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Day 12 – Macedonia/Greece
Set off around 9.30. Felt much more relaxed today as even though we are only insured for third party, Macedonia is a laid back, civilised sort of place. Once we got out of Ohrid, we hardly saw anyone else on the road. Quite a few pot holes as the roads are not in a good…
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Day 11 – Montenegro/Albania/Macedonia
Many questions came up today: 1.) why are there so many mercs, BMWs and other “luxury” cars in Albania? 2.) why do the people driving them look like farmers/ordinary people/thugs rather than rich business men? 3) how much do people earn in Albania- looks like a very poor country to me, yet most of the…
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Day 10. Montenegro
Sorry no pics as Internet too weak Caught the bus into Kotor this morning and had a wander around the old town. It’s very reminiscent of Italy and extremely picturesque. Had an early lunch then walked up to the top of the old fort. Very high and there were a few red faced people by…
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Day 9 – Croatia/Montenegro A Feast for the Eyes
What a day! It was another restless night with me finishing and posting the blog at 3am. I just couldn’t sleep. We were up early and after some croissants from the bakery across the road (very average) we were on the road by 9. Whoever made the post on trip advisor re driving the coast…
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Day 8 – Bosnia/Croatia
Day 8 – Bosnia/Croatia/Baska Voda I woke in the night to the sound of pouring rain and found it hard to get back to sleep again. We performed our usual routine of breakfast/shower/email/pack/load car/check room for left behind things. I left my trusty eyeshade in Slovenia which was a real blow as I hate any…
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Day 7 – Martin Brod waterfalls/hiking trail to strbacki buk waterfall
Slept like a log last night. It was a real struggle to get up this morning. It’s either the clean Bosnian air or lack of caffeine. Had a sneaky breakfast in our room. Asmir would have liked to serve us breakfast but at 5 euros each I think not. We will have dinner again though.…
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Photos from day 6
Didn’t manage to post these yesterday so here are some pics from our first day in Bosnia: The river Una at Martin Brod
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Day 6 – Slovenia/Croatia/Bosnia
After much bumbling about this morning we eventually set off around 9.30am. I was sorry to be leaving Slovenia. It has grown on me. We went for a little wander after dinner last night around the streets near us and it was so tranquil and quiet. People have space in this part of the world…
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Day 5 – Bled, Slovenia
Feeding the ducks Starving by the time we ate last night. We had to wait for Rok to come round to collect the money for the apartment. He was a lovely young guy. Many of the apartments here are in old farmhouses that have been renovated and I think Rok has made himself a…
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Day 4 – Germany/Austria/Slovenia
German sign. Nice they’re so concerned about our bowels Lake Bled Beer in the sunshine Our apartment It’s not just us in the UK who are fed up with EU bureaucracy. Chatting last night to our German B and B owner, he told us how he was expected to make changes to…
Middle-aged flash packers
The ramblings and wanderings of two middle-aged travellers up for adventure
- 2021 – There are no plans. Covid
- About
- Australia/Vietnam Revisited 2025
- Bulgaria – Roses and Trains 2025
- Cabo de Gata 2024
- Costa Rica 2015
- Escape to Italy 2017
- Going round in Circles – Circumnavigating Spain 2021
- Gran Canaria – The Isle of Dogs
- Greece – Pottering The Peloponnese 2021
- Into Africa – 2022
- Into Africa -November/December 2022
- Jordan Jaunts 2023
- Mini adventure in Northern Portugal – 2018
- Mission Triglav – Slovenia, Italy, France 2017
- My blog
- Myanmar and Thailand 2019
- Oman 2019
- Oz Odyssey – Australia, Fiji,Hawaii 2016
- Panama 2023
- Return of the Road Warriors – Europe revisited 2019 Liechenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Germany
- Road Trip to Anywhere – France, Italy, ? 2022
- Roaming the Rhodope – Bulgaria
- Sicily wanderings – on the volcano trail
- Tea, Trains and Temples – A journey around Sri Lanka 2017
- Tenerife 2024
- The Grand Tour – Driving from UK to Turkey and back again 2015
- The Hills are Alive – Austria road trip September 2025
- The Silk Road – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan 2019
- Turkey – 2020
- Wainwrights Lake District UK part 2 2022 March
- Walking the Wainwrights part 1 – Lake District UK 2021
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