Lake Shkodra and Theth

When we entered Albania we headed to the nearest campsite on our map which was Lake Shkodra resort. It was a strip of land like a run-way where at one end your eye was taken up to snow capped mountains and at the other end a wooden jetty jutted out into the still lake with the mountains of Montenegro beyond. A restaurant on the lakeside served lovely food and children played racquet sports. We stayed for four days to recoup and did some canoeing on the lake. We then decided to drive to the ‘blue eye’ of northern Albania which was near Theth in the mountains. We drove the narrow windey mountain road for an hour or so where nearly at the top it became a dirt track with no crash barrier and no passing places - only 4x4s passed us. We parked up and slept at the top for the night and then drove back down in the morning. We drove through the busy market town of Shkodra headed for Krujë next.Read more