Sunday May 28-30, 2017
Our last destination before starting the journey home was Theth, in the heart of the Albanian Alps. Nard Polia, frontman, owner, and driver, met us at the Podgorica Airport, where we left our car. Having rented it in Slovenia, we could not drive it into Albania, which was a good thing. Tom got a break and this was the most white-knuckled ride yet - the heights dizzing, the road extremely narrow and from the top of the pass down, it was dirt, rocks and potholes. We were glad to be riding with a local, Nards's family going back 400 years in this valley. The views were the most stunning, and it's easy to see why the Turks (Ottomans) never made it back into these high alpine valleys. Nard stopped and pointed out the 5 mountain passes that surrounded us.
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