Balkans 2019 - Monday, June 3 - Skopje, North Macedonia, to Tirana, Albania


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IMG_8439 - The Struga waterfront on Lake Ohrid, waiting for beach-loving summer tourists
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IMG_8441 - Both motor and sail boating are popular on Lake Ohrid.
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IMG_8442 - The entrance from Lake Ohrid to the Black Drin River. At the bridge we met our coach for the half-hour drive to Albania.
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IMG_8448 - The Jablanica Mountain range extends south along the west coast of Lake Ohrid and into Albania.
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IMG_8456 - Near the Qafë Thanë border crossing. One of the many stray dogs of Albania. Most are gentle and shy.
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IMG_8458 - Lake Ohrid from its west coast in Bulgaria. Lake Ohrid is 70% in N. Macedonia and 30% in Albania.
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IMG_8467 - Our Bulgarian lunch stop greeted us with native costumes.
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IMG_8469 - In 1967-86, paranoid Communist president Enver Hoxha had 170,000 pillbox bunkers built, in fear of an invasion.
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IMG_8472 - Coming from the mountains, down to the large plain around of Prrenjas, Albania and its Caniapiscau Reservoir
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IMG_8477 - Prrenjas, Albania
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IMG_8479 - The start of the switch-back road that winds down to Prrenjas

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