Hotel Forza Lux Kotor

... it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. <br><br>I stayed aboard all morning. I woke up early and played around on the Internet for a few hours. After breakfast me, Jeff and Vance went to the Upper Salon and played video games all morning long. Because of the storm there were wasn't a lot that the crew could do. We got a few of them to hang out with us for awhile and play games. It was mostly the guys.<br><br>Stee ...

... Hatte es mir nicht so gut vorgestellt. <br><br>Habe eine Unterkunft in der Altstadt gefunden, da mich niemand am Bushof abgefangen hat, musste ich ein Zimmer ueber eine Agentur buchen, war dann mit 17 Euro auch recht teuer, aber dafuer auch recht professionell. Im Sommer kann man nicht in der Altstadt uebernachten, da gibt es dann naemlich mehrere Techno-Discos, die bis 4 Uhr frueh die Stadt beschallen. Aber die Saison war zum ...

... am inundated by people offering me rooms. Many have photos and maps. They are about E10. I stop at cafe for lunch and a chance to remove my large backpack for awhile. I give the waiter a good tip and ask if I can leave my bag there for an hour. It worked. I can walk around without carrying the extra 60 pounds. <br><br>There is a late bus to Ulcinj but an earlier one to Bar, a major transit hub from which I am pretty sure I can catch a bus onto my destination. Town of Bar ...

... sure this is no mecca for tourists. And that is PRECISELY why I am glad I discovered Ptown. Oh yeah...the wind...it just blows and blows and blows across that flat plain inside the mountain valley. <br><br>It was so ugly, so different, and just so backwards that I really would have missed out on that great experience had I not made it here in my own private Benz. Now how many people can say they rolled into such a craphole city in ...

... learned it's a country of its own), that we get a stamp! (see picture). I love the European stamps, they are so focused with visual images. There is always a plane, car or boat (depending on how you arrived at the country) and another little box that show in or out. <br><br>Bay of Kotor-<br><br>Kotor is the main city we visited in Montenegro. The bay had quite interesting history and story. The strait for the bay is quite narrow (ferry across takes less ...

... a massive lie. Normally I moderate my drink when abroad and pace myself-but all of the massively strong lager, the lack of food and sleep and the fact a lot of it had been free had taken a massive toll on me. I was fairly drunk, far too drunk to be wandering through an Eastern European capital by myself. I don't remember getting to the train station- I seem to recall calling a dog a ****** on the way there, but I'm not sure ...

... Croatia and Montenegro I realised that my tally of land border crossings was rapidly increasing. The border is situated in a narrow valley. First we came to the Croatian checkpoint where our passports were examined then we drove along the valley for about 2 kilometres, passing a number of 'duty free shops' at the side of the road. The Montenegro entry gate appeared, looking a bit like a large bird. Our passports were stamped and we were in ...

... most video gambling) we saw on one of the roads between the hotels, Niksic has plenty of well established bars. Turns out, there was a festival of sorts that recently happened. Later investigation turns out, Niksic is home to an international guitar festival that we just missed. So, being very hungry, we stopped into a half dozen bars, but none had food. However, we eventually made our way to what would be one of several very nice ...

... side of town, Acupulco and Tanga were great places to sit in a deckchair by the water and enjoy a couple of beers of an afternoon. Much better than lying on a shingle beach! What I did like about Budva was the hostel. The Blue Hippo, it had only opened a few weeks earlier, but was easily one of the best hostels I've been to in a long long time. The whole set up of the place created such a relaxed, sociable atmosphere, and the owners (Dave and Nadya ...

... the over growth, over tracks that looked like that had not been walked on since they had given up on the city. We made it up to about 3/4's of the way. The views were just as good, but we felt like we had achieved more as there was nobody around us. The other side, the paying one, tended to have Montenegrian tourists. We felt good, but it was getting late and the track wasn't the best, so reluctantly, we came down. Next morning, we packed, put ...