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Old 26 Feb 2008
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Me and two mates were planning to ride from the UK through western Europe and down the Dalmatian coast. Slovenia, Croatia, and down through (I think) Montenegro and Kosovo and into Albania.

I see on the news unrest in the area - Serbia I think, relating to the independence of Kosovo. US and UK embassies attacked.

Do you think this should it's still ok to make this trip? Three UK guys on bikes with UK plates.
So many complicated info that really doesn't need to be written in the some of the above posts .

Situation is for now ok and really no trouble at all.

You can ride from Slovenia to Croatia(visit Plitvice lakes), ride along the coast, visit old towns of Zadar, Sibenik, Trogir, Split and Dubrovnik.
If you have one/two spear days go and visit Mostar and Sarajevo, which you will fall in love, I'll guarantee you .

From there go and visit Monte Negro, ride along the coast through Boka Kotorska bay and visit all the small towns on the route.

From M Negro go to Albania and enter Macedonia, where you should visit town of Ohrid and lake Ohrid(365 churches are situated in the town).
From Macedonia go back to Albania and try to ride along the coast, and please avoid entering Tirana because you'll get lost and frustrated for sure.

There are great sandy beaches to be seen and some thousands od bunkers that lay around the country.
There is really no need to change your plates or do something else more stupid than that
If the situation gets more ruff in some time post more questions here and I will be free to answer them with fresh info,

ride on,
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@ Frgic-

I totally agree with your suggestions. Been there several times and enjoyed it every time.

But in two weeks you can't visit all these places AND travel down to Albania ;-) Never mind all the additional time you need to get back to the UK :-(


@ Craig-

it will be tough going to do this trip in 2 weeks, even if you just zoom down the coastline of Croatia. But even flying past the landscape will give you a small impression of this beautiful country. This might then become another goal for later ;-)

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Hi again.
Many thanks for all the helpful replies.

Regarding time, we have about 17 days in total but we will take the sleeper train (with bikes) from Dusseldorf in north west Germany to Villach in southern Austria. I think that covers about 600 miles over night each way.
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Yes Vaufi it would be hard to cover the lot but there are so many beautifull things to see and experience that Craig and his mates will have to choose from the above list I wrote.
Craig You should gain some time and sleep during the train ride, so will have more time and freshness to ride the Croatian coast

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