Hotel Adriatik Shkoder
Shkoder, Albania
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The first call to prayer
... world seem to be rather large and “husky”, the sight of 2 tall, slim, pale Irish boys must have been very out of the ordinary.
We eventually settled on a place to eat (Tom’s choice) that felt like a mock-up of a post hotel in London. Gaudy. Dinner was average so I will say no more on that subject. It did get rather interesting as we left the restaurant and were faced with a tropical storm though. We stood watching as the rain ...
Bačko
... 10 72;л бы двух крест 00;янок, везущ 80;х на задне 84; сиден 00;е домой патис 89;оны. Крест 00;янки ...
Carmen
Without rakija there is no conversation.
Balkan proverb
Практ
80;чески весь день а автоб
91;се – снача
83;а из Берат
72; назад в Тиран
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Trek to Albania
Theory: Holds true. The bus driver from Kotor to Ulcinj was a pretty nice guy and his driving was pretty sedate by Balkan standards. He still drove while speaking on the phone and smoking cigarettes, but you can't have everything I guess!
Most interesting border crossing: We really wanted to get straight to Albania today, but when we got to Ulcinj (in Montenegro, but near Albanian border) there were no more buses to Albania (there are only 2 each ...
Blizzards, snow ploughs and potholes
... the car park and a potential night in the hotel once I had spent a few seconds inside it. I felt like I was in a ghost story, or perhaps the hotel in The Shining. There was no one around and it was as cold inside as it was out. With some trepidation I approached the desk and called out. After a while a door behind the desk opened and I prepared myself for the sight of Jack Nicholson emerging from behind it. Not all that surprisingly it wasn’t Jack. ...


