Two Ukranian Cyclists (honest)
Lake Ochid Macedonia and Albania (amaizingly beautifull)
Typical Albanian bike touring scenery
More... How much better can it get??
"I would like one of the top ones and one of the other?"What a surprise... the Albanians dont think much to their country..(well thats what we thought when we arrived!!)
Everything is Shitet!! a BMW car with Shitet on it ( well you cant argue with that) a Mercedes with Shitet ( well it was an old 200 series..) A shop that was shitet.. and then a Pizza express with shitet on it.. (again we cant argue with that...)
But the we realised that Shitet meant .. For Sale ( well we are a bit dim arn't we ]
The next shocking thing about Albania is that there are no Albinos living there!! whats all that about?? Since then I have found out that there are no Cretins on Crete!!
I really don't know what expect in Mongolia now!!!! ( and I'm not going to Lesbos either !!)
We had a fantastic time there....we were attacked by kindness . Could,nt pay for peppers,for our fuel bottle to be filled up with petrol, got given local sweets to try...on our first morning we got flagged down by a guy who hopped out and gave us a cycling guide map and booklet to albania. How lucky is that. ! And its one of the poorest countrys i've visited [anywhere ],and yet its got amazing scenery,nearly all mtns,canyons, rivers,and people who are so keen and excited for you to visit. Jon had boys racing him on their knackered no brakes bikes, people waving at us, calling out, tooting their horns [they dont realise this makes me nearly fall off]. So consider albania as an exciting holiday destination. ...they deserve more tourists.[any,would be a start !]
Now in greece. What a shock. ! After all those exciting "undiscovered '' rough and ready countries....so, this is where riley lives his life! Its all ex-pats, and yachts , and even the dogs have perked up as if they know they are no longer at the bottom of the pile. Impressively beautiful though,and the first country since germany that has a system to cope with rubbish.!! Everywhere else it gets tipped into rivers,down hillslopes,anywhere cos there is nowhere.
Albania stretched jons vehicular knowledge beyond the final frontier. There were things he didnt know what they were,and they werent donkeys. Also no albanians had cars until after communism,so they are desperate to learn to drive,but nobody has more than 14 years experience. Quite interesting styles have developed.
The main vehicle in Albania is the Mercedes 200 series diesel.. a real work horse.. but just behinde that is any vehicle from England!! we went into one town and about 30% of the cars were from th UK..
It also seems that any Albanian that has been to the UK went to Newcastle?? and did all of the Euro Clubs? Figure that one out if you can!
Next time who knows where we will be!!!
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