Stunning Montenegro-Kotor and Budva.

The tour of Albania included Montenegro-Kotor and Budva with a stopover in Podgorica-the capital which was uninspiring. But I could not leave town without an Albanian hat!!-just the thing for the next Melbourne Cup lunch. Podgorica is to be remembered by the phantom creature/ spider that bit me in the night and the very dodgy …

ALBANIAN RIVIERA and a FEW CASTLES!

SARANDA at sunset-it is really very picturesque- and Albania is emerging from it troubled past and evils of mass illiteracy, poverty, oppression, disease and the good old blood feuds (Gjakmarrja) But judging by the unusual road rules and parking I am surprised it has not been re-introduced. The Albanians have a very relaxed attitude to …

BYRON’S ALBANIA.

Lord Byron in Albanian costume by Thomas Phillips, 1814. While I avoided the costume, I was intrigued by Byron's deep affection for Albania. - said to remind him of the Highlands of Scotland with minarets! A quick 30 minutes in a fast boat and I was in Albania.. I forgot that it was not in …