A Great Caucasus Road Trip (2017) ๐ท๐บ Visiting the Crisis Area of โโNorth Ossetia around Mount Elbrus Alexander Sep 9, 2017 0 We spontaneously visit Uli's friends in Vladikavkaz in southern Russia. The morning after our arrival,-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A Great Caucasus Road Trip (2017) ๐ท๐บ Vladikavkaz and the heartwarming people in Russia’s dangerous south Alexander Sep 8, 2017 0 Our original plan was to drive from Germany to Russia in our old Soviet combat bus "UAZ" made in-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
Destinations ๐ท๐บ The Echo of the Tsarist Era and the Cosmopolitanism of Modernity Around the… Alexander Sep 6, 2017 0 After our date with the young woman in the remote dacha, we have our next date right here in the city,-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
Destinations ๐ท๐บ The Invitation from the Russian Girl to her dacha in Nowhere-land Alexander Sep 5, 2017 0 On our first day in Saint Petersburg, we actually wanted to treat ourselves to the city's biggest-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
Destinations ๐ท๐บ Priviet! Unexpected in beautiful Saint Petersburg Alexander Sep 3, 2017 0 At 6 a.m. the alarm tells us that it's time to start our adventure. And that's after our UAZ for the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
Destinations ๐ฉ๐ช With the UAZ 73 Kilometers to Russia Alexander Sep 1, 2017 0 Now the real adventure is about to begin: the trip in the antique Soviet UAZ combat minibus. We had been-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ Shkodra and Albania’s Virtues Alexander Aug 19, 2017 0 In the most beautiful evening light we drive back to Albania. This time, the border is quickly behind-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฒ๐ช Between the Mediterranean Sea and Skadar Lake Alexander Aug 18, 2017 0 Originally there was the idea to go to the beautiful Bay of Kotor and visit the town of the same name.-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ Vermosh takes your breath away Alexander Aug 17, 2017 0 Crossing the border back to Albania is a joke this time. We quickly leave Montenegro at a small log-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro’s Wonderfull Alpine Villages near Lake Plav Alexander Aug 16, 2017 0 After we had officially left Kosovo with a few obstacles, we drive ten kilometers through the most-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฝ๐ฐ Our Visit to Kosovo that looks like little Germany Alexander Aug 16, 2017 0 As always, our thinking is determined by prejudices. So also about Kosovo. Entry into the country is-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ The Valbona Fairy Tale Valley Alexander Aug 15, 2017 0 On the way, an oncoming car with headlight flasher stops us. Again a driver draws our attention to our-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ The Crazy Koman Ferry Alexander Aug 15, 2017 0 We fight our way through Albanian traffic again and take the only northbound highway Albania has to-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ Skanderbeg’s mighty Fortress of Kruja Alexander Aug 14, 2017 0 We head north the next day; we men are among ourselves again. Saying goodbye is still difficult and-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ Searching for Solitude at The Coast of Albania Alexander Aug 13, 2017 0 The hotel that we found in the middle of the night is preparing for a wedding and we have breakfast in-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ Trouble on the Albanian blue Adriatic Alexander Aug 12, 2017 0 The trip to this village was worth it. It is beautiful on top of a mountain with great views, cooling-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ The Country of the Bektashi – heights and relief Alexander Aug 12, 2017 0 Wir wollen wieder nach Norden. Ganz nach Norden, was bedeutet, dass wir eine ganze Menge-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ In the footsteps of vanished Cultures in Butrint and Antigonea Alexander Aug 11, 2017 0 Between Tepelenรซand Gjirokastรซr we pass a place just off the road where all hell breaks loose. You can-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ A spontanous Invitation to an Albanian wedding Alexander Aug 10, 2017 0 We continue strolling through Tepelenรซ in the sweltering heat, as we hear traditional music. Rovena is-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ City of Legends – Picturesque Gjirokastรซr Alexander Aug 10, 2017 0 It is getting morning in Pรซrmet. I feel rested, but my companions don't. They have a mighty hangover-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ The enchanting Bridges and Gorges of Pรซrmet Alexander Aug 9, 2017 0 Finally we leave the mountains and get onto a real road with real, modern asphalt. It's like another-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ With a terribly Underpowered Car Through The Albanian Mountains Alexander Aug 9, 2017 0 After a princely breakfast, lots of warm hugs and well-intentioned gifts, such as homemade bread and-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ Visiting the Albanian family in Gjerbรซs Alexander Aug 8, 2017 0 Rovena, where are we going today?" - is a question that's becoming common among us. Often the answer-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ Refuge from the heat in the incredible Osum Gorge Alexander Aug 7, 2017 0 It's my birthday and we just took a shower in an ice cold waterfall. We feel highly motivated. We're-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ A Day of Surprise – At the Bogovรซ waterfall Alexander Aug 7, 2017 0 You're having an Albanian breakfast - they do that for us VIPs - slurping your rice, goulash soup and-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ Berat – The city of 1000 windows Alexander Aug 6, 2017 0 From Pelenรซ (the รซ is found in many words here and is sometimes an รถ or an a) it turns into a desolate-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ The Road Trip begins – The fortress of Pelenรซ Alexander Aug 6, 2017 0 The next day we leave for the airport to pick up our car - not a Mercedes, but a Dacia Stepway.-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A crazy Balkan road trip I - Albania & Montenegro (2017) ๐ฆ๐ฑ Tirana: The best way How to get to know Albania Alexander Aug 4, 2017 0 Albania?!? What do you want there? Isn't there only mafia and terrorists !? And they still have blood revenge,-->-->…
Destinations ๐ฉ๐ด The Bay of Samanรก Alexander Mar 27, 2017 0 We've had eventful days in Las Galeras and we've come to terms with our shipwreck reasonably well. -->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
Destinations ๐ฉ๐ด Shipwreckking in the Caribbean at Las Galeras Alexander Mar 26, 2017 0 Located on one of the easternmost points of the peninsula, Las Galeras is arguably one of the most-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…