BellaVista Hotel Budva

Hallo zusammen,<br><br>bin von Ulcinj gen Norden an der Kueste entlang nach Budva gefahren. Busse gibt es zum Glueck recht viele, sind noch preiswert (Montenegro an sich ist schon recht teuer verglichen mit Albanien) und fahren nach Fahrplan!<br><br>Budva ist die Tourismus Hochburg von Montenegro, hier fallen die Pauschalreisenden wie eine biblische Plage ein. 90% der ...

... Tomorrow we'd swim there and have Bojana's tooth looked at. The town we went to the next day possessed an ethnic Albanian majority and organized crime was everywhere. We awoke early as to get Bojana to the dentist. This is actually where the Montenegrin bank had refused to exchange our money for Euros. Managing cash was difficult in Serbia and Montenegro owing to that the national currency in Serbia was still dinars and in Montenegro it was Euros. Most businessman preferred either ...

... was a fantastic restaurant we found in the old town called Juice Bar. Day 2 Got up early and had breakfast at our hotel before setting off for a boat trip around the Budva Peninsula and Sveti Stefan. Unfortunately the boat we were on had hordes of rude Russian tourists who pushed and shoved to get to the seats, and were wearing most inappropriate outfits for a morning seaside trip. I have never seen so ...

Toured Kotor and its surroundings. Caught a bus to Perast, a little quaint town just north of Kotor. The bus stop was on top of someone's house. It was marked by two plastic bottles on the ground. No signs, no colored paint. The bus stop was pretty scenic, overlooking the sea, fjord, church and two islands. Gospa od Skrpjela (Lady of the Rock Island) and the Ostrog Svetog Durga (island of St. George). Interestingly, Lady of the Rock ...

... took. It was very nice with AC, kitchenette, balcony, TV, etc. One problem in Budva is water. At times there is absolutely no water and at others water pressure is minimal. This is an issue throughout the nearby area as the record number of tourists have maxxed out their water system. I was glad to have a place and by getting it for a week there was a little discount. The location is terrific since all of the local busses leave from a stop 5 minutes away. The local mega market ...

... they don't know. Maybe if I understood the language better I wouldn't have these problems but I have heard similar comments from people that do speak the language. 8/7 Last night I had spoken with a girl from Basel, Switzerland staying at the same apartment I was. We talked for a long time and she told me of her month in Serbia at a language school. We were both going north on the bus today so we agreed to walk together to the station. It was a long, long way! I ...

... then the worst was over and I was around the rock, and pulling into a magnificent cove. The tall cliffs and the relatively narrow outlet of the cove created a sound chamber and the waves that were crashing into the shore and echoed loudly throughout. The waves carried me into the pebbly shore and I went flying out of my kayak as it was overturned. But no harm was done and shortly afterwards I had my kayak pulled safely ashore. Dave led us towards the ...

... runs a hostel in Budva , which is in Montenegro, which I might mention is its own country now. Please also forgive this not being the most coherent post, as it was a pretty blurry two-day crossing overland from Istanbul, Turkey to Dubrovnik, Croatia. First of all, despite the wonderful power of the internets and the google, we believed it could be done overland but found no conclusive or instructions how. The first step, we reckoned, was to get to Nis , Serbia via ...

... chocolate here (in contrast to the "hot cocoa," which is just like at home) is thick and rich. LJ accurately characterized our serving yesterday as akin to chocolate pudding mid-preparation, just before it really starts to solidify. We were happy. Soon thereafter, we easily found our way back to Sparky, and were pleased to see that he was waiting for us, sans boot or parking ticket. We returned to our hotel for rest period. LJ showered while I took advantage of the free Internet ...

... pension at a great seafood place overlooking old town and the bay...the seafood here was fantastic...the oysters we tried were very different...but very good... Today we took a boat to a nerby island and realxed on the beaches all day...all the beaches are rock however...so its a bit differnet from sand...just another expiereince...but we have gotten some great sun and are enojying the relaxation... We are going to slowly move up the coast of Croatia and eventually make it ...