Tirana, Tirana and …. what was next? I couldn’t make up my mind until the very last moment. Closing the gates of the Tirana Backpacker Hostel, I was still unsure whether I would end up in Berat (a UNESCO city […]
Tirana, Tirana and …. what was next? I couldn’t make up my mind until the very last moment. Closing the gates of the Tirana Backpacker Hostel, I was still unsure whether I would end up in Berat (a UNESCO city […]
Solo to Albania? Solo to Tirana? Are you crazy? I can’t count the number of such questions my friends asked me before I ventured on my first solo travel to Albania. And my first solo travel ever. Tirana is one […]
Where to stay in Tirana? That was one of my concerns before my first solo travel to Albania, but as it turned out later, I needn’t have worried…. :) Before going to Albania, I had spent many evenings wondering if […]
Today’s post will be rich in photos, not words. Street life in Tirana – enjoy. :-) Entrance to an open-air market from Rruga e Kavajes. Three elderly men selling clothes. Behind them, to the left, there’s the Stone Bridge. (The […]
Somehow, I fell in love with Tirana. Before visiting Albania I knew very little about this country. I had read somewhere, though, that after the fall of communism, Edi Rama, the current Prime Minister of Albania and the former mayor […]
Quite tired after a whole day of mountain hiking, Gocha, Jarmo and me managed to catch the last mini-bus from Thethi to Shkodra. I fell asleep just a few minutes after the driver started the engine and even the fact […]
How to go from Valbone to Theth in Albania? 6 am and Gocha and me were up. After a very pleasant shower, taking down the tents and having a typical Albanian breakfast (bread, two types of jam, eggs and herbal […]
Komani Lake in Albania was on my travel list even before I decided to finally travel to Albania on my own. Was it worth visiting Komani Lake? How to swim on the Komani Lake? Is it safe? Is it expensive? […]
Camping at Lake Shkodra in Albania is an experience you just can’t miss. It’s beautiful, it’s tranquil, it’s relaxing and you can see two countries at the same time: Albania and Montenegro. The best camping site in Shkodra, Albania I […]
Imagine you need to get from place A to place B and the distance is around 500 km. Consider several factors: the tracks are probably quite old and some parts of the route go through mountains. How long would you […]
The question of being alone on a trip has bothered me quite a bit before I decided to give it a go. What if I would start feeling lonely and there will be no one to talk to? What if […]
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