02. Sep 2023

Podgorica - Hani Hotit

I did it again. I was going over the mountain leading to the border to Albania. When you are going uphill, you certainly do not want to go the wrong way uphill. I did. I missed a turn to the right and kept going straight UP HILL. After about twenty minutes of sweating in 95 degrees without shade and a breeze, a car stopped. The window rolled down. A young woman in the back seat said in good English: "If you are going to Albania, then you are going the wrong way." The father and brother were in the front seats. The family offered to take me back to the right road, which I accepted. All together the short lift saved me about 2 kilometers of walking and twenty-five minutes of frustration. Before I got out of the car I said a prayer of blessing for the family. The father reached back to hold my hand while I prayed. It was another one of those moments were God picked me up and put me were I needed to be.

Photo 1: View of the mountains just south of Podgorica

Photo 2: The last look back to Montenegro before going over the mountain and to the border... and missing that turn to the right!

Photo 3: The first glimpse of Albania coming over the mountain

Photo 4: The road leading to the border

Photo 5: I am not the only one who dared to walk along the main road... cow in Albania.