Author: nikkivella
Southern Bosnia & Herzegovina – Peaceful and Lush
The border crossing from Croatia to Bosnia at Nova Sela was very simple. There’s a road toll immediately after the crossing set to cover the first stretch of Bosnian highway (a few kilometers at best); Croatian kunas are not accepted there but euros are and the change is given back in Bosnian marks, so make […]
Tourism in Bhutan – Discovering the Magic Kingdom of Bhutan
Tourism in Bhutan is as intriguing as it gets. As the aircraft weaved through the mountains of Paro in preparation for landing in Bhutan’s international airport, I realised, to my surprise, that I could make out the faces of the farmers tending to the crops on the mountainside. At just over two hours long, the […]
Travel to Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon – Planning a trip
The thought of travel to Bhutan had been lingering in my head for many years before Nikki and I actually made it there. I found it difficult to justify spending the same amount of money on a short visit to the mysterious kingdom where tobacco is prohibited, as I would spend in a few months […]
Visit Skopje – Where New meets Kitsch
The road from Ohrid to visit Skopje is well-marked and was very easy to drive through. The tolls along the motorway to Skopje are paid at different sections of the road so we were asked to pay about 0.50 euro four times along the same road. The city did not initially seem as confusing or […]
Lake Ohrid and the Church of Sveti Jovan
We crossed over to Macedonia from Albania, driving through a coastal road dotted with bunkers and carts with sellers displaying large, flat, dried fish, excited about visiting Lake Ohrid and the Church of Sveti Jovan. Lake Ohrid and the Church of Sveti Jovan Ohrid (the main town on Lake Ohrid) was one of the busiest […]
Places to Visit in Macedonia – A Gorgeous Lake and Many Monuments
Often overlooked and underexplored, The Republic Of Macedonia may not be on your travel radar but with its relatively dry Mediterranean climate and a vast array of mountains, hills, valleys and lakes, it is packed with great adventure potential. Read on as we explore the places to visit in Macedonia. Macedonians are traditionally Orthodox but […]
Things to do in Tirana – Vibrant Colours, Traffic and Mixed Feelings
Tirana was our first stop in Albania. Armed with a short list of things to do in Tirana, we arrived there late at night, after driving through an unlit highway full of goats, donkeys and pedestrians. There were traffic police practically at every petrol station we passed along the way, and the road seemed never-ending, […]
Albania Travel Guide – A Taste of Albania
Completely isolated from the rest of the world for a good part of the twentieth century thanks to a communist dictator, Albania is still getting back on its feet, so on our trip to the Balkans, this emerging, mostly undiscovered country was one of the destinations we were looking forward to most. Read more about […]
Kosovo – Feeling Welcome in a Newborn Country
“First they will steal your money, then they will steal your phone, then they will steal your car. Don’t go.” That’s what we were told before visiting Kosovo, Europe’s newest country. Read along as we describe our experience in Kosovo. Seeing that my death had been predicted several times over in different cities around the […]
Discovering Quirky Pristina
After crossing the Macedonia – Kosovo border we headed straight towards Pristina where our first stop was the UNESCO-listed Gračanica Monastery, a Serbian Orthodox monastery constructed on the ruins of an older 13th-century church and located a few kilometres outside of Pristina in Gračanica village. The best places to visit in Pristina The Gračanica Monastery […]