Caley
The roads are interesting, here is a very brief overview going from Bosnia (??) to Greece:
enter Albania (I came in at a TINY border, not sure if it is the main one), reasonable tarmac single lane road to wooden bridge (single lane, no sides and a transit that decided to cross from the other direction when I was halfway over), then a few miles of so so tarmac to a new road to Tirana.
Friendly cheap roadside b&bs everywhere.... seem to be mafia owned ('Joe' had the only brand new merc I had seen and said he was 'in construction'...)
Into Tirana - abandon all hope ye who enter here!! Seriously bad traffic, esp at rush hour, 5 lanes weaving constantly, no markings, no tarmac just hardpack with huge craters, homicidal trucks you name it. It was actually just desperation to leave the place that made me head for the sun until I was in the country and then ask directions for Greece - got very lost and ended up at lake Orchis - RESULT!!
Good roads most of the way, lots of roadbuilding activity, but not always signposted. I managed to ride off the end of a perfect condition piece of tarmac because it just stopped - the road had another few miles of building before it connected with the road it was supposed to be!
If you head towards Greece (south along lakeside) you get to some awesome winding stuff, bad or no tarmac in places, a few villages full of mud to go through. Fantastic stuff!
You will be sharing the roads mainly with old mercs and donkeys
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