We are back from Dubrovnik. It was a nice four-day trip, with two of the days devoted to getting there and back. Our trip advice was near perfect: 180 miles, seven hours. The top picture is of the road from Shkoder to Bar (in Montenegro) The first two pictrures are in Albania; the next three are in Montenegro. This road is "red" on the map, indicating a paved main highway. It is denoted "autostrada" on the map legend; I'm sure this is a translation artifact and not a statement of fact, although some of the local drivers seem to think they're rolling down the autostrada. Shortly after leaving the Albania/Montenegro border crossing we came upon a wreck where two cars hit head-on in a corner. As you can see from the photos, there is not much extra room when two cars pass on a straightaway, and they do have a habit of cutting the corners. Albanian society seems to move at a leisurely pace until one gets behind the steering wheel of an automobile, whereupon thoughts of the possibility of another vehicle approaching unseen from around the bend do not seem to intrude on the driver's desire to rapidly get wherever it is they're going.
The donkey cart was outside of Shkoder, and the donkey eating grass was in Montenegro. We had other encounters of an animal kind: we came around one corner and there was a guy herding cows through town. Up in the mountains there were warning signs to watch for cattle.
The fourth photo is the autostrada in Montenegro, getting close to the Adriatic. Last photo is the ferry at Lepetani, Montenegro. There is a large bay off the Adriatic here and the ferry saves a lot of driving.
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