Thursday was a full travel, but thankfully the roads from here to the Riviera were much better than the roads in the north. We were up early to catch the boat back to the ferry dock after our Albanian breakfast at our guest house. The ferry dock was crazy again and we made our way to the shuttle van eventually to get to the car. We headed south and had lunch in Durress where we had gyros and kebabs and checked out the beach/boardwalk after getting provisions as "The Big Market."
We drove what had been referred to the prettiest coastal drive in Europe by some accounts and was able to see the controversial "Trump Island" off the coast from Durress. The drive took us up and down and through some little towns and future big, luxurious resorts. This place will be so different in 10-20 years. We got to the hotel around 4:30 on Livadhi Beach. Walked the beach and decided on Jester's for dinner and watched the football at the busiest place we could find. Hotel room huge with a balcony that has a view of the water. This hotel was definitely in a beach stretch - which is in transition - many campgrounds next to smaller hotels and then now more luxurious hotels going in. Definitely a more vacation vibe in the south. I think we might have been the only Americans in the hotel - seemed like rich Albanians were the other guests.
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| water on the ferry ride back out to the lake |
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| Koman Lake |
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| cafe at the ferry dock |
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| one lane tunnel |
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| Dhermi |
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| Trump island on the right |
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| beach time |
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| sunset view from our deck |
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| dinner at Jester's |
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| hotel pool |
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