At the Adriatic Sea - from now on we are heading NORTH!

Day 47:
Finally on a small road again....and within the most beautiful landscape! We make good distance because the longer we hike that day the lower we can sleep....The lower we sleep, the warmer is the night!!!

Day 48:
The road becomes a little, rough trail - this lack in infrastructure is our gain! Just us and the mountains! Great!
When it is time to find a camp site we are in the middle of a steep canyon which after a few kilometers opens up....to make way for an army camp...and then the road starts climbing up the hill again which is completely against our plan to sleep as low as possible. When we are finally out of sight of the army camp....we come to a village! When we finally find a spot to put our tent it is dark and we have covered a daily distance of 32,5km!

Day 49:
When we bake bread for breakfast on the banks of a small river we meet a nice old lady. After telling her our story (with hands and feet) she offers us her donkey to take our load for a while. After we refuse she brings us a big bag filled with home made bread, cheese and olives! Wow!
In the afternoon we reach Gramsh, where we find a great and cheap Hotel where we enjoy the luxury of TV, heating and a hot shower!

Day 50:
Such a great hotel room we had to enjoy one more day! And our legs can need the break anyway. We also finally manage to do Kevins Dreads and shave his head again.

Day 51:
Great weather and amazing landscape - that's when hiking is really fun! In the afternoon we come back to civilization again and have to cope with albanian out-of-control-driving (with 150km/h through a village on a bumpy road can't be safe and controlled!) After a long day we make it to Cerrik where we sleep in a hotel we usually wouldn't even bother to ask for a price. But Albania is really affordable. Besides that the camping situation in Albania is somewhere between shitty and impossible...

Day 52:
On some days (especially those along a big heavily trafficked road) there is absolutely nothing of interest happening. Also our dinner that day is very meager - Soup was the only thing we could order (or rather the waiter could manage to explain us). It was really good but not nearly enough for two hungry trekkers. So aditionally we had to dine on part of our breakfast that we bought for the next day...

Day 53:
...and the street gets bigger and heavier trafficked yet...and then after a long day we can't find a hotel in the city we hoped to find one...We finally find one a few km outside of town and cook some pasta in our hotel room - After a day like this we are not keen on another soup experience like the evening before!

Day 54:
In light rain we head for Durres, the second biggest city of Albania. And after a long day along densely populated and heavily trafficked roads we finally make it to the city center. After the stresses and strains of the last days we enjoy a pizza and some beers in the evening!

Day 55:
Finally a day of break where our tired legs can get a rest! The schedule for today: relax, eat good food, do some sightseeing and spend an incredible long time in an internet cafe...and in the evening we will treat ourselves on pizza and beer again!