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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 May 28th 2010

After the hellish journey we managed to catch a bus to Ohrid with only an hours wait. The bus driver was a very laid back kind of guy and took his time but J and I didn't mind as we managed to enjoy the scenery and have a few more vital minutes of sleep. Macedonian landscape is very similar to the last few countries very hilly/mountainous and lush and green. We went through some small pretty villages and even got to catch a glimpse of the national dogs (60cm sheepdog that will fight bears and wolves) they were actually fighting each other. Not sure I would be keen to meet them on a dark night they were quite scary looking. We arrived in Ohrid and had some very pushy woman fighting for our custom and to ... read more
Church of Sveti Jovan at Kaneo, Lake Ohrid
Sun set, Lake Ohrid
Church of Sveti Jovan at Kaneo, Lake Ohrid

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!

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid May 10th 2009

After a really swell day in Pristina I headed for Macedonia. My plan was to reach Skopje, the capital city and then take a bus to Ohrid. I have been pondering over the idea of hitch-hiking around the Balkans. I would not even consider doing this in the USA, but this isn't the USA. In my mind I was thinking, "Come on Gina, you only live once." I have met several fellow travelers who have successfully hitch-hiked around the world. I can also do the same, right? I have even come across and heard about solo female hitch-hikers as well. I am also a solo female traveler. The more and more I think about it, the more exciting and adventurous it sounds. The only real concern I have, except the fact of nobody actually picking me ... read more
The nice man who gave me a lift to Skopje!

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid March 25th 2009

After the rather unpleasant incident on the Albanian side of the border, I got stamped into Macedonia without further ado. They actually had anti-corruption stickers everywhere warning foreigners not to hand over any money, which would have been plenty helpful when I'd entered Albania. There were no buses or taxis to the closest town and I was the only guy crossing the border, so I had to walk for a couple of kilometres before I finally managed to score a ride to Ohrid. I was quite happy when I arrived there half an hour later and the sun hadn't set yet, so I could get a glimpse of this town in daylight. I contacted my host Karen, who fetched me shortly afterwards from the central square in the old town, and took me to her place, ... read more
Welcome!
Skopsko
Ohrid street

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid October 19th 2008

Took me 45 minutes to figure out where is Antonio's GH after being dropped off by this stupid taxi driver to another place on the same neighborhood hoping i would stay there, he probably will get commission if i did, luckily i fianlly saw the number of the house and it wasnt it, it was dark at 430am quite difficult to read the address, walking around like a lunatic cursing the taxi guy, i swore to myself i wont stay where he dropped me off, no commission for him, dogs barking with 2 backpack on reading every house number making sure i dont miss it, finally found it, quite dark and no sign that it is a hostel, luckily i read cyrillic and read the names of the people who live there listed next to the ... read more
OHRID
OHRID
OHRID HOUSE

Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid October 8th 2008

Saturday, 20th September 2008 - Alexandria I cycled in the afternood and it felt nice to be on the road again. Short before Alexandria my view fell on a shop where several strange things where offered: broken music instruments, old mashines, tools, and even beds! I liked it :) I stopped and talked to the shop owener Ioannes (Johannis, an about 55 year old man) with a smile. He invited me to a coffee, and in fact I could sleep at his house later. When he closed the shop, I left the bike there and he took me with his car to a big market and fair, where I was invited for food and bought some shoes that I hoped would suit my better for cycling. I made sure that I had his phone number, so ... read more
Me & bike
Me & bike, second try
family from Prchdevo




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