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Entries in Albania (3)

Friday
Sep092011

How to get from Croatia to Greece by Bus

My end destination was always Greece. And I had originally planned on flying straight there. But before I booked a ticket, I researched immigration into Greece and found very quickly that there are several cases of Greece being one of the toughest countries to gain entry into as a non-EU citizen because of lazy borders in the past. As I would come to find out, the Greeks didn’t give a shite who I was or where I was...

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Wednesday
Sep072011

The Longest Bus Ride in My Life

Now we get to the part of the trip I was dreading the most. Not only is this the notorious 17 hour bus ride I had heard about, but it’s also the point where I have to attempt to illegally cross back into the EU/Schengen Europe. I am terrified, to put it lightly. I found the tourist office pretty quickly. The owner didn’t speak English, but he did understand when I pointed to Athens on a map. He wrote out €30 on a piece of paper and...

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Monday
Sep052011

The Most Inefficient Way to Get From Montenegro to Albania

I knew this day was going to be long. After the delays in Croatia, I didn’t have much extra time to spare. At this rate, if I went straight from Tivat to Athens, I should arrive just about the same time as Justin, Manuel, Mitch and Iggy. In case I got refused at the border and had to try to reenter from somewhere else, I wanted to leave myself a little wiggle room. As such, I would be spending the next 24 hours on a bus. I left the hostel in Tivat at..

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