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9 August 2011
The pyramids at Teotihuacan are only an hour away from Mexico City. It comprises two big ones built in 100 and 300 AD, and several small ones. The Sun Pyramid at Teotihuacan is in fact the third largest in the world after Egypt’s Cheops pyramid and another one in Mexico. We met a lovely bunch […]
8 August 2011
Around the Megacity We were very centrally located in Mexico City, only two blocks behind the cathedral. It could be jet lag, or it could be the slight altitude of Mexico City … but we were both shattered today. All we did were a couple of walks to the cathedral and around the streets of […]
7 August 2011
We flew from Los Angeles at 1715 on United Airlines to Mexico City. At check-in I was asked if I’d like to nominate one piece of my two pieces of luggage as “must go” in case one piece gets left behind due to weight restrictions. We had both pieces against my name rather than Kim’s […]
6 August 2011
My hotelier told me that Albanian cuisine is like Turkish. He wasn’t too far wrong … it is very tasty Mediterranean… Posted by Alex Chan on Friday, August 5, 2011
5 August 2011
Wait for me! I want to get on! Another early morning … I had to wake at 0440 for a 0745 flight from Munich to London where I’d have a 7 hour wait before flying on to Los Angeles. A bloody long day! In the hostel bathroom, I washed my face, put back on my dirty […]
4 August 2011
I had to wake up at 0340 for a 0400 pickup, in time for an 0600 flight from Nene Tereza airport in Tirana, to Munich. But my subconscious kicked in too effectively and woke me at 0230. Upon arrival in Munich at 0750I had a short wait before taking the train to Salzburg across the […]
3 August 2011
We had a day for some sort of day-trip from Tirana. None of the options appealed so we settled for a roam around town followed by cablecar ride up Mount Dajti. While we didn’t really want to do that, the next option was to just do nothing in the room.
2 August 2011
Travelling back We woke early for the 0745 direct bus to Tirana. When a bus pulled up at 0720, the driver said “Tirana” and “directo” … so we boarded. Strangely, none of the markings on the bus said “Tirana”. Sure enough, when we reached Vlore, he instructed us to change to another bus. It was […]
1 August 2011
From our dorm at summer school, Jale beach is about 45 minutes away but we didn’t go there. Supposedly it has restaurants and is quite well patronised. We’ve been told that if you walk right or left from Jale, you’ll get isolated spots to yourself. Instead, our host Ben drove us (about 10 minutes by […]
31 July 2011
We travelled from Berat to Vlore (2.5h) to connect on to Vuno (1.5h), where we stayed in its local school. The school (Shkolla Vuno) is closed for summer (or in the last couple of years for the whole year due to lack of kids), when it is converted into airbed dorms. It is run by the […]