Tuesday, July 5, 2011

ALBANIA / MACEDONIA / KOSOVO

ALBANIA
Just a wonderful friendly little country that has been in past being ruled by a total mad man.Up until 1985 he was building concreste bunkers throughout the country in preparation for Inavasion some 700,000 were built.No private person was allowed to own a car only government and military.Hence there are is not really a road system at all and very limited trains as they keep falling off the tracks.
Country side is beautiful.Raki excellent,wine superb, beaches brown and if you ask Bob a certain plant has a venom like the acid of a Dr Who triffodd.
Just simply a brilliant place to visit we were only going to stay a couple of days a nd did four the hostel in Berat was just made for chilled time and some serious Raki consumption.Thanks to Scotty and co.

KOSVO
Just the same exept they hate Albanians and where we ended up was a small valley that was a Serbian onclve who still redarded Serbia s a there country and indeed stiil travell to belgrad to get there passports.Ver ywarm and embracing people .We went inot a smaall village shopr=e and started to have a yarn with shop keeperwho spke english a bit and then a lot of locals just came to see the foreingers and we were sublect to sme great hospitatlity as it seems have the people in the Balkans have cousins in Australia some where and the Large cross overlooking the Village was paid for by donations from Australia so we a well reguarded in this part of the World at least.

MACEDONIA 
Girls from here certainly rival the russians for looks and openness and rank high on the list of the best so far mind u Albainians are pretty hot as well. Beautiful place certainly sticking it up the Greks with there statue of Alexander in the main square .Great Place to Visit.

{More photos for all 3 soon as not sure where they are }



Gerald a Canadian we met in Berat

Berat from a hill

OLd pre BC castle

More the same

Vegie shop berat

Plants revenge and this is the good leg

Walking in to Macedonia

Being to hospitsl and retrieving some money for refreshments

Theres the Macedonian Flag

Back from retirement due to old mates Leg .Elvis has not lost his touch and has had a good trip

Mobile wood saw Ohrid

Smallest Macas in the world you cant have chips as not enough room for a deep frier 
Old mate at Alexanders feet

New opera house Skopje

Up the Greeks 

Street 

Flag

Hay

Sore leg or not a true professional

Hay Kosovo style

Nice place to live if u r a goose

Modern as well

Fresh from the mountain

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