Welcome in Albania
good morning and welcome to a new video
From Tirana (the capital of Albania)
I decided to visit Albania now
because it's one of few countries which is open even though the virus
Albania in the east of europe
not very famous
Their coin is called Albanian lek
official language : Albanian
I entered Albania with my Shingen Visa that I have
Albania was ruled by Ottomans for 5 centuries
So you find much of Ottoman influence
in 20th century it was ruled by a dictator : Enver hoxha
Communist ruling
In this inteval Albania has made much enemies
this is why we see much refuges
there are 750 thousand refuges under the ground
He made them because much people hated Albania
they were scared to be attacked
so this is why Albania is surrounded of refuges
but no one attacked them
now u can visit them
In this video I'll respond to 3 questions
1- is Albania dangerous??
when I posted that I am going to Albania
most of the comments were : aren't you scared of mafia.....
and this was expected especially after the film TAKEN
that ruind the image of the country
you will notice from ur first day that Albanian people is very hospitable
and kind
They are known of their hospitality
in statics albania is 51 in safety
even more than france and UAE !!
Mafias are real but in far places
Is Albania a muslim country
we can see this mosque here
Ethem Beje
in arabic Mr Adham
Islam in Albania
Albania is 70% muslim
because of ottomans
Albania go her independence in 20th cent
even though there are much muslims
but application of religion is very limited
drinking alcohol and eating pig is very normal for them
because of the dictator Enver who has made Albania as the first atheist country
Is Albania cheap?
cup of coffee is 50 cents
in coparaison of other vheap contries like India Tunisia or Turkey
it is not very cheap
but cheaper than west europe
coffee 50 cent
bus ticket between two cities is 5 usd
and inner transports 40 cent
hostel 8 usd for night
prvt rooms 20 usd
but food is generally cheap
I came to a restaurant to have lunch so I ordered soup of beans with a salad 260 lek = 2.5 usd
taxis and touristic activities were expesive
from the country n 47
If u wantu can see more vids about Albania
may you travel more
Good bye
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