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Move Over Dolomites/๐๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ป๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ/10001 ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต
Meet - the ๐ผ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ
Legends say they're named that because Slavic soldiers had difficulties passing through the mountain range ๐๏ธ
I too had difficulties ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ But we made it to the summit shivering like soaked rats, albeit the strenuous last stretch and looming thunderstorms nearby,
To a 360ยฐ view of Albanian Alps on one side, and Montenegro on the other.
๐ This is the ๐ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐/๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ trek! It's a little-known hike (I mean, Albania is relatively little-known in general) in Valbona, a mountainous region in Northern Albania. We basically had the whole trail to ourselves (+a few other scattered hikers). It can be done in a day, but would highly recommend camping for a night (free w/o need for permits/reservations I think!!) if you have the know-how to wildcamp.
๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป: ~1500m
๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐: 2524m
๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐ โญ๏ธ๐ โด๏ธ๐๐คฉโจ
๐๐ผ๐๐: Absolutely free
Only the transport to Valbone which I'll cover in another post - you do NOT need a guide for this (and for most moderate difficulty hikes tbh...)
๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐: 4/5
I wouldn't say it's for beginners but if I managed to do it, you probably can too. Probably easier than Rinjani LOL (I've never trekked Rinjani cos $$$ & laez train but heard it's a killer)
Think the steep part of Gunung Datuk in the last 1h stretch when you're already mildly tired from climbing 3h up Bukit Kutu ๐คช
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ: The usual, I hiked them in my <$20 Decath shoes LOL
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐:
Probably camp overnight near the summit instead, so I have more time to enjoy the landscapes # "reAL bAckPacking" according to the angmohs .-.
I'll dive into the costs in another future post, but in general the Balkans is a relatively affordable travel destination.
P.S Did you know that the Balkans were named that because it means "mountains" in Turkish? (Turkish probably cos ottoman empire and stuff like that - their history runs long and deep)
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โ Worst hiking experience in India LOL