Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia
June 18, 2016:
Got an early start on the day and crossed into Albania. The weather was looking good!
Welcome to Albania:
From Albania, Macedonia, Serbia
Suspension bridge:
From Albania, Macedonia, Serbia
A bit hazy but it felt good to have nice weather!
From Albania, Macedonia, Serbia
Border crossing into Macedonia was actually a good time. The border agent was a moto guy, owned a BMW, Suzuki and a scooter. I must have hung around and visited with him for about an hour. He gave me a Macedonia police uniform patch.
From Albania, Macedonia, Serbia
From Albania, Macedonia, Serbia
From Macedonia I crossed into Kosovo and found a place to stay, another long day.
June 19, 2016:
Got another early start on the day and attempted to cross into Serbia, not happening. While checking out of Kosovo the agent informed me that the Serbians would most likely turn me back but said I should give it a try, it's only 20 meters and your here. Sure enough, they wouldn't let me enter. For some reason they weren't able to stamp my passport because I had come from Macedonia into Kosovo. They were good about it and told me to go back to Macedonia and enter from there. One of the agents wrote down the directions for me. Oh well. I crossed back through Kosovo into Macedonia and reached the Serbian border hoping I'd get in. I was motioned to the front of the line, while I was taking my helmet off one of the agents asked how much the moto cost in Euro. I told him, he then told another agent while I handed him my passport. He then quickly, very quickly found a spot to stamp it, handed it back to me and said go, with a smile. He never looked at the first page and didn't scan it. It was the easiest and quickest border crossing I've done on this journey.
Somewhere in Serbia, rain:
From Albania, Macedonia, Serbia
Stopped for the night and had a couple beers with my new Serbian friends. I couldn't understand anything the guy said but it didn't stop him from talking.
From Albania, Macedonia, Serbia