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Images 19 - Albania
One of Albania's 750,000 concrete bunkers, built by the paranoid Hoxha government between the 60's and 80's
Shkodër, backstreets (1)
Shkodër, backstreets (2)
Chickens on the run, Shkodër suburbs
Soviet-era relics (still very much lived in), Shkodër
Shkodër old city centre, crumbing Viennese elegance...
...very crumbling in some cases
Novel attempts to brighten the place up...
...actually very successful in some cases
42C, air conditioning required even on a motorcycle
Belltower, Franciscan Church of Shkodër
Modern(ish) art, Shkodër outskirts
Swimming in the vast bath that is Lake Shkodra - 35C water
Laurie opts for an active afternoon...
...whilst Ralph tests out his new watercolours
Setting sun, Lake Shkodra
Enjoying a final (not particularly refreshing) evening dip, Lake Shkodra...
...and persuading me to join
Sunset, Shkodra
Morning boat ride, Shkodra...
...another opportunity to test out the new watercolours
Great cormorant drying its wings, Lake Shkodra...
...in readiness for another flying and diving mission
Pelicans, Shkodra
Heron(?), Shkodra
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