Pete's Adventures on the Road

Dahab view. The land on the right is Saudi Arabia! We haven’t written in awhile as our last few weeks in Sarande were relatively unexciting. We worked a lot, stayed in a lot but also hosted a couple of couchsurfers again, which was a lot of fun. One of the travellers was from Hungary and he ended up cooking us a delicious Hungarian chicken stew for dinner which was positively delicious. The other two travellers were from Germany and are on their way hitch-hiking to India from Dresden. It seems the longer we’re on the road, the more people we meet who are taking travelling to the next level. Sometimes I feel like a bit of an imposter with my flash buses, public transportation and flying meanwhile here there are dozens if not hundreds of travellers literally thumbing it on the side of the highway with the attitude of whatever happens, happens. We even met a Spanish girl last year who had hitchhiked from Madrid all the way to Laos. We met her in a tiny village called Tad Lo and she ...

Photo Source It's been a few weeks since we got up to much if anything. I had a brief meltdown with anxiety about two weeks ago which put our trip to Himare on the back burner a bit, at least for now. The weather in October seems to fluctuate highly and we missed the last window for Himare, but not to worry. We have already decided we're going to come back to do Himare maybe in May or June of next year (after our visas reset) so more on that as well as Berat later! In the meantime though, we only have around 3 weeks left before we need to really get a move on and get out of Albania or risk overstaying. Overstaying is NEVER a good idea in any country and can cause you several issues including fines or even exclusion periods, so to play it safe, just don't do it. Although, it does depend on the country you find yourself in. For example, Thailand and Laos typically just charge you an extra fee of like $4 a day for each day you overstay. So it can rack up fast if you don...