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The Meteora-Monasteries in northern Greece are stunning.
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The former communist leader of Albania definitely
was paranoid, as he built more then 600,000 bunker all over the
country. The small white dots between the fields are all bunkers. |
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At this small restaurant in south Albania I stopped
for lunch. Since we couldn't find a common language, the cook called me
into the kitchen and opened all pots for me to look into. It all looked good and also
smelled good, but I still didn't really know what everything was. So the cook
pointed to one pot and said "Baaah", then pointed to another
one and said "Mooo". Then we both had a good laugh, andI ordered
the "Mooo" with rice -- it was really good! |
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The Roman ruins of Butrinti are in the very south
of Albania (south of Saranda). Definitely worth a visit if you are in
the area. |
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I didn't really trust this ferry, even though it
probably has worked for a long time, even for busses and trucks.
But it worked just fine - at least while I was there ;-) |
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This photo shows best what Albania is now - a country
on its way up
- a new road (they are building like crazy, hotels and roads)
- a Mercedes (everybody in Albania drives a Mercedes, stolen or
not)
- a horse-drawn wagon (many people are still very poor)
- a advertisement for beer (a Muslim country, but far from being
radical)
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There are some good roads in Albania, and more on
the way, but
by far, most roads, even main connection roads, still look like this
one. Therefore, I wouldn't recommend to go to Albania without a dual
sport bike, at least until 2009 or 2010! One part of about 130 km took
me over 4 hours!!! The highland tracks in Iceland where better! I don't
even want to imagine what these roads look like in the rain, but at
least then one can see the deep potholes better. |
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