Stats & Maps Into Macedonia Skirting Lake Ohrid brings the Albania – Macedonia border, I have no idea what to expect of the quiet landlocked country. Straight into the Galičica National Park over a long… Read More
Stats & Maps The stray dogs of Albania’s Llogara Pass look puzzled as I emerge after a night undetected. Rolling down towards the coast I sit for coffee looking out to sea while a puppy… Read More
Stats & Maps Anne and I have have taken our week in Hvar very easy, so with one last day we got a little adventurous; Anne proposing a swim across the bay, just over a… Read More
Week 10 Twenty one and a half hours on a bike The 5am alarm rang but I was already awake with a seance of dread for the task I has set myself; it was a… Read More
Stats & Maps The night before, German guest Nils Raabe and I had mused over a plan to get some good hiking in with the potential goal of climbing the great peak Triglav. That morning… Read More
Talking over a beer with Sasa we had hatched a plan to hike some time, but things got interesting when she proposed combining a hike up and paragliding down; the dream of flight. Her boyfriend… Read More
The days at the Vila Victorija have settled together to form a homely new routine, one which I’m struggling to imagine has an end. Afternoon swims have become more comfortable, the distance stretching a little… Read More
Work at the Vila Viktorija hostel has been easy going and in the most liberating way mindless, leaving me with a good apatite for the lunches which arrive in morning as if by magic in a… Read More
Stats & Maps Triglav National Park Day two at the foot of Triglav started early, the morning alarm of jackhammers filling the valley at 6am along with light rain. I joined some of the builders… Read More
Stats & Maps Rolled out of the Apennine Mountains down to the plains of northern Italy, small villages and endless arable fields made for simple scenery. I was going to take it slow, maybe three… Read More