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9 August 2014
I went up to the top floor for breakfast and saw that the sky was black. Soon enough it started raining. As this was my fourth time in Istanbul, there was no pressure to go do anything so I didn’t really go out till the sun was out in the early afternoon. It is quite […]
8 August 2014
Leaving Skopje There is a gap in the bus schedule from the station to the airport; either around 0700 or around 1100 which doesn’t suit my 1135 departure for Istanbul. So, I took a taxi organised by the hostel. I was told it would be MKD700-900 depending on the taxi company available a the time. […]
8 August 2014
To our surprise, this little country in Europe proved to less expensive than we thought to feed and water ourselves. In… Posted by Alex Chan on Thursday, August 7, 2014
7 August 2014
The hostel unexpectedly gave a light breakfast. It was good enough to get me going for the exploration of central Skopje. I set of at 0830 walking towards Macedonia Square and crossed the old stone bridge across the river to the so-called Albanian district. There were lots of newish monuments and statues some of which […]
6 August 2014
I had a leisurely morning by my standards, pottering around and leaving the apartment / gueshouse soon after 1015 for the bus station bound for Skopje. This kinda represents the end of my long adventure through Papua and explorations through the Balkans. The remainder of the journey is to previously covered territory Istanbul and time […]
5 August 2014
Sveti Naum Monastery I wanted to go to the old monastery Sveti Naum today. It was a 50 min bus ride but I opted for a more pleasant but costlier boat journey on the lake leaving at 1000. It was indeed pleasant in the shade of the top deck cruising past villages and hotels. The […]
4 August 2014
We went through Albanian exit immigration (perhaps we did) and entered Macedonia around 0400. My passport showed no exit stamp from Montenegro, no Albanian stamps at all and an entry into Macedonia. Go figure!? At around 0530 we pulled into Ohrid station. It was light already. I needed a second layer for the first time […]
3 August 2014
Above: Diving Karola wreck in what I consider to be poor visibility. Diving Disappointment As I had a day to kill and didn’t fancy lying on any of Ulcinj’s crowded beaches, I opted to go diving. The attraction was a large wreck but I had to do a check-dive before doing the proper wreck dive. The […]
3 August 2014
I had a day to kill in Ulcinj and didn’t fancy lying on any of its crowded beaches. So I opted to dive with D’Olcinium Diving Club. Little did I know that it would be a complete waste of time and money. Pricing, Options & Equipment They charge EUR25 per dive (up to two dives […]
2 August 2014
My host Naser also runs a water taxi and was taking a group of Poles out for a fish picnic. I was invited to join in for EUR25 including wine, raki, drinks etc. I was told to be ready at half-ten. As it turns out, it was half-to-ten (Indonesian style, as I learnt in Papua […]