Pogradec
Travel Blogs from Pogradec, Albania
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Rain, rain and a HUGE copy of Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Rings + rain = big. There were some very pleasant people here. See Issue 23 for ...
You don't make friends with salad
... not be so white-knuckled on the roads! How to turn something awful into something useful: You can't take a drive through Albania without noticing it's dotted by thousands of small, concrete domes, most of which are still pretty intact. These almost ...
Crossing into Albania
... They turned out to be a really lovely couple, the man (Bairam) Macedonian from Ohrid, and his wife (Sanije) was Albanian from Pogradec the Albanian town just on the other side of the border. After getting my exit stamp from the Macedonians we had to walk ...
NEXT TO EUROPE'S LEFTOUT
... misinterpreting the culture. After all, most guys I spoke to were well-meaning. Regardless, after 137 hours, Albania was leaving a negative impression. Friendly Alessandro and his firefly-catching children and freshfish-cooking wife were my ...
Pogradec... still
... and Lelya was still nowhere to be seen. She came back at 2 with Anjela's little brother and said, how about we stay in Pogradec tonight, and then tomorrow night in Elbasan? I said I definitely had to be in Berat tomorrow morning, so she said she would ...
4hr one way..2.5hr return...maniac bus driver!
... "The Pogradec district has been inhabited since the period of the late neolith (6000-2000 BC). Near Buqeza, 20km north of Pogradec, there are prehistoric palaphites built over the surface of the water (??!). The residents of the area are mythological. The ...
Sonntag am Ohridsee
Früher Start, gemütliches Fahren, am Sonntag wenig Verkehr. Entdecken grosse tote Schlangen am Strassenrand, tote und lebende Schildkröten. Und immer wieder einachsige Esel- und Pferdefuhrwerke. Vor dem Ohridsee ein Pass, aber von unserer Seite her ...
Train ride to Pogradec, Albania
... time we are the main tourist attraction as we are the strangers carrying backpacks, which you don't come across much in Albania. Pogradec is a small city that has a lot of potential of turning into a beautiful tourist destination. Their lake shore is ...
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