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Two things stood out from our brief visit to Albania, the cars on the road and their drivers. I read somewhere that in Albania 80% of cars are Mercedes. Although this seems ridiculous, our experience told us it couldn’t be far from the truth. This is apparently due to a large scale smuggling operation after the government collapsed in the…
Fushe Lura was like a rumour, a myth. We’ve read about it somewhere, ‘the worlds 501 most wild places’ book perhaps; a short story about a hidden village, completely forgotten, up on the mountains in Albania. Disconnected from the world, it’s nowhere in the maps or any other conventional guide we searched in but the description of the place, together…
MONTENEGRO & ALBANIA 18th August We cross into Montenegro and stop at the border crossing where we buy a green card for €15. We pass Kotor Bay, as we drive slowly down a single carriage road, stuck in a huge traffic jam. When we eventually get going, we notice the scenery is similar to that of Croatia’s, with high green…