Category Archives: 阿爾巴尼亞 Albania

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Snapshots: 巴爾幹半島 Balkans

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Rovinj, a picturesque town on the Istrian coast.
Pink & violet are signature colours of the Croatian sunset.
Boats docked at Rovinj’s harbour, Croatia
White graves of those who gave their lives in the Bosnian conflict.
Different years of birth, same year of death.
Golden statue of Bill Clinton rising before the proud phrase: ”No Negotiation. Self Determination!”,
a strong reminder of Kosovo’s desire for independence, which was backed by the Americans.
Creepy Gjirokastra trapped in time, Albania

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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Day 190: Albania, land of the warmest smiles

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Morning Coffee in Gjirokastra

Didn’t sleep well last night. Not sure what kept us up more: the coffee and raki (aniseed flavoured liquor sipped straight up, this is the albanian vodka) that Mario invited us to, or the thought of leaving this country which unexpectedly became our home away from home, our family away from family. Continued 繼續看…

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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

第一百八十五、八十八和八十九天: 阿爾巴尼亞，我愛妳！

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在阿爾巴尼亞的下半部分很忙，而且非常陶醉於與當地人的交流，根本沒有時間寫下我的深情日記！那程痛苦的巴士經歷後我們抵達吉諾卡斯特 (Gjirokastra)，與培拉特 (Berat) 同被列為世界文化遺產的小鎮。這裡的古城比培拉特的大，人們都在有歷史有味道的建築物和大街小巷游走，不像有「千窗之鎮」美譽的 (“town of thousand windows”) 培拉特般只集中在一個位置；但驟眼看卻帶點恐怖，彷彿充滿神秘烏鴉的疆屍片拍攝場地。 Continued 繼續看…

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Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Day 185: City of a Thousand Windows and City of Stone

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Berat – City of a Thousand Windows

Never thought we’d venture this far into Albania, but having read about the country’s two UNESCO world heritage towns, it would’ve been too foolish to miss: Berat, ‘city of a thousand windows’ and Gjirokastra, ‘city of stone’. Continued 繼續看…

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Thursday, August 12th, 2010

第一百八十四天: 熱…….情 (一): 情

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阿爾巴尼亞人：極具人情味的民族

在阿爾巴尼亞的第五天，來了不久已習慣其發展中狀態，我們彷彿回到了中美洲的危地馬拉和尼加拉瓜。但正因為這國家不發達、貧窮和未受旅遊業污染，國民都明顯友善帶人情味。 Continued 繼續看…

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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

第一百八十二天: 半年了！

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哈哈，今天是值得紀念的日子！我們已在途上半年了！雖然身體出現了些怠倦，但心靈上仍很熾熱，仍很期待餘下來旅程中的未知數 － 阿爾巴尼亞的小鎮風情、保加利亞的修道院、羅馬尼亞的山景、塞爾維亞的霸權過去，當然更重要的是中東的回教氣息和文化！ Continued 繼續看…

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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Day 181: 6 months on the road!

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Theth – a tranquil village in a far-flung corner of Albania

We’re in Albania! A country so foreign to me but I don’t feel foreign here at all. We got our first taste of Albanian roads the way they’re described in Lonely Planet:

“..driving on mountain ‘roads’… is a whole new field of extreme sport. Cars, furgons, trucks and buses do go off the edge.”

Continued 繼續看…

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