Ambasador Hotel Tirana

Rr. Isa Boletini 36 Tirana, Albania

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... and Spain where everything looks like an amazing postcard. It smells here as well, I know I have a sensitive nose but I said to Luke today that the smell could kill a small child. I suppose it’s like Bali though so nothing I haven’t ever experienced. Albania is really really cheap though. All the people staying at our hostel have just come here I think because it’s so cheap or on the way to somewhere else. That’s the thing with backpackers ...

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... Albania had one of the highest emigration rates in the world, a problematic issue that erupted during the 1990s with 40% of highly educated professionals such as lecturers and researchers leaving the country. As a result of the high emigration and identifying ownership of land, many Albanians who might be working in ie. Italy, send back money to their families, and the best way to ...

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... of his fellow countrymen, Elton was a safe driver. “Most accidents in Albania are caused by stupidity,” he told us. “People overtake when they shouldn't. But the Italians and the Greeks taught us how to drive, and they are not the best teachers!”

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