Kotor - Montenegro

We'd heard some great stuff about Montenegro - the world's newest country.  Only about 250km long, it became independent from Serbia at the end of 2006.  While Croatia was 'new and undiscovered(ish)' until about  4 or 5 years ago, Montenegro is right at that point now.  It has more of those beautiful blue waters, lovely little villages and stunning mountain backdrops.  As we've said before in our ramblings, at the back of our minds has been the possibility of buying land or property, or a business from one of the places we've checked out on the trip.  Cambodia was ticking some of the boxes, and Montenegro certainly did too.  More on that later.

15th century church, Kotor

Once we'd bought van insurance at the border (most UK insurance companies don't cover some specific E. European countries), we stopped at the beautiful town of Herceg Novi, and continued on round the windy road that hugged the inlet that makes up the north part of Montenegro.  Kotor is an old town built by the sea at the base of mountains and now attracts yachties and small cruise boats, and is one of the most beautiful towns in the country. It's the kinda place where you just sit in the squares, drink coffee, wander round a few cobbled streets, see the massive renovation going on (many  investors have bought up derelict old stone houses and are doing them up in the old style), have a beer etc etc.

Another mansion about to be reno'd

Inlet near Kotor

Kotor town

Never happier than with a glass, Kotor

Parking up near Kotor

Spot kotors wall up the mountain