Bulgaria The land of millions of sunflowers, Roses and watermelons. Most head to Bulgaria for the Black sea coast but it actually has stunning mountains, lakes and countryside. Crossed from Macedonia into Bulgaria and the border crossing was easy, I guess this may be as Bulgaira is now park of the EU but it still has its own currency (The Lev). The joy of having a 4 x 4 is we get to pull of for lunch in some fantastic spots and stopped for lunch down b...

Macedonia As we crossed the border from Albania into Macedonia there was a sense of relief in the car. Don't get me wrong we had a great week in Albania and saw some amazing spots but we also had to endure some awful driving, awful roads and lots I mean loads of rubbish everywhere. For some reason the Macedonians do you for 50 euros at the border to give you third party insurance which was steep but luckily both Albania and Bulgaria don't charge anything s...

Albania Well I liked Albania but it was a stressful country to travel through as the roads were either non existent, fallen away or in an extreamly bad way but to top of the roads the drivers have never seen a driving test EVER. The country is extreamly beautiful but sadly has a rubbish problem whereby it is everywhere and no way of disposing of it but the people are so friendly. Our first day in Albania we headed for the north and the lakes and mountains...

Just a quick update. We are in Albania now. I have just uplaoded updates from lots of our travels as first opportunity I have had. Sadly unable to upload photos here so will upload some pictures at the next oportunity. Albania is beautiful so far but sure its going to be interesting and have just been ripped of for a loaf of bread so will take some patience. Hope all well out there Terri and Jonny

Montenegro (GRNA GORA Political stuff that I don't understand) First stop in Montenegro was the bay of Kotor (you should all go its stunning) and we tried to find a campsite called The Full Monte as it was not nudist but clothing was optional and we were curious but we did not find it but got better, we ended up camped in an old guys back garden which was right on the beach. It was stunning we hung the hammock and I swam in the sea looking straight up at mou...