Jakey Jake

Well lets just say that albania wont be let into the EU for some time, talk about a dump, reminded me of vietnam/cambodia/china, potholes in the roads, shit everywhere blah blah, but it seems so much more lively(as did the asian cities) than their european counterparts. People always out in the streets. Though the hotel i was staying at was a total dump and i was pretty wary about what was going on since it seems there are lots of muslims here and the pakistanis had just declared a holy jihad, i was fearful of keeping my head attached to my neck. found out that the bus for tirana left at 7am so i decided to stay in. The bus journey, 4 hamburgers and a packet of smokes with lots of change for 10 euro, albania is pretty cheap ;0 though its probably not the most fantastic place to visit. Id imagine if they made some nice costal villages and picked up their standards a bit this place would flood with tourists, although as it stands i think im the only tourist in albania right now, or for that matter probably the whole year!!! Everyone owns a beat up old merc that used to be a taxi in germany… anyway i have to catch a bus at 330am to get to athens by 8pm, so im looking forward to staying up late and sleeping on the bus OH YAY! Im still not sure how ill get to egypt, although i have been considering travelling through turkey, syria, jordan, and israel, after reading the travellers warnings issued by the australian government i may decide against it. Although they said the same thing about nepal and it was kind of fun and exciting that there were people fighting near us. (sounds crazy i know, but it makes you feel like your living on the edge a little in comparison to the safety of living in australia). So i guess ill see how much and how long the ferries to egypt are from athens, otherwise im going to be living large and risking my head ahh well it will make for some good stories i bet.