We weren’t sure what to expect in Albania. At the end of WWII, Albania became Europe’s equivalent to North Korea; a secretive, closed and isolationist country. Albania spent four decades under the iron grip of paranoid extremist ruler Enver Hoxha. As a communist state, Hoxha aligned Albania first with Russia, then with China, but brokeContinue reading “Overlanding in Albania – Bari to Durrës”
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Matera, Italy – Preparations To Enter Albania
Our visits to the vet in Matera became a bit of a soap opera. The Fab Four, our four pooches, needed various inoculations and an Animal Health Certificate (AHC) to enter Albania.
#Writer’sTravelogueSeries – 10 Tips For Keeping a Travel Journal (Without It Taking Over Your Trip!)
Are the first few pages of your travel journals filled with joy and excitement? Do the notes get thinner and more sparse? Then, do they stop completely a few days before you go home? For my second post in my regular #Writer’sTravelogueSeries on Marcia Meara’s The Write Stuff blog, I am looking at something veryContinue reading “#Writer’sTravelogueSeries – 10 Tips For Keeping a Travel Journal (Without It Taking Over Your Trip!)”
Matera: A Stroll Through Italy’s Stone Age City
I have discovered a new Pan Tone; Magenta di Matera. It relates to the colour of my face after scaling the Gravina gorge to the ancient City of Matera in a temperature of 28°C (83°F).
World Wide Walkies 