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Shkoder Again

Posted on December 17, 2012 by how_sven / 0 Comment

I arrived to Tirana airport in the mid-morning, collected my backpack and tried to leave the airport. I had been told that I could catch a furgon from the airpo...

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Intermission

Posted on November 21, 2012 by how_sven / 0 Comment

I spent about three days in the hotel before heading back up to Uludağ to teach at another kid’s camp. I was relieved to have a little bit of rest; this was the...

Albania/Balkans/istanbul/Macedonia/Travel/Turkey

Pogradec – Ohrid – Skopje – Istanbul

Posted on November 3, 2012 by how_sven / 0 Comment

The next day in Pogradec I enjoyed my complimentary breakfast of toast, fried eggs and Turkish coffee before departing the hotel. It was a nice, hot sunny day f...

Albania/furgon/Macedonia/Ohrid/photos/pogradec/shkoder/Travel

Shkoder to Pogradec by Train

Posted on October 31, 2012 by how_sven / 0 Comment

Nobody rides Balkan trains, and for good reason, too. Remember that fantastic scene in Casino Royale when James Bond meets Vesper on the train through Montenegr...

Albania/Balkans/Koman ferry/photos/Travel

Koman Ferry

Posted on October 24, 2012 by how_sven / 0 Comment

The ferry from Fierze to Koman goes down the man-made Lake Koman, cutting through the mountains, which makes for spectacular scenery. The boat was pretty full w...

Albania/Bajram Curri/Balkans/furgon/Koman ferry/photos/Travel/valbone

Bajram Curri

Posted on October 7, 2012 by how_sven / 0 Comment

The furgon from Valbone to Bajram Curri leaves every morning at 7:00. There’s only one furgonper day and I don’t know why it leaves at such a ridicu...

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Rogam/Valbone

Posted on September 21, 2012 by how_sven / 0 Comment

I kept going down the hill and eventually the boy on the horse caught up with me and passed me. He said his house was just a little bit further down and I told ...

Albania/Balkans/photos/thethi/Travel/valbone

Hiking from Thethi to Valbone

Posted on September 20, 2012 by how_sven / 0 Comment

I started hiking around 7:30am. I was a bit concerned about how I would fare, as I haven’t done a lot of big hikes like this. I walk a lot in Istanbul and...

Albania/Balkans/furgon/photos/thethi/Travel

Thethi

Posted on September 11, 2012 by how_sven / 0 Comment

  The furgon (minibus) I would ride was an old, battered, orange Mercedes. The roads up to the villages aren’t passable by regular cars; the only vehicles...

Albania/Balkans/furgon/photos/shkoder/Travel

Shkoder

Posted on September 6, 2012 by how_sven / 0 Comment

I was Shkoder bound. I didn’t know much about Shkoder, except that it has global recognition because of the blood feuds that still happen in northern Alba...

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