Apollonia, in southern Albania, is where Octavian received news of his great uncle, Julius Caesar’s murder. A student at Europe’s first university, Apollonia’s School of Philosophy, Octavian left immediately for Rome.
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‘The Best Coastal Drive in the World’: Ksamil Beach & The Llogar Pass, Albania
“We can’t go to Mongolia if you can’t cope with this.” Mark’s words stung like a whip. I felt desolate. On a strip of yellow dirt, in a 16-tonne truck, with nowhere to turn around, we were lost somewhere in southern Albania.
Film: Full-Time Off-Grid Travel in a Converted Volvo N10 Truck Camper
Here is a fabulous short film created by Sophie and Ryan of Liveration about our lifestyle in The Beast, a self-converted Volvo N10 truck, which has been our home since July 2021.
Butrint, Albania: The Fall of Troy, The Founding of Rome, & A Load of Old Bull
At Butrint, in southwestern Albania, we discovered tranquillity, jewel colours, fecund nature, and a sense of history that rustled through the trees like a whisper from the past.