hospitality I encountered, not to mention the country as a whole, including Ohrid, is relatively inexpensive. My bus to Budva, Montenegro does not leave until 10:40pm (around 1400 denars one way) so I have another full day to enjoy the town one more time for the road. I packed all of my bags and kept them in a friend's room and returned to the home of the family I had met the night before! While waiting for one of ... read more

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid June 25th 2013

Hello again! It has been a while since I have last typed up anything so I decided to free myself from the laziness that has been preventing me from contributing to this site! I actually landed in Skopje June 20th so I'll have to catch up on the previous days! Fast forward to June 25, 2013. After a long day in Bitola, I returned to my base of Ohrid. Feeling hungry I decided to catch a bus to town to grab a bite to eat. As I was pondering over which direction I would take I stopped in front of a house and asked two young teens in passing where I need to catch the bus. After a few hand gestures they pointed behind me (to the house I was standing in front of). Confused, I ... read more
Ohrid 2013

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid September 17th 2012

Resumo: Opção b. Tive um dia maravilhoso. Estou bem. Hora de ir embora. Sair da Albania para a Macedonia. Opção a) taxi 5euros + ônibus 2euros OU b) caminhar+van 0.4euros+caminhar+cruzar fronteira a pé+caronas? A vida é a soma de nossas escolhas e as minhas são, na maioria das vezes, as menos óbvias. Opção b. Segue abaixo o que para muitos pode parecer banal, mas para mim foi um dia maravilhoso. Caminhei quase 10 minutos ate conseguir encontrar uma van que fosse até Tushemist (última cidade antes da fronteira). A viagem em si foi curta, mas prazerosa ao longo lago Ohrid. Como ninguém aparentemente falava inglês eu disse: “Me, Tushemist, border, Macedonia, walk”. Me senti uma debiloide falando. Rs. A moça do lado parecia ter entendido, falou com o motorista e depois desceu da Van: “mirupafshim” (bye). ... read more
Tks Peter & Vije
Visiting Sveti Naum
Ok .. no bikini

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid August 31st 2012

We decided to catch a flight from Belgrade to Ohrid to both save time and border problems between Serbia and Kosovo. What I didn’t realise was that the plane was so small it had propellers, this may sound ridiculous but I am terrified of flying and the smaller the plane is, the more it moves around in the air and the more my irrational fear shows its pretty face. The flight ended up ok…I only left Mikaela with minor bruising on her legs. Lake Ohrid it turns out has an airport so small it does not have an ATM so our first problem was that we couldn’t get any money out for a taxi. The second problem was that in our laziness of travel lately we decided not to write any directions down in the local ... read more
Beautiful Lake
Ready for some swimming
Ancient church St.John Kaneo

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid September 12th 2010

After three days of teaching, I escaped the confines of Prishtina and headed to Orhid, Macedonia with three other teachers, our curriculum coordinator and my principal. Orhid is a beautiful location on a lake, Lake Orhid of course, and half-way across the lake you enter into Albania. We arrived around noon on Thursday and set about discovering some wonderful food - fried zucchini and breaded cheese. I think I could have lived on the cheese alone. The interesting part was paying - the Macedonian money is not worth very much, so items on the menu can be 200 denar, and gelato for five is 180 denar. The money looked really cool though, even if it wasn’t worth very much. After lunch we wandered among the shops, as Orhid is quite a tourist town. Aside from the ... read more
Orhid in the evening
Harbor in the Morning
Photo 5

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid July 27th 2010

Poszukujac komfortu, w Gjirokaster spalismy w bed& breakfast prowadzonym przez urocza pare, ktora zaprosila nas na wieczorna herbatke i pogaduszki. Okazalo sie, ze dom, w ktorym mieszkamy ma 200 lat i byl ich prezentem slubnym - nie 200, ale jakies 30 lat temu, a angielskiego nauczyli sie podczas takich wlasnie pogaduszek z turystami. A napar ktory nam zaserwowali, to albanska gorska herbata - niezidentyfikowanym ziolem. Na sniadanie podali nam najprawdziwsze na swiecie jaja na twardo i caly dzban przepysznej gorskiej herbaty - wiedzieli, ze nam smakuje, a po drodze kupilam sobie cala jej wiazke. Zeby nie wracac ta sama droga na polnoc, chcielismy pojechac bardziej na wschod, nad jezioro Ohrid. W praktyce, oznaczalo to gory, gory, gory... Pierwszy przystanek zrobilismy przy goracym zrodle kolo wsi Benja, ktore tworzy maly basenik, a raczej duza wanne, gdzie z ... read more
B&B Gjirokaster2.
Turecki mostek.
Wszędobylski Mercedes.

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid May 24th 2010

Quando decidimos incluir Macedônia e Albânia no roteiro, demos um tiro no escuro. Sem nunca ter ouvido falar de alguém que já tivesse ido para qualquer um desses países, e considerando que as noticias sobre ambos em jornais, revistas ou blogs de qualquer parte do mundo são mais do que escassas, não fazíamos idéia do que viria pela frente. Esperávamos cenário parecido em ambos, com alguma natureza bonita, dificuldade de locomoção e, certamente, desorganização, pobreza e sujeira. Mais uma vez, estávamos errados. Apesar da fronteira comum e do passado comunista, são dois universos paralelos. No primeiro, limpeza, beleza, povo simpático e nada de pobreza à vista; no segundo, o oposto: sujeira e mais sujeira, gente da máfia em todo canto, mais Mercedez por metro quadrado do que é possível imaginar, alguns mendigos (em geral ciganos) e ... read more
Lake Ohrid
em que decada estamos?
verde, verde

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid August 20th 2009

I am a couple of weeks behind, but thought I would try and catch up anyway. SO the true start of my travels, and I began jsut 30 minutes from where the general assembly was in Ohrid. We were only there for about a day, but I really liked it. We spent most of our time in the Old Town, and enjoyed walking around the Med style cobbled streets and houses complete with grape vines and cats. We visited a few of the 365 churches Ohrid boasts. They were a contrast of Orthodox Christianity and Catholic, all very ornate with lots of icons. The one that really sticks in my mind was the little church on the cliff over looking the stunning Ohrid lake. We sat by and gazed out to the view for about an ... read more

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid May 14th 2009

Welcome back everyone! I had a much needed, quite cozy night of sleep after my arrival in Ohrid, so now I'm ready to conquer the city! I have heard so much about Ohrid and I told myself I would make sure I hit up this town during my next Balkans visit. Ohrid is well known for its famous lake, beautiful old town, and overall gorgeous scenery. I'm so ready to discover what this town has to offer and I only have one day to do it. After having some breakfast, I headed out into town. I decided to head towards the lake. The day started off grey, cloudy with a bit of light rain to top it all off. "Oh well," I thought. Rain or shine I would make the most of my time here ... read more
Lake Ohrid
View from Fortress
Lonely Dog

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid May 11th 2009

After having reached the Skopje bus station, I was immediately approached by various taxi drivers all asking me, "Hey, where are you going?". "I'll take you anywhere you wanna go." They stand outside of the bus station seeking customers left and right. I have never experienced persistent taxi drivers like I had in Skopje. Many of them even offered to drive me to Ohrid. I got price offers from as high as 80 euros to as low as 30 euros. No thanks! The bus will be just fine with a nice little price tag of around 10 euros. "But you can ride in comfort in my nice car," several of them said. "No, it's ok, I wanna experience the local buses since I'm here for the adventure," I replied. One of the more persistent taxi drivers ... read more
Skopje Bus Station/Ready to head to Ohrid!
Skopje Taxi Man, making sure I'm ok! :)
I have the whole Skopje collection of taxi business cards!




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