Our "Peaks of the Balkans" adventure begins! Approximately 210km hike across some of the highest mountains in Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo. The shot here is from the deck of our ferry across Lake Koman (Albania) en route to the town of Fierza, with the day's final stop Valbona. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1GxQ05X
Komani Lake, Albania. We took the slow boat across, through the narrows, around the bends. 3 hours so we could soak up views like this. Photo selection today, a nearly impossible task. I also wonder what it's like to live in that house! This is Peaks of the Balkans. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1K2HFLz
A lesson in life, sometimes it is essential to look behind you. To understand from where you've come, for a different perspective. No less true in the mountains. Today we head straight up, 1200m, with the goal of finding a shepherd whose hut we will stay in for a night. As we slowly make our way across the Albanian Alps to Kosovo. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1Fu4gsq
Peaks of the Balkans, the big climb, Day 1, 1200 meters up from the village of Valbona, on the approach to the border between Albania and Montenegro. A beauty that almost frightens. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1JiHvjf
Shepherd Families in Albanian Alps
The shepherd's son. As we descended from the border between Montenegro and Albania, we encountered a hill dotted with shepherds' huts, just re-inhabited 10 days ago as families come up to the mountains from their lowland villages for the summer. We enjoyed a cup of Turkish-style coffee with them in their home. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1LG6N8m
Mt. Gjeravica, Kosovo
Astonishing landscapes need #nofilter. We crossed the border from Albania into Kosovo and summited Mt. Gjeravica (2656m/8714ft), the highest peak in Kosovo and Montenegro. The route between the three countries was once known as the Balkan Peace Park (BPP). Now, it's known as Peaks of the Balkans. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1JdLhri
Peaks of the Balkans, Trekking in the Karanfil Mountains - Albania
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." -- Earnest Hemingway. Reminded of this as we walked the ridge from Mt. Talijanka and views of the Karanfil Mountains are revealed, in the midst of the border region between Albania and Montenegro. This is Peaks of the Balkans.
