It is strange what captures the imagination of travel guidebook writers, ours were transfixed by a ferry journey up a river, we didn’t quite know what to expect.
Countries
Roughing it in North Albania
New day, new town. In Shkoder, where there is lots of water.
Moving on quickly
We have just arrived in Tirana, the first ex-communist capital we are going to visit in this year’s travels.
What is all the fuss about!
Another day crossing Albania, heading towards Tirana, but our next stop, Berat.
A holiday from our holiday
For the first time, Albania. Neither of us has ever been, and we are both excited. It is a first on this trip, for both of us a brand new country.
One day it is gonna happen
After our climb to Gamila we took a nice rest day yesterday doing some bridge spotting around Zagori. We are now fully recovered and ready for our next walk around the village of Vradheto, north of Zagori Park.
Cascades, bridges stone forests and stairs
We are exhausted from yesterdays exertions in the mountains, so today we are looking forward to a mixed bag of touristic sites that the area has to offer.
Only 10 minutes from the top but, who cares?
We had a beautiful walk along the Vikos gorge yesterday. Although it was still quite long (5 hours), it was fairly easy and relatively flat, as most walks along a river tend to be. So today we are looking for something a bit more challenging. We are climbing Gamila, the second highest peak of the Timfi mountains (2,497m).
Gorge-ous
Today we had planned the classic walk of the area: 16 kms down the Vikos gorge. We are always a little sceptical of these ‘popular’ walks, can they live up to expectation?
Back where we belong
We have been looking forward to this for a while, and with the problems of Dora behind us, we can once again relax in the mountains.