Elbo (elsewhere-bound) May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. I will be updating this journal on my adventures in Albania 05/06/13 - 05/09/13.

Albanian Sylvester Stallone showed me his fish

Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014 | Views [4763] | Scholarship Entry

Allow me to set the scene. A 20 year-old man's idea to take three month solo trip to the massively unknown land of Albania comes to fruition. The sun is piping hot, the people are friendly, though the Albanian language is toilsome, and I ride my bicycle ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Lake Koman

Tuesday, 9 Jul 2013 | Views [1143]

The early start left me a little sleepy, but once I was in the off-roader minibus, being thrown around the chassis, void of a seatbelt, I was well awake. My boss, Niko, the driver, a German family of five , a German couple, and myself, headed along the ... Read more >

Tags: albania, communism, fjord, hydro-dam, koman, lake, water

The park on top of a castle

Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | Views [1197] | Comments [2]

Already time seems to be propelling forward at a rate much quicker than on the humble British Isles. Surely we all feel that; whenever we are abroad, time just slips away, faded into history, to be remembered as digital photographs and plastic souvenirs.... Read more >

Tags: albania, castle, cycling, lake, museum, plumber, tourism, watches

Photos: Albania

Friday, 7 Jun 2013 | Photo Gallery