 The west side of Lake Shkodėr included Montenegro's Skader Lake National Park |
 I chose to drive around the east side through Albania instead |
 Welcome to Albania - ProCredit Bank |
 Signposts from the Sukobin-Shtuf (Ulcinj) border to tourist attractions of northern Albania |
 Billboard of the Europa Grand Hotel, where I had a reservation for the night |
 A NATO member since 2009, Albania proudly flies the NATO flag |
 Villa along the road south of Lake Shkodėr |
 Albania is estimated to be 70% Muslim |
 The wide Buna River, which flows from Lake Shkodėr to the Adriatic |
 Nicely situated restaurant overlooking the Bunė River a short distance southwest of the bridges |
 The new bridge over the Bunė River, apparently not yet open to traffic in May 2011 |
 Distant view of Shkodėr across the new bridge |
 View of the Bunė River and Rozafa Castle from a series of terraces built into the hillside |
 Rofaza Castle from the new Shkodėr Bridge |
 The old one lane bridge over the Bunė River, repaired after partial collapse in 2002 |
 I had a local warn me to keep my windows closed and door locked here |
 Notice the gypsy children running up as a car stops to wait for oncoming traffic |
 While I was there, the thieving little buggers were trying to open my car doors |
 One policeman controlling the bridge would have eliminated my only unpleasant experience in Albania |
 Problem solved once this new bridge is operational |
 A tented encampment outside Shkodėr |
 Lake Shkodėr, the largest lake in the Balkans |
 The Montenegran western shore of Lake Shkodėr in the distance |
 Xhamia e Plumbit, Rofaza |
 Late afternoon passing below Rozafa Castle |
 The church of Grilė on the eastern shore of Lake Shkodėr |
 One of the famous mushroom shaped bunkers built throughout Albania during the Hoxha-era |
 There were fewer bunkers along the road than I had expected, this being a border area... |
 Bar Restorant Brajan, Albania |
 Many of the houses are very well kept |
 Staying on the main road, you don't see much of the lake |
 Small vineyard in front of a house, Lake Shkodėr |
 Keshtjella Xhafa Bar Restorant |
 Many of the houses in northern Albania use these Mediterranean pastel colors |
 North Albanian Alps with fertile plain on the west side of Lake Shkodėr |
 North Albanian Alps |
 The quality of the road between Shkodėr and the Montenegro border at Hani i Hotit |
 Some Albanians are doing very well for themselves.... |
 Lake Shkodėr at Hani i Hotit, the only time the main road passes directly along the lakeshore |
 Leaving Albania through the Hani i Hotit border post |
 Welcome back to Montenegro |
 Please Drive Carefully! |
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