Arriving to Albania from Monte Negro. Albania is completely different to all the other countries I passed. Tourism is less here. People wave or shout something when I pass by.
First impression of Albania. This sign probably saw its best days.
Horse and happy people 🙂 The condition of the roads are really not good though – I hope my bicycle will survive.
Oh, I thought this was a donkey when I took the picture but now I realize it is a horse. I wanted to show that there are a lot of donkeys on the streets 🙂
View of the second largest city in Albania, Shkoder, from the fortress. In Shkoder I stayed with Erjon (through Couchsurfing) and his family. Erjon was a medical student but knew everything about history. He told me everything about the battles. Very interesting.
The fortress in Shkoder.
Mosque.
With Erjon we ate a traditional Albanian meal – liver with cheese. So good.
Arriving to Tirana waiting for a Couchsurfer to come and meet me. Tried to speak to some Albanian guy who owned a cheese store – only through body language. He offered me some cheese and wanted me to take a picture of his store and put it on Internet because he wanted publicity 🙂 What a business man! 🙂
I am now in Tirana, staying with Olta for two nights. She is so nice, hosting me and a Spanish couple at the moment and everyone speaks Spanish. Yesterday we went out for a beer, with a couple of her friends.
A store with a tree going right through it.
Tomorrow I will continue the trip to Macedonia, and then on to Greece, Thesaloniki, and further on to Turkey. Hopefully it will all be good!
Viktor Predan | Sweden to Singapore on bicycle 
