We immediately noted the change in prices, steeply uphill, after Albania. Montenegro uses the Euro and it is reflected in the prices of food and accommodation. The countryside is much more lush here and the houses are bigger with nicely tended gardens and much better looked after, than in Albania. There is a feeling that you are in a prosperous country which is certainly not the feeling in Albania.
Not a sign of prosperity but this lovely donkey was begging to be photographed.
We stayed the night in an attractive mountain village, Virpazar, on the edge of Lake Skadar which serves as a tourist attraction for hikers. We ate fresh water fish for dinner. Mairi had a tempting sounding dish, eels and rice, which normally I would have tried but I have been feeling a little ill so only had chicken soup but the dish turned out a big disappointment. Oily and salty, so all in all, I had a lucky escape.
This is me industriously writing up the blog while waiting for dinner. The wi-fi connection in our lodgings was a little dodgy.
We were leaving Montenegro to drive into Bosnia & Herzegovina when Andrew passed a truck which pulled over for us and sped up accordingly to do it. A bloody policeman was sitting around the corner and nabbed us for doing 7 kms over the speed limit. Very insulting for Andrew who never speeds and he tried to explain to the unsympathetic gendarme the circumstances. The fine, Euro 20, was bad enough, but he made us drive to a town 20 kms away to pay it at the Post Office and he kept our documents (rental car rego and Andrew's licence) until we returned with the receipt of payment. Brian captured the whole procedure on his camera.
We were mightily displeased and felt glad to be leaving Montenegro. But we will be returning as the coastline is reputed to be very beautiful.
We have since seen a bit of graffitti which exactly sums up our feelings with regard to the Montenegrin police.
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