So right now I'm in the Albanian
Alps and in this video we're going
to explore the mountains of northern Albania.
So it's 10:00 a.m..
And I'm in northern Albania in the town of
Theth in the center of the town, more of
a village, next to this pretty little church with
some very photogenic dogs over here.
And we left the town of Shkoder at like 06:45 a.m.
this morning by a van on a very windy road.
There was a nice coffee break in
the middle and some gorgeous views.
Honestly, some of the views were out of this world.
Hopefully we'll see something else today
that compares with that at least.
We were definitely suffering from a bit of motion
sickness by the time we got here.
So glad to be here.
And today we're going to do this hike that
goes up a thousand meters that way and then
goes down to another village called Valbona.
This is Clara. Say hi. Hi
She loves being on camera.
So she's going to be in a lot
of this video for the rest of it. No, she doesn't.
I think it knows that tourists usually have food.
Beautiful.
Usually
I always have dogs following me on a hike.
This time we have a cat following us on the hike.
I have cat here here everywhere.
The first part of this hike is supposedly very steep, but
I think that's the steepest part of the whole trail.
I'd be less worried about fleas and more about a kick.
I wouldn't want to pet them, but you can do it
Found some horses and I'm afraid of them and Clara isn't.
Clara, do you know what you're doing?
Clara. The horse photographer. Yeah. Look how cute it is
This part of the forest is really pretty.
And according to TripAdvisor.. what is this called?
The book you..
Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet.
This was not supposed to be pretty.
And it's the French lonely planet.
This is just information you should have. It said pretty, but not the prettiest
We're at a cafe.
It's a pretty nice view.
The sun is finally up and we got some
traditional Albanian food that we want to try.
It's sweet. Oh, what?
I thought it was cheesy.
Is it like Baklava
No, it tastes like a lot
of pancakes stacked on each other.
Very soft.
Dairy. That's sweet right? Not compared to my Snickers.
I've had three Snickers bars since the morning, so
this is not sweet compared to that.
Okay.
We're almost at the peak.
Some donkeys just went past us.
The views are looking great.
It's really cold and really windy right now.
We're at the very peak and I think
we see Valbona Valley, that side, and that's
where we're going down to the dry bed.
Clara wanna be..
Clara is sitting down because she doesn't like heights.
So that peak was super crowded and we
found this other trail and we came to another
one and we have it all to ourselves. It's higher.
And it's better.
Clara found it. Honestly wasn't
safe to stand over there.
These shots were amazing, but this is definitely
the most dangerous part of the hike.
Now we got to get down before it gets too dark. Got it?
Yes. Let's go.
This was so sketchy.
Yeah, now it's working On the way down.
It's already starting to get super dark.
It's so pretty. Right?
Okay, so we waited too long at the peak and
by the time we got back, it's like 09:00 p.m. right now.
So we were totally in the dark and we
got lost a couple of times in the jungle.
Thankfully, we had flashlights and we were
able to find our way here.
And now we came to this restaurant that is
the only thing open in the town of Valbona,
and we're going to try to get some pasta.
So we're still in Volbona and it's day
two and we're finally seeing this town in
some daylight, but it's a pretty foggy day,
so visibility is not as good as yesterday.
Still pretty gorgeous, though.
It's also nine degrees Celsius.
It's pretty cold.
Okay, so today we're trying to go back to Shkoder,
where we came from yesterday, but we don't want to
hike up that mountain again and take the same route.
So we basically took a minivan here and now we're
going to take this ferry that's going to take us
on a three hour route through this reservoir.
And then we got to take
another van back to Shkoder.
But first we got to get on the ferry, which looks pretty
crowded with a lot of cars and a lot of people.
This is absolutely gorgeous.
Small pitstop on the way.
I think they're getting flour
to this village over here.
I am back in Shkoder and I have completed the
full loop, including the van to Theth, the hike to Valbona,
the van to the ferry, the ferry to Koman.
And then the van back and it is raining really hard.
And right now I'm in front of the biggest
mosque, one of the most important structures in the
town of Shkoder, and we're going to probably get
a car and head out of Shkoder soon.
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I'll catch you guys in the
next video from wherever in Albania
I film it at.
In this video, we're going to
explore the mountains of northern Albania.
You don't like that?
So right now I'm in the Albanian Alps and
in this video, we're going to explore the mountains
of Northern Albania. It looks at me and I'm scared.
How do you hold a knife?
I can edit out the parts where I look bad.
It is like a Weiner (dog)
Are you worried that people are watching us? Yeah
You're like, "who's this guy?".
"I don't know him."