Komani Lake

We woke up sore and still aching but to a lovely breakfast served in the garden of the guesthouse by our friendly host who was very talkative despite her lack of English and our complete ignorance of Albanian.
The second part of our trip through the Accursed Mountains involved thankfully much less walking but more great views. This time mostly from the comfort of a ferry along the long, thin Komani lake. The ferry ride takes about 3 hours along the lake which really is a river with a hydroelectric dam at either end.
The amazingly blue water and steep mountains on either side are beautiful and a brilliantly relaxing way to see the mostly untouched landscape, with the exception of an occasional boat house and a few of Albania's ever-present bunkers dotted around.
At the end of the lake our bus was waiting to take us back to Shkoder to pick up our bags before heading off to Montenegro.Read more