Podgorica>Shkodër Not a busy day but a long one. We passed a major brushfire on our way to the border with Albania (just 1/2h away) which cast a haze on all the day’s photos. Unfortunately we’ve seen many patches of scorched forest from fires already on this tour 😦 At the border. We’re going to … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 8

Kolašin/Podgorica A very leisurely start this morning, 8:30am breakfast, 10am departure, so I had time for a swim in my bathtub! We said goodbye to our minibus last night and today we piled into four 4x4 SUVs for a day of riding around backroads and rough routes up and down the Maganik mountains. We were … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 7

Žabljak > Kolašin A very chilly start this morning - in the 30’s. I hadn’t expected such temperatures but with 5 thin layers I should be okay.  We stopped at Black Lake, just near our hotel. This is a mountain stream-fed lake but now that it’s summer it’s actually dried up into two separate lakes. … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 6

Kotor>Žabljak We started the day by driving an hour south to Budva, another coastal town but also blessed with big beaches and a modern city.  We only had an hour to sightsee so stuck with the miniature Old Town which fills the little peninsula sticking out like a lobster’s claw. Mostly dating from Venetian times … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 5

Kotor My 2 week tour with G Adventures starts in Kotor and ends in Tirana. Should give me a good introduction to the area! Today was a “lite” tour day - at 9am two speedboats picked up our group of 17 and zipped us up the bay to Perast, about a 20 minute trip. Once … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 4

Kotor My last day of freedom 🙂 I join my tour this afternoon so today’s my last day to set my own agenda.  I started with an early morning hike up the Ladder of Kotor. It’s a zigzagging stoney path built in the 18th century to connect the top of the mountain with town. It … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 3

Kotor A slow start to the day but I’d nothing planned but to explore. I wandered over to the Old Town, ~2 minute walk, around 9am but the city was still asleep though soon to wake up as the tourists were arriving in droves. I turned around and instead climbed the city walls (both sanctioned … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 2

Kotor I flew out of Venice this morning on my way to Montenegro and a huge thunderstorm erupted out of nowhere as I was waiting to board my plane. Normally not a big deal but this was a little plane that you had to access from the tarmac and the bus had departed leaving us … Continue reading Montenegro/Albania: Day 1