Bogdanovic Apartments Kotor

... i zadbanych prywatnych hotelikow, apartamentow, do ktorych przyzwyczailismy sie w Chorwacji.<br>Kotor urzekl nas piekna architektura i ogromna iloscia KOTOW, natomiast pogoda - pod psem ;) A wlasciwie - pod kotem, bo zdecydowanie wiecej tu tych milych zwierzat : w kazdej uliczce, okienku... <br>W dodatku, jak lunelo - potoki wody splywaly ze wszystkich schodow, uliczek, rynsztoki nie nadazaly!!! Wniosek? Miasto, ulokowane na stoku ...

... amp;Sons Apartments who met us at the Old Gate and quickly brought us to our very nice apartment. Kotor is quite confusing to navigate at first due to the jumble of streets, but it is very compact and pretty soon it is easy to navigate around.<br><br>We checked out the Main Gate before entering the main square which afforded fine views of the Clock Tower. Continuing our stroll we soon came upon the very unique St. Tryphon&#8217;s ...

... cut off from the world for decades by the Dear Leader Hohxa they are just absolutely fascinated by outsiders. This is a country where private citizens have only been driving cars 15 years (and it shows). Albanians are some of the nicest and most honest people I have come across. <br><br>I said goodbye to my two new friends I had made from the hostel at Lake Ohrid and since there wasn't really much left to hold my interest, I decided to ...

... up to the city fortress, built in 1500 AD. Realising the challenges that lay ahead, I bought some fruit and two bottles of water to sustain me through the 35 degree heat. As I pushed up the stone steps, the view got better and better. The old town lanes, stone city walls and the blue water looked more and more like a post card. Around halfway, I pulled out some water and opened the bottle, chhhhhhhhhhh, the demon that had chased Matthew Mckinnon and I around Europe last year was ...

... After waiting in a snaking line for customs we began our drive back to the coastline. I noticed the cement lifeless buildings in some of the mountain towns, but when we reached the coastline it felt every bit as pretty as Croatia. That is until I noticed the garbage. It lined the roads, it was in the water, it was such a shame. <br><br>What was gorgeous though was the landscape. We were following the bay to where the fjord was its ...

... and parked. I couldn't believe it! It was like a dream, We walked down around Budva, Darko pointing out everything. We stopped to have a drink at one of the many outdoor bar/café's and listened to the live entertainment while we sipped our drinks. Then I went to buy another bathing suit at a small shop when Darko told me to follow him and Bojana into the most amazing bar I've ever seen, anywhere in the world. The bar itself was actually a small island rocky island; to reach it one ...

... telling us that most of it had occurred in the past 10 years. 'There has been a tourist explosion here' he said. 'There are 300,000 beds in the area and only 250,000 beach spaces available. I think they will need to visit the beach in shifts soon.' Before we visited the old town of Budva we ate lunch. Vladimir took us to a place that he knew well. 'It serves good local food at good prices.' Porto certainly appeared to be a good choice, as we were ...

... the beauty of it all to make up for the lack of rapids. And towards the end of the ride, I got a little rafting workout as well, trying to race our raft past the other on our trek, plunging my padding into the water (though I could tell our guide at the rear of the boat who was steering us, put on the breaks with his paddle, darn, no fun ). Once the rafting was done, we were fed a camping style dinner and then headed back to ...

... Kotor is another walled city; but at the corner of Southern Europe's deepest fjord and below most dramatic rocky spires, there is a kind of slow, shabby charm when compared with Croatia. No more deadly pine needles, just amazing Balkan yogourt and a lovely Montenegrin grandmother washing our muddy clothes, healing our wounds. Tomorrow: godspeed to Albania or the Durmitor mountains.

... Absolutely stunning. Dramatic mountains on either side leading down to beautiful, sparkling water with Kotor Stari Grad (old town) at the base. So this was a fjord! Standing on the roof of the 16th century fort and looking down the other side of the peak were the ruins of another settlement, but nestled within the ruins and amongst the pine trees was an operating farm with a resident herd of goats and a lovely stone church. It was all so gorgeous. The fort had obviously been ...