Albania

Albania!!!????......We decided to take the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It wasn't on our original itinerary, but since we'll be cutting out a few countries in South Africa we better make them up somewhere.
Albania has been interesting. It is similar to Morroco, in relation to the poverty, and doesn't feel like a part of the European Union. There is garbage thrown everywhere and the buildings have seen better days.

After 2 weeks of hard cycling we arrived here this afternoon. Tomorrow we will be taking the train to the coast (Durres) for a ferry back to Italy. Albania is still a bit dangerous so we've decided to head back to Bari for a break and then we will continue on our way with another ferry back to Greece. This way our cycling time here is short.