I Like Albanians!

What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do - especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. ~William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways

19 May 2010, Friday

After two days of touring the castle and museums in Berat I head off for a hike in the nearby mountains and a local culture experience. Berat is not so heavily touristed that it's lost its authenticity but still, there are a few other tourists wandering about. I walk to the bus station and catch a bus to Bogove, where, the hostel owner tells me, there are some beautiful waterfalls and a swimming hole that the locals enjoy. The bus is a big one, an old touring bus too worn out for tourists. By the time we reach the edge of Berat it's full.