and as a follow-up to the asia accomodation recap, here is our recap from our european airbnb and hotels: barcelona: cost/night/person (in cad): $45 the thing that rocked: nothing. we couldn’t wait to get out of there. the thing that sucked: i’m not sure what sucked more, the dripping water pressure with a hot water […]
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the beaches of kotor: budva, plavi horizonti & sveti stefan
it doesnt take a lot of landlocked days in this heat to motivate us to find some water. although we were staying right on the edge of the bay of kotor we hadn’t realized that the water around town isn’t ideal for swimming thanks to the proximity to the mooring area of all the luxury […]
Read Morevisiting perast, a montenegrin town of two islets
our next stop after tirana was the small historical town of kotor in montenegro. montenegro borders albania to the north and by bus it took us roughly six hours to get there from tirana. this marked the end of our string of long bus rides and we were really happy to set our feet down […]
Read Morehiking the kotor wall
it should be no surprise that after a few months on the road, that our fitness level is sorely lacking. yes, we tend to walk almost everywhere we need to go however neither of us have broken much of a sweat doing anything active in quite some time, maybe since our hike in hong kong. […]
Read Moreweekly recap #20 – kotor, dubrovnik & split
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. kotor (airbnb, harbour, 5 nights), dubrovnik (airbnb, port, 3 nights), split (airbnb, veli varos, 1 night) q. favourite meal a. cevapi sandwiches in kotor. we had a butcher shop next door to our airbnb and they also grill up the meats for you if […]
Read Morefirst 24 hours in kotor
jojo: what do i like? -unbelievable scenery. the drive here involved taking multiple tunnels through the mountainous terrain of montenegro as well as passing well developed beach towns bar & budva along the adriatic sea. kotor is nestled in a bay surrounded by mountains and the old town is a walled city with walls running […]
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