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Europe » Montenegro » Kotor » Kotor April 3rd 2006

Is the bay of Kotor in Montenegro (or Crna Gore as they call it), with at the very end the walled medieval village of Kotor. And I appreciated it more than Dubrovnik which I thought was very commercial and a bit like Disneyland, whereas Kotor is more authentic. Stayed at a private home stay in old man Marco's kitchen... So no problem cooking... Ha, ha, ha... You can climb up to a fortress overlooking the bay and have spectacular views, in fact the whole ride through the fjord was fantastic and the coast of Montenegro is also great... Almost, dare I say it, better than Croatia... Met an american while climbing down from the fort and we spend the evening drinking because the whole trekking up a mountain bussiness makes one thirsty.. Anyway the next day ... read more
Kotor
Kotor
Kotor

Europe » Montenegro » Kotor August 12th 2005

Having abandoned all hope for a meaningful stay in Budva, I am now in a much better place. Then again, any place is better than Budva. Barrow, Alaska would be better. For Montenegro, Kotor is that town. Though, its popularity with visitors and limited number of beds almost had me call of my entire interest in exploring the area and head elsewhere. All hotels within walking distance have been booked for months and have no vacancies until early October. So said the lady at the reception desk at the Hotel Fjord, with a snicker and dismissive shake of her head as if to say, Enjoy sleeping in a dumpster tonight, you idiot. Nemad approached me around nine o’clock in the morning by the main gate of Kotor’s Stari Grad. I could not have been hard to ... read more
Kotor Marina
Walled City
Morning Stroll

Europe » Montenegro August 11th 2005

I have been fortunate enough not to have made too many poor decisions since leaving Ternopil for Odessa. Coming to Budva was one of them, however. I should have listened to the three young French tourists who implored me not to come to Budva. Yet, I said that it would be OK since I needed a more mindless destination. I wanted to kick back for a while and look at the Adriatic. Anyway, I was too busy correcting them on every ill-conceived and tedious opinion they had about the U.S. and their country’s increasing irrelevance in world affairs to get the message that Budva was to be avoided. No more than a seaside touristic hell that sucks you into to its marvelous backdrop of forest green mountains, you need only check your brain in at the ... read more

Europe » Montenegro » Kotor » Kotor July 25th 2005

Arriving in Kotor two days ago, I met a rather strange woman at the busstation who constantly followed me, wanting me to accomondate at her place. She was extremely old and all dressed in black - looking a little bit like my images of the witch in the Little Red Riding Hood. I didn't get much of her very fast talk, but after long considerations and her constantly saying Stari Grad, Moda, Stari Grad, I and a Belgien guy chose to go with her. We came to a small apartment near the cathedral, where she immidiately started serving us coffee and once again saying moda moda. I had assumed it ment modern, but her place was far from that. The toilet was in a terrible condition, and on the one wall of the living room hang ... read more
Sct Tryphon Cathedral
Sct Tryphon Cathedral

Europe » Montenegro » Kotor » Kotor June 18th 2005

By request, I am including a small post with pictures that include myself as well as scenery. Yes, I am alive and well, and haven't become Euro-trendy, a mountain man, or dirty traveler, at least not yet. And a couple of good travel (and life) quotes: Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey." -- Fitzhugh Mullan The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight seeing". --Daniel J. Boorstin ... read more
The Potuguese and Me
The walk home

Europe » Montenegro » Niksic » Vilusi May 14th 2005

Vanuit Trebinje begon ik mijn tocht met eerst ongeveer 20 kilometer langs de mooie Trebinsnjica rivier die, voordat haar loop naar het noordelijk gelegen Bileca-meer gaat, eerst in oostelijke richting stroomt. De verschillende heuvels zorgen er voor dat de rivier door het mooie groene dal kronkelt. Ik word middels een brug naar de overkant van de rivier geleid. Vanaf de brug heb ik een geweldig uitzicht. Naar het Noorden toe zie ik een diepe smalle rivierbedding terwijl naar het zuiden toe een ondiep ongecontroleerde loop zichtbaar is. Ik passeer even later een oude spoortunnel en een nog in tact zijnde spoorbrug. Vroeger liep hier een trein. De loop van het spoor is nog op vele plaatsen waar te nemen. Voordat de heuvels bergen worden buigt de rivier linksaf. Ik begin aan de 11 km lange klim ... read more
De oude spoorbrug
De rivier vanaf de berg
Kapel met begraafplaats in Vilusi

Europe » Montenegro » Podgorica March 7th 1972

Day 25 - Tuesday 7th March It was an early start as the bus was due to leave Titograd at 6am. It was still dark as Heather, Michael, Tomio and myself climbed out of the bedroom window (luckily the Canadians had been allocated a room on the ground floor), crept through the hotel gardens and headed for the bus station. Our group of westerners for this bus trip increased as five more people had travelled on the late bus from Dubrovnik. Although there were crowds of people at the bus station, we all managed to get a seat. Tomio immediately fell asleep and so I concentrated instead on the scenery. It was certainly beautiful - snow-capped mountains as the road followed a stream. Some areas were very green but there was not much land, which looked ... read more




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