Episode 2 of Montenegro/Albania overland trip

4 months ago
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It wasn't long drive to the spot we spent our fourth night. Just 63km but started and finished on a rocky and not very easy to drive track. Finally we had nice views of distant high mountains and the drive was interrupted with few stops for shooting and flying my drone. R9 turned into SH20 on Albanian side and first thing I noticed after crossing the boarder was burning rack of litters. It is just unbelievable how much littering there is still either in Montenegro or Albania. People seem to throw trashes away without thinking what impact it does have for the environment and simply how ugly it looks.
Following Cemi river, or I should say stream, as the water was very low, I have started to climb on the rock shelfs looking for a proper place to stay for a night. The entire area was very rocky, and either it was to high to stay, or not a few meters of flat surface was available for the camp. After few kilometers I've noticed a spot that "might work" and after few attempts found a right place to set up a camp for a night. Not very comfortable to move around the car, but with a nice 2m2 "beach" made of very tiny pieces of rock and shallow, cristal and ice-cold water.
Next day we have followed SH20 wanting to reach Theth from the "civilized" side - SH20 turns to SH21 - both are asphalt roads now meaning bigger traffic and more tourist. SH20 serpentines were just great - view is breath taking and shooting it with a drone was giving even better perspective. I have decided to air-up after tens of kms running on 1,8 bar, but of course, as soon as I did it, asphalt turned to gravel road again and after half an hour had to air down again. Last part of SH21 is still under construction.
Theth itself was a big construction site as well. Didn't even stop as there was nothing I would be interested in. Wanted to do the "Theth loop" anyway, so continued the drive south/east to the area that seemed to be a cool spot for another camping. And it was. Beside all the trashes lying around as always the valley was giving very nice access to the water and perfect spot for night stay with enough place for tens of cars if you ever wandered if staying there in a group would be possible

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