Day 4 Blue Eye

Leoš and I took a bus to get to the Blue Eye.  The Blue Eye is a limestone pool located part-way along the Kaprreja River and is fed by a cascading waterfall.  It was listed as one of the top things to do while in Sarande.  It included a hike on a nice path to get to the "eye".  The colors were really nice, but there were so many people around it.  There were signs telling people not to go in, but so many people didn't respect the signs and just went in.  If we knew the paths around it a bit better, we probably would've hiked more.  Waiting for the bus to get back to Sarande was a bit tricky, but we managed to get back.  We watched the sunset and then went for a seafood dinner. The food was great.  It was a nice way to end a wonderful day.

                                                            sheep about to cross the road

                                                      there was a dog on the flamingo floatie

                                                                   my seafood pasta dish

                                                                            free shots

Day 3 Ksamil and Archeological Site

I had seen online that Ksamil had been referred as the Maldives of Europe.  The most beautiful beaches in Albania were in Ksamil according to the website.  There were some nice beaches, but every beach required people to pay for deck chairs.  We took a bus from Sarande to Ksamil and the bus was completely packed!!  Once we got out of the bus, we had to figure out our way around the town.  I bought a pearl necklace from a nice vendor who gave us some advice about the town.  We managed to find the public beach and laid there for a bit.  We stayed until we got hungry.  We went for lunch and then went to an archeological site by bus.  We were a bit surprised with the price of the entrance ticket, but decided that we needed to just pay and visit the site.  It was much bigger than I expected and I am so glad that we had enough water.  It was such a hot day, but it was a great walk around the area.  Luckily the buses started from the archeological site.  When we got to the beach area, the bus got completely packed to the max.  One man had to get off the bus very quick because he threw up, it was gross.  Leoš and I were comfortable because we were sitting.  It was a crazy bus drive back to Sarande.  We went for dinner and decided to get seafood because we were at the beach and needed to take advantage of the seafood we could get.  Dinner was good and the service was fantastic. It was a great day!

                                                                            very full bus

                                                                        lunch

                                                                        old mosaic

                                                                              strong Leoš

                          I was able to call the turtle to me and it wanted to climb up, but couldn't

                                                                set up for oysters or pearls

                                                                        fried seafood

                                                                            free shots

                                                                        free watermelon