07/08/2020
One of the most beautiful areas of Albania is Tropoja, in the north-east of the country along the borders of Montenegro and Kosovo. However, at the time this was also the wildest area of the country, with bandits and blood feud, an area where you want to be accompanied by a local.
What happened was that I told a colleague of mine, who was from the area, that we were planning to visit Tropoja next weekend, at which he looked at me in horror, and then explained that he could not possibly come with me, that weekend. When I said that, relax, I had been travelling the world before, and this could not possibly be that different, he explained that “I didn’t understand”, begged me to postpone my trip, and insisted that he would have to accompany me. So we postponed the trip, to three weeks later: never ignore the advice of the locals.
Enjoy 😉
