On 18th
I had decided that whether it was raining or not I’m gonna go to see the Blue
Eye close by on the bus way to Butrint. First this girl Kristina from Sweden
asked to join me and then this German girl Johanna wanted to join too. So together
we left to search for the 9.30 bus to Butrint and ask to get off at the Blue
eye. Well the only bus we could find was at 11.30 and all the taxi people asked
like 30-50€ for the taxi ride so we decided to hitchhike since it was said to be a common
way to get around there, or at least our hostel owner woman said so. We walked
to this crossroads going to the right direction and eventually after like 15 minutes
this Isralien guy and this women from somewhere in Europe stopped for us. They
were from the other hostel and the guy had rented a car. It took maybe 30
minutes to drive there and it cost 50 LEK to get in.
The blue
eye was amazing. The water there was only 10 degrees. Me and Kristina walked a
little away from the actually blue eye and went to water from there. Freezing!
We spent there maybe 1,5 hours and then walked the 2 km back to the main road
and almost instantly this minibus stopped and we paid 200 LEK for our journey
back. Then together we went to eat and then it was a nap time. Me and Kristina
went our after the nap for gyros and buy some wine and chips. Got ready, drank
“san ilari” (absolutely no idea how to spell it) and left to watch some football.
During the game we drank mojitos and just gossiped about life. Then we left for
this Orange bar / club, drank tequila shots and some wine. Started talking to
this French guy and Berry Sheqerolli. Kristina and the French guy went to swim
and we stayed and talked about life and business. We left to supermarket and
sit on the beach and spent there what felt like forever. Eventually we got back
to the hostel at 5 am! :D
19th
oh god. My head hurt. I was so tired. I hadn’t even drank that much but im sure
it was that tequila shot. Eventually at around one o’clock both me and Kristina
got up and she decided to stay another night. We left to the Ksamil island even
though again it was a shitty day. The bus ride there was some sweaty business
and took like 30 minutes and cost 100 LEK. It probably would have been
beautiful there in a good weather but it was shit. We were also cold at the
beach so we spent there maybe an hour and left back. It started pissing down
and thundering and we got so wet. We walked and tried to hitchhike our way back
while people were laughing to us. Until finally these three German guys stopped
for us and offered us a ride. They had been smoking weed there and they were
really young. I was nervous that he was gonna try impress us and drive like crazy
but he actually asked us are we afraid if he drives fast and instantly I
replied that yes. He drove really slowly and carefully and didn’t start passing
other cars or something like that. Thank god since there were so much water on
the roads. Eventually we made it back to the hostel and everyone laughed at us
when we went in and where so wet. Then it was nap time again and then me and
Kristina left to eat after.
She bought her bus ticket and I bought my boat
ticket for the next day to Corfu for 19€.
The next
morning I left around 9.10 and paid my third night and hugged the girls
goodbye. I walked to the port and the flying dolphin left at 10.30 and it took
around 35 minutes since I arrived to GREECE.
Fah-la-min-dair-it
= THANK YOU Albania! It was fun and im so mad at myself that I was worried or
had worries before going! What I didn’t do in Saranda was climb to the castle
of Lekursi up on the hill. I didn’t do it since the weather was so bad all the
time.
I was also nervous about the transportation in Albania because I literally couldn't find anything online before going! No connections to no where. There were buses of course but no timetables available, only the locals knew (or thought they knew) what time they went.
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