Further
down the lake was a museum of “lake of Bones” . I gather from Wiki
that there were many villages built out on piles and the remains of
the animals they ate are on the lake bed.
Came through a little more
snow but the road had been cleared. We
had wanted to travel across the hills to lake Prespa but the road
appeared to be limited to 5m and 3.5 ton. It was also well above the
snow line so we gave the crossing and the national park a miss.
Therefore
we crossed back into Albania on ohrad lake. Very easy exit and only a few
questions on entry. Green card needed again here.
We
noticed a change, housing seemed less loved, and rubbish was not
collected. We drove the length of Pogradec and up the hill a little
then parked at the walking track symbol. As it turned out we could of
driven up but we had a nice walk up. Not much of the fort left to
see, so down again.We wondered the main street looking for lunch. Most of the cafe’s had men drinking coffee and rakija as well as smoking. We bought some nice fresh veges and some strawberries. Finally found a little restaurant that would serve us lamb stew/soup. Came in a bowl with the fat cooling on the edges where it slopped. I managed to eat most of it except the chunks of fat. Not a very fancy meal, and sat rather heavily.
We
traveled south east down the edge of a big plain above the snow line.
The plain was well farmed and houses had large quantities of corn for their animals
To camp we turned up hill on a yellow and found a great spot near a
quarry off the road in the snow. The potential for a good view66km