World Cup Final

[JJ] We played a fearsome match of football with Albjon, one of our hosts at the guesthouse, and some local kids. It was a fiercely contested game, but at the final whistle the score read: Burton Czytaj więcej
Valbona Valley

[JJ] so today was a fairly low-key event, which for us apparently means just a 15 km hike and an 800 m ascent. We climbed up to a pretty viewpoint, before then walking on to Liqemi i Xhemës lake. Czytaj więcej
Valbona - Theth Mountain Pass

[JJ] Today was a remarkably beautiful experience. We started early from Rrogam and hiked up the valley and onto Qafa e Valbonës, the mountain pass to the adjacent valley. We had been fearing the Czytaj więcej
Theth

[JJ] This guesthouse has blown my mind. The view, the food. I don't even know how to express it! We paid €11,50/£9.81 for bounties of food between the two of us. Not only does it taste amazing, but Czytaj więcej
Theth Valley

[JJ] Pretty waterfalls, hot weather, more mountains etc. Too tired to be bothered to write more but another fun day:)
The Blue Eye

[JJ] Hot, so hot. 🥵
Then cold, so cold. 🥶
(Edit: today is also the day I personally reached the 1,000 km mark of walking since the start of my summer)
Shkodër

[JJ] Today was definitely a transition day, as our time in Theth came to its end. We took an authentic winding journey through the high mountain pass roads (which are seemingly the only paved roads in Czytaj więcej
Podgorica

Feeling fine, country number nine.
Ostrog Monastery

[JJ] Our travels this morning took us from the most ramshackle train station for a country capital I've ever seen, to Ostrog, where we immediately (and accidentally) (and successfully?!?!) haggled Czytaj więcej
Niksic

[JJ] We used a sleepy stopoff at the very relaxed city of Niksic to buy SIM cards, load up on food and enjoy a stroll through some leafy streets.
(Update) ...Aaaaand noooo we just missed our bus! Our Czytaj więcej
Bobotov Kuk

Our ascent of Montenegro's previously considered tallest mountain started by hopping up to Sedlo Saddle with from the Zabljak hostel via a van. From there we paid the 3€ entrance fee into Durmitor Czytaj więcej
Zabljak

We arrived late in Zabljak last night and found our way to Hostel Hiker's Den, where we our host is the Montenegrin lookalike of Jay Foreman (he even got us to download a map, even if he is no map Czytaj więcej
Durmitor National Park

[JJ] Despite some early morning fatigue, we trundled along to Crno Jezero, the black lake. From there, we huffed and puffed our way up to some ice caves at around an altitude of 2200m, then looped Czytaj więcej
Pavlova Strana

After some logistical masterstrokes, we found our way to Pavlova Strana, a beautiful viewpoint over the stunning, snaking river Crnojevica, which flows from Lake Skadar. Photos don't really do it Czytaj więcej
Rijeka Crnojevica

We plodded downhill to Rijeka Crnojevica in the frankly deathly heat, where we once again refreshed by glugging gallons of cold fanta. After a couple of hours unwinding under the willows and fending Czytaj więcej
Budva

Well now we've found where everyone in Montenegro has gone... Budva is a pleasant but touristy destination on the Montenegrin Riviera, with a charming old town. We are spending the day being Czytaj więcej
Sveti Stefan

After some swimming and bringing back the legendary elbowball, we took a leisurely stroll from Budva, through Becici and onto Sveti Stefan, where we are eating dinner at this restaurant with an Czytaj więcej
Lovcen

After scraping our comically few coins together to meet the park entrance fee and then passing a wasp off onto an unsuspecting family (lol), we started our day at the top of Lovcen national park Czytaj więcej
Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik needs no introduction, with its towering UNESCO world heritage city walls encircling the famous old town. Historically known as Ragusa, it has been part of Italy, Austria-Hungary and even Czytaj więcej
Kotor

Aaaaand finally, Kotor. Here are some photos from basecamp over the past 4 days. Our hostel was right amongst the bustle of the fortified old town, which dates all the way back to 5th century BC. Czytaj więcej
Podgorica Airport

We think Podgorica gets some unfair hatred from tourists. Don't get us wrong, there's absolutely nothing to do there and the place does have something of a festering rubbish smell, but it's not Czytaj więcej
London Stansted Airport

Some fun facts about this strange new country: the people here religiously eat battered swan every Wednesday for afternoon tea, the winner of Saffron Walden's annual crumpet throwing championship is Czytaj więcej
London

Take me back to Belgrade.
Bournemouth

A highly enjoyable and memorable adventure comes to its end.
This trip involved taking:
42 Buses
10 Trains
7 Taxis
5 Metros
5 Boats
3 Trams
2 Flights
2 Cable cars
1 Hitchhike
...In 11 countries, all Czytaj więcej
Podróżnikhow didvyou lose to them. they look about 10 years old !. did the ball roll down the hill from the North stand into your goal. back drop looks amazing....so does the feast. so glad your mixing with the locals & having fun. so good to see.
Podróżnikhahah they were really good, it was genuinely really competitive. they're very friendly here, we've had a lovely evening
Podróżnikone of them is even wearing sandals & no shin pads.