Continental Skopje

The owner picked me up from the airport and he likes to talk to his guests. <br><br>There were two people in the hostel the first day, Valerie and Rooney, and we had lunch in local place. The salads are pickled cabbage, tomatoes and cucumber in different forms with different things, but it's mainly just that. <br><br>There are conkers *everywhere* all the roads are lined with conker trees and they employ people to take them away there are so many. <br><br>The ...

... what so ever and are going to end up as druggies and thieves quite sad really. Anyway after that we strolled up to the castle to get a view point of the city which was quite nice. Skopye is a nice little city and the people are different to the Bulgarians there are alot more blonde people here and people are not so dark so it different from that prespective. We managed to get some food from the old town which was a local dish of baked ...

... nothing ever works out according to plan. The only bus that goes to Thessolaniki is on Mon, Wed and Fri. And it was a sunday. So, could be worse, but still means I would have to waste a full monday going to greece on the bus. On the way out, the regular mob was waiting for us tourist. Its really funny, because they always start with asking if you need a taxi, which are obiously underground services, and when you say no to ...

... ediyoruz. Buralara tekrar gelmeliyim,acelesiz dolaþmalý, iyice sindirmeliyim diye düþünüyorum. Sahil boyunca devam ederken önce Hýrvatistan topraklarýndan Bosna-Hersek Cumhuriyeti topraklarýna, oniki kilometre kadar ilerledikten sonra yeniden Hýrvatistan'a giriliyor. Neretva nehrinin Adriyatik Denizine döküldüðü yerde oluþturduðu geniþ ovalýk alandan saða dönüp Mostar'a doðru yöneldiðinizde iki kilometre kadar nehir boyunca içeriye doðru ilerlediðinizde yeniden H ...

... felt like I was playing football. I had to fake left then break right! Bleh. Other than that it  was pretty awesome.  Took a crazy number of pictures.  I think im obsessed with my wide lens.  Hope everyone enjoys, ill try to narrate them the best i can.   Went to dinner with the producers and gaby (who is the "other 1st AD" now (she was just promoted)).  Had an interesting dish: a block of cheese ...

... My bus got in at about 2:45 and I had essentially walked the town and seen the lot of its historic remnants by 4:45. And I took my time; no taxis, no public transport of any kind, lots of slow ambling from one place to the other (courtesy of the directions of a couple locals). Really, the Sarena Mosque is the gem of the town - it really is an amazing building and among the most unique Islamic monuments I've seen. The tekke, while ...

... a bar or a place selling snacks. There was none of the above, and the most worrying of all, not even a seat, all the compartments were full as was the corridor. We set ourselves up in the area at the front of the carriage in a space of about a metre by a metre and a half, with a door to the left and right outside, a door in front to the next carriage and a door behind to one of the skankiest toilets I have ever seen, so generally, we ...

After two days in Ohrid, we reluctantly had to leave and head north to continue our journey through Eastern Europe. To do this, we had to go back to one of our least favorite towns so far, Skopje. We barely missed the bus back to Skopje at 11:30 but luckily there was a taxi driver there who agreed to take us the three hours back to Skopje for about the same price as it would have cost us all for bus tickets. So we handed him our 50 bucks ...

... for themselves from p**haps an inflated fare. No wond** then that the country **upted in rage and fury when their often illegal earnings w**e misappropriated by those high** up in the corrupt pecking ord**.Out of control crowds ran the police out of many towns and villages across the nation,especially in the South.Army bases w**e raided and weapons seized.In Vlore,artill**y guns w**e set up on the approach road to the city,to prevent the ...