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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
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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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